General Nguyen Tan Cuong, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army and Deputy Minister of National Defence, received visiting Senior Lieutenant General Saichay Kommasith, Chief of the General Staff of the Lao People’s Army and Deputy Minister of National Defence of Laos, in Hanoi on March 9.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Ao Dai Heritage Club in Laos was officially launched at a ceremony held in Vientiane on the evening of March 9, marking the establishment of a new cultural organisation of the Vietnamese community in Laos.

More than 150 documents, photographs and artifacts highlighting the special solidarity among Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia are being showcased at a thematic exhibition that opened on March 7 at the Lao student dormitory in Xuan Hoa ward, Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - Pasaxon newspaper, the mouthpiece of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party, has published an article titled “Cooperation between the National Assembly of Laos and the National Assembly of Vietnam toward a strategic partnership in the new period.”

VOV.VN - Nghe An provincial police have busted a cross-border drug trafficking ring operating from Laos into Vietnam, arresting one man and seizing 22 blocks of heroin.

VOV.VN - Lao Airlines, the national flag carrier of Laos, is scheduled to reopen direct air route from the capital of Vientiane to Da Nang, a major tourist destination in central Vietnam, from March 29.

VOV.VN - A powerful explosion occurred at around 12:22 p.m. on February 23 at Tang Loong Industrial Park in northern Lao Cai province, killing one worker and damaging part of a factory facility.

VOV.VN - President Luong Cuong on February 23 called for stronger climate action, accelerated green economic transition and expanded forest protection as Vietnam pushes toward its net-zero emissions target by 2050.

Phat Tich Pagoda in Vientiane held a charity event on February 19 to present Lunar New Year (Tet) gift packages to those with disabilities and disadvantaged families living in the Lao capital city.

VOV.VN - The Tay ethnic people in northern Vietnam preserve rich Lunar New Year (Tet) traditions, from ancestral rituals and traditional cuisine to folk games and the Lồng Tồng festival.