Hanoi, Feb. 13 -- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted a reception in Hanoi on February 13 for Lao Minister of Foreign Affairs Thongsavanh Phomvihane who is on an official visit to Vietnam.

PM Chinh congratulated Thongsavanh on being approved by the Lao National Assembly to hold the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs, expressing his belief that with his extensive experience in foreign affairs, Thongsavanh will successfully complete the assigned tasks, further contribute to the cause of construction, development and deep international integration of Laos as well as contributing to increasingly close cooperation between the two Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam and Laos.

The government leader emphasised that the great friends...