General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam (CPV) Central Committee To Lam on January 8 sent a letter of congratulations to comrade Thongloun Sisoulith on his re-election as General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee for the 12th term.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung, on January 8 led a Vietnamese delegation to Laos to congratulate the country on the successful conclusion of the 12th National Congress of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP).

Canada’s Secretary of State for International Development Randeep Sarai on January 7 visited the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai, where six Canadian government-funded programmes and projects are being implemented.

The Quang Ngai provincial Military Command reported on January 7 that its K53 team had recovered the remains of four Vietnamese soldiers fallen in Laos and Cambodia during a January 1-3 search mission for the 2025–2026 dry season.

VOV.VN - Temperature on the peak of Fansipan fell to -3°C early on January 7, with thick frost coating walkways, structures and vegetation during the first cold spell of 2026.

Professor and Academician Boviengkham Vongdara, President of the Lao–Vietnam Friendship Association, highlighted the growing importance of deepening the special relationship between Laos and Vietnam in the new context in an interview recently granted to the Vietnam News Agency (VNA)'s resident correspondents in Laos.

The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) on January 5 sent a message of congratulations to the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) on its 12th National Congress.

Lao Ambassador to Vietnam Khamphao Ernthavanh has stressed that bilateral cooperation in education and training and people-to-people exchanges from 2026 onwards will continue to serve as a strategic bridge, directly contributing to high-quality human resources development and sustainable growth in each country.

A memorial and burial ceremony was held on December 31 at Tong Khao Martyrs’ Cemetery in Thanh Nua commune, the northern province of Dien Bien, for the remains of 10 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers who laid down their lives in Laos during wartime.

VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu and his Lao counterpart Maythong Thammavongsa co-chaired the 34th annual meeting between the Vietnamese and Lao border delegations in Vientiane, Laos, from December 25 to December 27, 2025.