Hanoi (VNA), Oct. 1 -- Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong received Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith, who is paying an official visit to Vietnam, in Hanoi on October 1.

PM Thongloun Sisoulith briefed his host of the recent situation in Laos and the outcomes of the talks with his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc earlier the same day.

He affirmed that the Lao Government will continue working closely with the Vietnamese Government to direct relevant ministries, sectors and localities to effectively carry out the agreements between leaders of the two Parties and countries.

For his part, Trong spoke highly of the governments' cooperation and efforts by ministries, sectors and localities in realising the...