Hanoi, Dec. 18 -- Vietnamese Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung and his Lao counterpart Thongsavanh Phomvihane co-chaired the 12th Vietnam-Laos political consultation at the foreign ministerial level in Hanoi on December 18 morning, as part of the Lao official's four-day visit to Vietnam. During the consultation, in a spirit of special trust, the two officials reviewed recent cooperation between the two Parties, countries and foreign ministries. They also discussed future cooperation orientations and held in-depth exchanges on regional and international issues of common concern. Trung spoke highly of the close and effective coordination in implementing the agreement between the two ministries in recent years, and welcomed the signing of their...