Vientiane, Dec. 2 -- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh arrived in Vientiane on December 2 morning, beginning his working trip to Laos to attend a high-level meeting between the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP), and to co-chair the 48th meeting of the Vietnam-Laos Intergovernmental Committee.

The Government leader and the Vietnamese delegation were welcomed at Wattay International Airport by Bouakhong Nammavong, Minister and Head of the Prime Minister's Office; the Lao Deputy Foreign Minister; leaders of Vientiane; Lao Ambassador to Vietnam Khamphao Ernthavanh; Chief of the Laos-Vietnam Cooperation Committee Office Viengsan Chantha; and representatives of departments under the Lao Ministry of F...