Laos, China agree to deepen ties, ink 17 deals
President Bounnhang Vorachit and visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping have agreed to work together to take the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between Laos and China to a new level.
— Vientiane Times
China-Laos rice trade has considerable potential
During his ongoing trip to Laos, Chinese President Xi Jinping called on both sides to build “a community of shared future with strategic significance” in a signed article published in the Laos media on Monday. Laos is also eager to enhance its economic links with China and cater for increasing consumer demand in the world’s second-largest economy. Rice is a major part of the story, with China being one of the main destinations for Laos’ rice exports.
— Global Times
PM reiterates Asean success at summit
Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith has reiterated the success of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) over the past 50 years through enhancing Asean centrality and narrowing the development gap between member countries.
— Vientiane Times
Minister: Laos, China enjoy robust cooperation in trade, investment
Laos and China have enjoyed comprehensive cooperation with particularly robust growth in investment and trade, the Chair of the Laos-China Cooperation Committee has said.
— Vientiane Times
Launch of Visit Laos-China Year 2019 ‘highly possible’, minister says
Lao authorities have engaged in talks with their Chinese counterparts to push forward a plan to jointly introduce Visit Laos-China Year 2019, a minister has said.
— Vientiane Times
China and Laos: Working Together for a Community of Shared Future with Strategic Significance
At the invitation of Bounnhang Vorachit, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, I will soon pay a state visit to the Lao PDR.
— Lao News Agency
China’s President Xi Jinping Visits Laos for Strengthened Ties, Cooperation
Chinese President, also General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, arrived in Vientiane on Monday afternoon for a two-day state visit to the Lao PDR in response to the invitation of President Bounnhang Vorachit.
— Lao News Agency
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