Hanoi, March 10 -- General Nguyen Tan Cuong, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army and Deputy Minister of National Defence, received visiting Senior Lieutenant General Saichay Kommasith, Chief of the General Staff of the Lao People's Army and Deputy Minister of National Defence of Laos, in Hanoi on March 9.

General Cuong said defence cooperation between Vietnam and Laos has been implemented comprehensively, deeply and substantively in recent years. The two militaries have continued to play a pioneering role in carrying out the directions agreed by the two countries' high-ranking leaders, significantly contributing to a peaceful and stable environment for development in each country.

He proposed both sides continue effe...