Hanoi, Dec. 12 -- Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung on December 12 held online talks with his Lao counterpart, Thongsavanh Phomvihane, to discuss bilateral cooperation and exchange views on regional and global issues of mutual concern. Trung highlighted Party General Secretary To Lam's recent state visit to Laos, during which he attended celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of Laos' National Day and co-chaired the high-level meeting between the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP); as well as Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's trip to Laos to co-chair the 48th meeting of the Vietnam - Laos Intergovernmental Committee, both taking place earlier this month. He stressed that t...