Hai Phong, June 17 -- Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice Khamphan Phommathat paid a working trip to the northern port city of Hai Phong on June 17 on the occasion of the seventh expanded justice conference of Vietnamese and Lao border provinces.

Secretary of the Hai Phong municipal Party Committee Le Ngoc Chau said the port city now sprawls across nearly 3,200 sq.km and counts over 4.6 million residents, making it the fourth most populous locality in Vietnam. Its economy is valued at nearly 30 billion USD, ranking third third nationwide and it has maintained double-digit growth for 11 straight years.

The bilateral relationship has been nurtured by generations of leaders and citizens on both sides. Preserving it, he said, ...