Hanoi, Vietnam, Feb. 5 -- The visit is made at the invitation of Thongloun Sisoulith, General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee and President of Laos.

He is accompanied by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh; Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man; Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Chairman of its Organization Commission Le Minh Hung; Secretary of the Party Central Committee, President of the Viet Nam Fatherland Front Central Committee Bui Thi Minh Hoai; Minister of National Phan Van Giang; Minister of Public Security Luong Tam Quang; Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Chairman of the Central Commission for Information, Education and Mass Mobilization Trinh Van Quyet; Secretary of the...