Kuala Lumpur, May 26 -- Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a meeting with his Lao counterpart Sonexay Siphandone on May 26 as both leaders are attending the 46th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits in Malaysia. At the event, PM Chinh expressed his profound gratitude to the Lao leaders for their condolences over the passing of former State President Tran Duc Luong. He described Lao Vice President Pany Yathotou's attendance at the funeral for the late leader as a powerful symbol of the close fraternal relations between the two nations. Vietnam attaches special importance to its relationship with Laos and remains committed to nurturing and developing the ties sustainably and substantively, PM Chinh noted, stressing this meeting provi...