Hanoi, June 8 -- Politburo member and Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung on June 7 received Bounleua Phandanouvong, member of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and Chairman of its Commission for External Relations, who is in Vietnam to attend the symposium on the role of political parties in building the ASEAN Community within the framework of the ASEAN Future Forum 2026. Trung highly appreciated the Lao delegation's participation and remarks at the symposium, saying they reflect the importance attached by both sides to the relations between the two Parties as well as the two countries, and their shared commitment to implementing high-level agreements. The Lao official commended the initiative to organis...