Police in Vietnam’s central province of Thanh Hoa, in coordination with police in Laos’ Houaphanh province, have dismantled two cross-border drug trafficking cases, arresting four suspects and seizing more than 23kg of narcotics and precursor substances.

Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Lam Thi Phuong Thanh met with Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education and Sports Thongsalit Mangnomek and Chairman of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee’s Commission for Propaganda and Training Khamphan Pheuiyavong, as part of her visit to Laos.

Vietnamese Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Lam Thi Phuong Thanh held talks with Lao Minister of Culture and Tourism Suonsavan Vignaket in Vientiane, Laos on May 12 to review their 2021–2025 partnership and set the agenda for 2026-2030.

VOV.VN - Pasaxon, the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party, recently reported that Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone held a bilateral meeting with his Vietnamese counterpart Le Minh Hung in Cebu, the Philippines, on May 8 while attending the 48th ASEAN Summit and related meetings held from May 7-8.

VOV.VN - A digital exhibition featuring nearly 300 photos, documents and rare materials on President Ho Chi Minh was held in Vientiane on May 8 as part of activities marking the 136th anniversary of his birth.

Search forces from the central province of Quang Tri have recovered 27 sets of martyrs' remains in Laos during the 2025-2026 dry season, who will be repatriated to the Road 9 National Martyrs’ Cemetery in the locality, heard a conference on May 8.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Le Minh Hung on May 8 met with Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on the sidelines of the 48th ASEAN Summit in Cebu, the Philippines.

VOV.VN - Central Ha Tinh province is preparing to receive and bury the remains of eight Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who died in Laos during wartime missions.

Authorities in the central province of Nghe An have recovered the remains of 72 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who laid down their lives in Laos during wartime.

The Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee has sent a congratulatory message to the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee on the 51st anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification (April 30, 1975–2026).