General Secretary and President Thongloun Sisoulith expressed his pleasure at welcoming Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh to Laos; emphasizing that the visit marked an important milestone for the Intergovernmental Committee; affirming that the Lao Party, State and people always attach great importance to and give the highest priority to the great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between Laos and Vietnam, considering it a priceless asset of strategic importance to the revolutionary cause of the two countries. Expressing his gratitude and sending his warm regards to General Secretary To Lam, President Luong Cuong, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man and other leaders of the Party, State, National Assembly and people of Vietnam, General Secretary and President Thongloun Sisoulith warmly congratulated and shared the joy with the Vietnamese people when the Vietnamese football team won the championship at the recent ASEAN Cup 2024. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh expressed his emotion and joy at meeting again with General Secretary and President Thongloun Sisoulith - a close comrade and friend of the leaders and people of Vietnam; respectfully conveyed the greetings and best wishes of General Secretary To Lam, President Luong Cuong, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man and other leaders of the Party and State of Vietnam to General Secretary and President Thongloun Sisoulith. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh congratulated Laos on its achievements in 2024 and believed that under the wise leadership of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party headed by Thongloun Sisoulith, the Lao Party, State and people will continue to achieve even greater successes in successfully implementing the Resolutions of the 11th Party Congress and the 9th Five-Year Socio-Economic Development Plan. On this occasion, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh shared with the Lao General Secretary and President the outstanding results of his talks with Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone and the 47th Meeting of the Vietnam-Laos Intergovernmental Committee as well as the Vietnam-Laos Cooperation and Investment Conference 2025; emphasizing that the two sides have reviewed bilateral cooperation in all areas since the 46th Meeting of the Vietnam-Laos Intergovernmental Committee, thoroughly resolved many outstanding issues and set out directions for bilateral cooperation in 2025. The two sides were pleased that the bilateral relationship continues to deepen and be substantive in all areas, focusing on key points; political cooperation is increasingly trustworthy and close, especially the regular maintenance of high-level and all-level exchanges and contacts; defense and security cooperation continues to be an important pillar of the bilateral relationship; Economic, trade and investment cooperation continues to develop strongly when the total bilateral import-export turnover is estimated at 2.2 billion USD, exceeding the 2 billion USD mark set by both sides, striving to increase the turnover of the two countries to 5 billion USD in the coming time. Along with that, continue to support each other in building an independent, self-reliant economy, deeply and effectively integrating into the international community; cultural and educational cooperation, people-to-people exchange and cooperation between localities continue to develop strongly...; continue to exchange high-level delegations, especially on the occasion of major events of the two countries, demonstrating the spirit of solidarity, attachment and determination to complete the set goals.

Welcoming the results of the 47th Session of the Intergovernmental Committee, General Secretary and President Thongloun Sisoulith highly appreciated the resolute direction of the Vietnamese Politburo, especially General Secretary To Lam and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, in implementing high-level cooperation agreements and plans, with the focus on thoroughly resolving difficulties and obstacles of many projects. On this occasion, General Secretary and President Thongloun Sisoulith fully agreed with and highly appreciated the two countries' Governments, departments and localities for their great efforts and determination to promote bilateral cooperation in a breakthrough direction, with focus and key points; requested that the departments and agencies of the two countries focus highly on and actively implement the results agreed upon by the two countries' leaders; At the same time, the two sides proposed to further strengthen the connection between the two economies of Laos and Vietnam, especially in finance, infrastructure, transportation, energy, telecommunications, tourism, etc. At the end of the meeting, the two leaders gave each other the best wishes on the occasion of the New Year 2025 and the Lunar New Year 2025.