Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang receives Lao Minister of Home Affairs Thongchanh Manixay - Photo: VGP/Hai Minh
Also attending the reception were Minister of Home Affairs Pham Thi Thanh Tra; representatives of the Government Office and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
At the meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang emphasized that the special relationship between Vietnam and Laos is increasingly close and trustworthy; affirmed that Vietnam always stands side by side to support Laos in overcoming difficulties and challenges, successfully implementing the Resolution of the 11th Party Congress and the 9th Socio- Economic Development Plan of Laos.
The Deputy Prime Minister believes that this working visit of the Delegation will not only contribute to promoting practical cooperation between the two countries' Ministries of Home Affairs, but also contribute to further deepening the great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and Laos.
Assessing the practical and effective cooperation activities between the two Ministries of Home Affairs in recent times, the Deputy Prime Minister suggested that in the coming time, the two Ministries of Home Affairs of the two countries need to coordinate more closely in implementing cooperation agreements between the two agencies; actively deploy specialized fields such as: Research on law making, state management; exchange of high-level delegations between the two Ministries, training of civil servants; sharing experiences in building institutions related to local governments; training state management officials on religion, emulation and rewards, archives, etc.
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang and delegates - Photo: VGP/Hai Minh
Lao Minister of Home Affairs Thongchanh Manixay said that the Lao Ministry of Home Affairs was established in 2011 but has had a tradition of cooperation with the Vietnamese Ministry of Home Affairs since liberation.
Minister Thongchanh Manixay expressed his gratitude to the Government, the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Ministry of Justice, and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam for their great support to the Lao Ministry of Home Affairs in professional work, including sending experts to support and advise the Lao Ministry of Home Affairs; and receiving Lao officials, students, and pupils to study, research, and train in Vietnam.
Currently, the Lao Ministry of Home Affairs is assigned to manage a number of areas such as: Citizens, civil servants, local administration, emulation and rewards, surveying and mapping, state management of religion, ethnicity, archives, etc., said Minister Thongchanh Manixay.
Implementing the Resolution of the 11th Congress of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, the Lao Ministry of Home Affairs focuses on administrative reform and apparatus reform towards streamlining; implementing staff reduction; converting revenue-generating specialized units to financial autonomy.
Lao Minister of Home Affairs Thongchanh Manixay expressed his hope that in the coming time, the two Ministries of Home Affairs will increase delegation exchanges to share experiences; discuss in-depth professional work; and request the Vietnamese side to support training for Lao officials in using information technology, helping to deploy work more quickly.
Minister Thongchanh Manixay affirmed that the close cooperation between the two Parties, the two States and the two peoples in general, and between the two Ministries of Home Affairs in particular, will contribute significantly to fostering the increasingly green and sustainable relationship between the two countries./.
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