Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal will embark on a two-day visit to Laos today to participate in the 21st ASEAN-India Economic Ministers’ Meeting and the 12th East Asia Summit Economic Ministers’ Meeting. During his visit, the minister is scheduled to hold a number of bilateral meetings with his counterparts from participating countries on the sidelines of two institutional meetings. He will meet with the Minister of host country Lao PDR and visiting Ministers from Korea, Malaysia, Switzerland and Myanmar. Mr Goyal will also meet with the ASEAN Secretary General and the President of ERIA, a premier research institute for Asia and Pacific. He will also have an interaction with the Indian diaspora in Lao PDR and will also meet a visiting industry delegation from India as well as ASEAN.