Hanoi, Nov. 4 -- General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and President To Lam received visiting Lao National Assembly (NA) President Saysomphone Phomvihane in Hanoi on November 4, reaffirming the two countries' commitment to strengthening their great friendship, special solidarity, comprehensive cooperation and strategic cohesion. The top Vietnamese leader welcomed Saysomphone's official visit to Vietnam and congratulated him on his election as President of the 10th National Assembly at its second session. He praised the top Lao legislator for choosing Vietnam as the first country for his official visit in his new capacity, describing this as a vivid demonstration of the special ties between the two cou...