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Vietnam PM Phạm Minh Chính (right) welcomes Lao counterpart Phankham Viphavanh in his official visit to Hanoi on January 8. - Vietnam News/ANN

HANOI, Jan 9 (Vietnam News/ANN): Visiting Lao Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh held talks with his host Prime Minister Pham Minh Chính in Hanoi on Saturday (Jan 8) after the former’s arrival to a red-carpet welcome ceremony earlier the same day.

PM Chính spoke highly of the achievements recorded by Laos in the national construction and reform over the past time as well as its government’s determination and efforts in the fight against the Covid-19, and expressed his gratitude to the heart-felt support and help from the fraternal country to Vietnam in the national construction and defence.