Dubai, Feb. 11 -- Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son had bilateral meetings with leaders of Laos and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) within the framework of the World Governments Summit 2025 (WGS 2025) in Dubai on February 11.

Meeting with Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone, Son provided an overview of Vietnam's socio-economic achievements and drastic measures the country has taken to realise the Resolution on continued reform and re-organisation of the political system for streamlined, effective and efficient operations.

He expressed his satisfaction with growing economic, trade and investment ties between the two countries. Notably, two-way trade hit 2.25 billion USD last year, up 38.2% ye...