DOMESTIC NEWS PRESIDENT RECEIVES VIETNNAMESE MILITARY DELEGATION Senior Lieut. Gen Pham Van Tra, Politburo member of the Vietnamese Communist Party and Minister of Denfence and his delegation on February 16 paid a courtesy visit to Lao PDR President Khamtay Siphandone at his office in Vientiane. VANUATU PRIME MINISTER ARRIVES VIENTIANE Vanuatu Prime Minister Barak Tame Sope Maautanate and a delegation arrived here yesterday morning ( February 18 ) for his three day working visit to Laos. The visit is in response to the invitation of Lao PDR Prime Minister Sisavath Keobounphanh. CHINESE PARTY CENTRAL FOREIGN RELATION COMMITTEE ON VISIT LAOS The Chinese Communist Party's Foreign Relation Committee led by its Chairman Wang Zia Rui arrived here on February 16 for a visit to Laos on annual co-operation plan between Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and Communist Party of China. SOUTH KOREAN AMBASSADOR BIDS FAREWELL TO LAO PRESIDENT Ambassador Chung Wha-Tae of the Republic of Korea to Laos called on President Khamtay Siphandone on February 14 at " Hor kham to bid farewell to the Lao President at the end of his diplomatic mission here. NA CHAIRMAN RECEIVES KOREA AND AUSTRALIA AMBASSADORS The Republic of Korea's Ambassador, Chung Wha-Tae, on February 15 bade farewell to National Assembly Chairman Samane Vignaket. LAOS, CHINA DISCUSS BORDER ISSUES On February 13, Lao and Chinese officials held a consultation at Boten border checkpoint, Luang Namtha province. JAPANESE AID HOSPITAL OFFICIALLY OPENED The new Setthathirath Hospital, built with Japan¹s grant aid totaling 1,611 million yen (approximately 13,5 million U.S. dollars), was officially opened here last Friday. DEFENCE MINISTRIES OF LAOS AND VIETNAM COOPERATE The delegations of the Ministries of Defence of Laos and Vietnam on February 16 signed here a protocol of cooperation and mutual assistance between the two countries. _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
