Vientiane, Feb. 5 -- Politburo member, Vice Secretary of the Central Military Commission, and Minister of National Defence Gen. Phan Van Giang met with Politburo member of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and Minister of National Defence of Laos Gen. Khamliang Outhakaysone in Vientiane on February 5.

Giang highlighted the profound political significance of the ongoing state visit to Laos by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee To Lam, saying that it is the first overseas trip by the top leader of the CPV. The visit, he said, clearly demonstrates Vietnam's consistent policy of attaching special importance to and giving top priority to Vietnam-Laos relations, thus injectin...