Permanent Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Le Thanh Liem welcomed a Lao delegation led by Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Sundara Sourioudong during a reception in the city on August 14.
At the meeting (Source: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – Permanent Vice Chairman of theHo Chi Minh City People’s Committee Le Thanh Liem welcomed a Lao delegation ledby Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Sundara Sourioudong during areception in the city on August 14.
Liem said Ho Chi Minh City is one of the leading localitiesnationwide in terms of joint work with Laos, making positive contributions toconsolidating bilateral ties.
He extended his condolences to Lao victims over severedamage caused by the recent hydropower dam collapse in Attapeu province.
Liem expressed his hope that via the visit, both sides willcontinue working closely together in science-technology for the sake ofprosperity and common development in the region.
The Lao Deputy Minister Sundara Sourioudong, for his part, saidthe visit aims to learn from the city’s experience in developing science-technologyand intellectual property because it is one of the leading Vietnamese localitiesin the field.
He wished to receive further support from the city indevelopment areas, especially in science-technology.
Both sides discussed the city’s incentives forscience-technology for the 2016 – 2020 period, and the State management in intellectualproperty.-VNA
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At the meeting (Source: VNA)