Hanoi, Dec. 2 -- The 48th meeting of the Vietnam-Laos Inter-Governmental Committee is of special significance as it takes place immediately after the high-level meeting between the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP), and at a time when the two countries are reviewing the implementation of cooperation agreements for 2021-2025 period and discuss orientations for a new period of more intensive and strategic collaboration, said Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Manh Cuong.

In an interview with the press, the diplomat said the committee remains a key mechanism for implementing the newly upgraded framework of "great friendship, special solidarity, comprehensive cooperation and strategic coh...