Laos, Viet Nam cement long-standing ties
(08-02-2007) Ha Noi - Viet Nam and Laos have noted with pleasure in a joint statement issued at the conclusion of a three-day official visit to Laos by the Vietnamese State President that the traditional friendship, special solidarity and the comprehensive co-operation between the two countries have been unceasingly consolidated and developed in both scale and depth in the fields of politics, economics, culture, security, national defence and external relations.