Hanoi, May 12 -- The Standing Board of the Hanoi Party Committee on May 12 held talks with a high-level delegation from the Lao capital city of Vientiane during their working visit to Hanoi. The talks were co-chaired by Tran Duc Thang, Politburo member and Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee, and Athsaphangthong Siphandone, member of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Vientiane Party Committee and Chairman of the Vientiane People's Council. At the meeting, leaders of the two capitals affirmed that the great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and Laos continue to be strengthened, with cooperation between Hanoi and Vientiane becoming increasingly substantive ...