Thứ Tư, 21/09/2016, 14:59 (GMT+7)

Lao PM asks for Vietnam's support in building e-government

Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith has asked Vietnam’s Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) and the Lao Ministry of Post and Telecommunications to work closely together in information security and building e-government in Laos.

Minister of Information and Communications Truong Minh Tuan and Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith.

At a meeting on September 19 with Minister Truong Minh Tuan, who is on a visit to Laos from 18-21, Lao PM Thongloun Sisoulith suggested that the ministry and the Vietnamese Government continue supporting Laos in effectively exploiting the LAOSAT satellite system.

On his part, Tuan briefed his host on the outcome of his talks with leaders of the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications of Laos, as well as the results of cooperation between the two ministries over the past years.

He affirmed that the two ministries would coordinate closely on information and communications to tap the potential of both sides in the field in the new period.

This demonstrated the determination of the two sides in reinforcing and expanding cooperation, thereby contributing to fostering the special friendship between the two Parties, Governments and peoples of Vietnam and Laos .

The minister expressed his hope that the Lao PM and Government would continue backing and creating favourable conditions for the two ministries in implementing programmes and projects to support the development of management policies and the enhancement of Laos’s governing capacity in the field of information and communications.

He also asked for the Lao PM’s support for the two countries’ partnership in the press and publishing.

(Source: NDO)