Hanoi, April 9 -- The two-day visits are made at the invitation of Vilay Lakhamphong, Permanent member of the Secretariat of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee, and Samdech Say Chhum, Vice President of the Cambodian People's Party (CPP) and Chairman of the Standing Board of the CPP Central Committee.

Tran is accompanied by President of the Viet Nam Fatherland Front Central Committee Bui Thi Minh Hoai, Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung, and President of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics Doan Minh Huan, among others.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Laos Nguyen Minh Tam said this is the first visit to Laos by a key Vietnamese leader after the 14th National Party Congress and the new leadership election in each country,...