Vientiane, Aug. 6 -- Politburo member and President of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics Doan Minh Huan paid courtesy calls to Party General Secretary and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith and Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone in Vientiane on August 6 as part of his working trip from August 4 to 6. Huan said the delegation held working sessions and talks with the Lao Central Theory Council and National Academy of Politics and Public Administration. The centrepiece was an international scientific conference that put Laos' push for an independent and self-reliant economy side by side with Vietnam's lessons from nearly four decades of Doi Moi (renewal). He said the conference not only generated valuable academic insights and p...