Vietnam, Laos to Further Develop Friendly Cooperation  

   HANOI, March 18 (xinhua) -- Vietnamese Communist Party 
General  Secretary Le Kha Phieu on Wednesday called for 
further development of  Vietnamese-Lao cooperation in the 
fields of economy, trade, health care  and education.
   Holding talks with visiting Lao Deputy Prime Minister 
and Defense  Minister Choummaly Saysone here, Le Kha Phieu 
said the Vietnamese  people are pleased to see the 
unceasing consolidation and development  of the Vietnamese-
Lao friendship, solidarity and cooperation.
   The high-level military delegation of Laos, headed by 
Choummaly  Saysone, arrived in Hanoi on Tuesday morning on 
an official visit to  Vietnam.
   Le Kha Phieu said the visit was a vivid manifestation of 
the bilateral  friendship.
   Choummaly Saysone briefed his host about the outcome of 
his  delegation's talks with the Vietnamese Defense 
Ministry, stressing the  two sides' determination to boost 
the exchange of experience in all  areas and the 
cooperation in personnel training.
   During the talks, Le Kha Phieu and Choummaly Saysone 
also exchanged  views on how to promote the friendship 
between the two peoples and the  two armies and on issues 
of mutual concern.