Lao Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism Bosengkham Vongdala has lauded VNA’s assistance to the Lao news agency (KPL).
He was speaking at a reception for the visiting delegation of the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) led by Deputy General Director Nguyen Hoai Duong in Vientiane on November 8.
He asked VNA to provide further support for personnel training and technology and help the Lao side open a press representative office in Hanoi soon.
For his part, Duong briefed the host on results of his talks with KPL General Director Khamsen Phongsa, during which the two sides reached a cooperative agreement for 2012.
Both sides highly valued the implementation of cooperative agreements in various areas such as sharing news articles and photos, exchanging high-ranking delegations and journalists, publishing a book titled “VNA and KPL – years of mutual development” and launching a Lao language webpage, Duong said.
In 2012, VNA will help Laos improve technical infrastructure, print the Lao Pictorial magazine and develop human resources, Duong said, adding that the two sides agreed to increase information promoting the land and people of each country as well as cooperative activities in economics, trade, culture, arts and sport between the two countries.
Duong took the occasion to introduce VNA’s diverse information channels to Minister Bosengkham Vongdala, expressing his hope that the Lao minister will help VNA Television Channel (Vnews) soon be included in the Lao cable television system, beefing up cooperation between the two news agencies and special relations between the two countries.
