Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received the Lao Minister of Labor and Welfare.

Photo caption — Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received Mr. Phoxay Sayasone, Lao Minister of Labor and Welfare. Photo: Duong Giang/VNA

Welcoming Minister Phosay Sayasone and the delegation to Vietnam to attend the 9th Vietnam - Laos Labor Ministers' Conference, the Prime Minister hopes and believes that the Minister will cooperate closely with the Vietnamese side to further deepen the special relationship between the two countries, making the cooperation between the two Ministries increasingly effective and practical.

The Prime Minister expressed his delight that the unique cooperative relationship between the two countries has continued to develop positively and steadily in recent times, and has increasingly deepened. The two sides have actively implemented the commitments agreed upon at meetings between the two countries' senior leaders, achieving many important results in all fields: politics - diplomacy, defense - security, economy, labor, human resources development, health, culture - society, information and communication, resources - environment, science and technology, etc.

The Prime Minister emphasized that the great friendship, special solidarity and deep trust between the two countries, in the context of many fluctuations in regional and global geopolitics and the current economic recession, need to be increasingly nurtured and cannot be replaced. Vietnam will always stand side by side and provide maximum support within its capacity to continue sustainable development with Lao comrades.

With sincere thanks to Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh for taking the time to receive him, Lao Minister of Labor and Welfare Phosay Sayasone respectfully conveyed the regards of Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone to Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

The Minister thanked Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh for always paying attention, directing and facilitating cooperation between the Vietnamese Ministry of Home Affairs (formerly the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs) and the Lao Ministry of Labor and Welfare, as well as fostering good relations between the two countries.

Minister Phosay Sayasone said the two ministries have a good relationship. The two sides share experiences in building and implementing laws and policies to develop the labor market, social insurance, management of foreign workers working in the two countries, workers going to work abroad and the field of meritorious people.

Along with that, the two Ministries closely coordinated during Laos' ASEAN Chairmanship Year 2024, the Vietnamese side supported Laos' labor and social initiatives, promoting Laos' role in 2024. During this working trip, the Ministers of the two Ministries had a very successful meeting, agreeing on many important contents in labor cooperation between the two countries.

Appreciating the cooperation results between the two ministries in recent times, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh suggested that the two ministries continue to promote and coordinate closely in the coming time. In particular, focusing on cooperation, support and sharing in the fields of human resource training, vocational training, labor, employment, policies for people with meritorious services, social protection, hunger eradication and poverty reduction, etc.

The two sides need to study and develop new orientations on labor cooperation - meritorious people between Vietnam and Laos in the new context, on that basis sign a cooperation agreement in this field to strengthen deeper and broader cooperation in areas under the common functions of the two Ministries; encourage the maintenance and promotion of existing cooperation mechanisms; increase information exchange, policy dialogue, strategic research, especially on new issues arising in the context of a constantly changing world.

Informing the Minister that Vietnam is building 248 primary and secondary boarding schools in border communes, including many schools in communes bordering Laos, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said that Vietnam is ready to welcome Lao students in border communes bordering Vietnam to study at these schools.

The Prime Minister requested the Vietnamese Ministry of Home Affairs to study and promote technical cooperation, support Lao experts in developing and perfecting laws and policies on labor and meritorious people; strengthen cooperation in human resource development to train competent and steadfast officials, closely attached to the friendship between Vietnam and Laos; support Laos in training human resources in the labor sector through a number of projects in the region, diversify training forms; support the implementation of social protection policies; promote cultural and people-to-people exchanges between the two countries.

Through the Minister, he sent his regards to Lao General Secretary and President Thongloun Sisoulith, Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone and other senior Lao leaders; and on the occasion of the upcoming 50th National Day of Laos (December 2, 2025), the Prime Minister wished Lao friends to continue to reap many important achievements in the cause of national construction and development; successfully implement the goals of the Resolution of the 11th Congress of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and the 9th Five-Year Socio-Economic Development Plan, building a peaceful, independent, democratic, unified and prosperous Laos.

Source: https://baotintuc.vn/thoi-su/thu-tuong-pham-minh-chinh-tiep-bo-truong-bo-lao-dong-va-phuc-loi-lao-20251111183117419.htm