Hanoi, Dec. 16 -- Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung welcomed Lao Minister of Education and Sports Thongsalith Mangnomek, who is on an official visit to Vietnam, in Hanoi on December 16. Trung stressed that Mangnomek's visit comes at a particularly meaningful time, following closely on the heels of Vietnamese Party General Secretary To Lam's successful state visit to Laos. During that trip, leaders of the two countries agreed to further deepen and elevate bilateral relations to the "great friendship, special solidarity, comprehensive cooperation, and strategic cohesion", in which education and training are identified as a key area. The Foreign Minister highly valued the close and trustworthy cooperation between the Lao ministry and...