PM arrives in Hanoi, ends business trip to attend 44th and 45th ASEAN Summits in Laos

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his entourage arrived in Hanoi this Friday afternoon, successfully completing their business trip to attend the 44th and 45th ASEAN Summit and related meetings in Vientiane, Laos, from October 8 to 11 .

Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his entourage arrived in Hanoi this Friday afternoon, successfully completing their business trip to attend the 44th and 45th ASEAN Summit and related meetings in Vientiane, Laos, from 8 to 11 October.

The 44th and 45th ASEAN Summits and related meetings were very successful, closing the ASEAN cooperation in 2024 with many practical results, leaving a bold vision of the proactive, active and progressive contributions of Laos, which ‘ contribute to the strengthening of the status of the ASEAN Community “Connection and Resilience”, towards a new level of ASEAN development with new vision, new thinking and new vitality, new energy and a new state of spirit.

Participating in about 60 multilateral and bilateral activities, the Vietnamese delegation led by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh delivered many important messages about ASEAN and the future of ASEAN, helping to affirming Vietnam’s role and position within ASEAN, coordinating, supporting, and contributing to Laos’ successful assumption of the ASEAN Chair Year 2024, thus strengthening the close -special relationship and extensive cooperation between the two countries.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and the Vietnamese delegation participated in more than 20 activities at these events.

At this time, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with many leaders of ASEAN countries and ASEAN partners, collaborating with his Lao and Cambodian counterparts to organize activities, with a view to solidarity and strengthen cooperation between the three countries.

The head of government met in particular with the highest leaders of Laos, who spoke about the need to continue to foster good relations, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and Laos, which is increasingly lasting. and deeper.

The business trip of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will thus contribute to strengthening the foreign policy of independence, autonomy, diversification and multilateralism, increasing trust, deepening relations, making them practical and effective. for peace, cooperation and development of each country, in the region and in the world. -VNA