Da Nang Party Committee Secretary Nguyen Van Quang, on Wednesday, paid a courtesy visit to his counterpart in Champasak Province in Laos, Mr Vilayvong Boutdakham.

Da Nang Party Committee Secretary Nguyen Van Quang (left) presenting a momento to Secretary of the Party Committee and Governor of Champasak Province Vilayvong Boutdakham. Photo: NGOC PHU

The Da Nang Party Chief was accompanied by municipal People's Committee Vice Chairman Ho Ky Minh, and municipal Fatherland Front Committee Chairman Ngo Xuan Thang.

During his meeting with the Da Nang guests, Mr Vilayvong Boutdakham, Governor of Champasak Province, applauded the visit by the Da Nang delegation for deepening bilateral relations between the two localities.

He also thanked Vietnamese State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc for his special care and spiritual encouragement, as well as the Da Nang Administration for its active support, for Champasak Province.

The Lao host remarked that the Party, government and people of Champasak Province were making efforts to implement the resolutions of the Party congresses at all levels, and overcome pandemic-triggered difficulties with a focus on promoting the local economic development, ensuring security and social order, thereby maintaining stable economic growth and improving locals’ living standards.

Provincial Governor Vilayvong Boutdakham affirmed that his province has set up many cooperative relationships with a number of Vietnamese localities, including Da Nang. Over the past time, Da Nang has supported his locality to train high-quality human resources, build schools, improve transport infrastructure, develop the agricultural sector, and fight against COVID-19.

The Lao host expressed his wish that Da Nang and Champasak Province would reinforce the bilateral cooperation in the spheres of trade and investment in the coming time. Top priority would be given to organising exhibitions and fairs to promote locally-made goods, facilitating Da Nang's businesses to seek investment opportunities in Champasak Province, and supporting Lao Province to build commercial centres, and develop digital government and economy.

Da Nang Party Committee Secretary Nguyen Van Quang (left) donating VND 500 million from the city budget to support Champasak Province to carry out social welfare activities. Photo: NGOC PHU

For his part, Secretary Quang shared his joy with Champasak Province on its outstanding socio-economic development results, and expressed his delight at fruitful results from the bilateral cooperative programmes during the 2018-2022 period.

Mr. Quang briefed Mr. Vilayvong Boutdakham on some of the city’s outstanding socio-economic results, affirming that his city’s development progress over the past time has always received active support from Champasak Province.

The city Party Chief Quang affirmed that Da Nang was willing to share with the Laotian province its valuable experience in socio-economic development and digital government building.

During the meeting, leaders of the two localities inked a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in such spheres as scholarship awarding, Vietnamese language teaching, tourism and trade over the 2023-2027 period. On the occasion, the two localities' industry and trade sectors also entered into a cooperation agreement.

Also on the same day, Secretary Quang visited the representative office of the Da Nang Department of Industry and Trade in Pakse City, Champasak Province.

The Da Nang leader suggested the office actively promote trade promotion exchanges and investment cooperation between Da Nang and Laotian localities, as well as quickly implement cooperation contents signed between the Da Nang Department of Industry and Trade and the south central provinces of Laos.

Also, special attention should be paid to connecting tourism and logistics activities between Da Nang and Champasak through Thailand and vice versa, especially promoting the opening of direct flights between Champasak and Da Nang.

The signing of a memorandum of understanding on cooperation between Da Nang and Champasak Province over the 2023-2027 period in progress. Photo: NGOC PHU

A delegation of Da Nang's high-ranking leaders attending the meeting. Photo: NGOC PHU

Senior leaders of Da Nang and Champasak Province taking a souvenir photo. Photo: NGOC PHU

Reporting by NGOC PHU - Translating by M.DUNG