The special Vietnam - Laos friendship has been growing unceasingly across the board in the recent past, including in trade, which has been developing in an increasingly substantive manner.

Border guard forces of Lao Cai northern province of Vietnam joined talks on border issues in the first half of the year with the border control forces in Hekou district of China’s Yunnan province on June 25.

Competent forces in the northern border province of Dien Bien have arrested four people who crossed the border to enter Laos illegally.

VOV.VN - Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Phan Van Giang touched upon maritime and East Sea security issues during the course of the 8th ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting Plus (ADMM+) which was held on the morning of June 16.

Officials from Mong Cai city in the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh and Dongxing city in China's Guangxi province discussed measures to promote trade cooperation between the two localities during talks on June 11.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on June 10 presented 5,000 national flags to fishermen through the programme “One million national flags for fishermen.”

VOV.VN - Border forces operating in Trung Khanh district of the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang said on June 8 that they have arrested four Chinese citizens who were trying to enter the nation illegally.

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son met with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn in China’s Chongqing city on June 7.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Laos will increase reciprocal visits at all levels and bring into full play cooperation mechanisms in order to deepen bilateral cooperation.

VOV.VN - Vietnam attaches importance and gives high priority to strengthening the traditional friendship and cooperative relations with Cambodia, National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue told his Cambodian counterpart Samdech Heng Samrin during online talks on June 3.