(KPL) The Customs departments of Laos and Thailand discussed and dialogued on closer cooperation on matters related to customs in Vientiane on 21 December.
The Laos side was led by Mr Adsaphangthong Siphandone, Deputy Director General of the Customs Department, and the Thai side was headed by Mr Somchai Soudchaphongsy, Director of the Customs Department and customs officers from the two countries also attended this meeting.
During the talks, Lao and Thai customs officers briefed one another on their methods of operations or modus operandi in their respective countries.
The two sides also discussed how they should carry out cooperative customs work in 2010, especially on how the two countries should respond to the customs regulations of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), better known as one door service trading and customs cooperation among the countries in the Mekong Sub-region.
The two sides also signed an agreement on customs cooperation during this meeting.
Source: KPL Lao News Agency
December 23, 2009
