National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and his Lao counterpart Saysomphone Phomvihane have attended the groundbreaking ceremony of the Laos-Vietnam friendship park in Vientiane, as part of the former's official visit to the neighbouring country.

VOV.VN - National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and General Secretary of the Laos People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee and President Thongloun Sisoulith hailed the positive development of the great friendship, special solidarity, and all-around co-operation between the two nations.

VOV.VN - A high-raking delegation of the Vietnam National Assembly led by NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue arrived at Wattay airport on May 15, beginning an official three day visit to Laos at the invitation of the Laos National Assembly Chairman Saysomphone Phomvihane.

The official visit to Laos by Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue holds great significance and will actively contribute to the great relationship between the two legislative bodies and their countries, said a Lao leader.

A story-telling competition on Vietnam-Laos friendship was launched in Hanoi on May 9, as part of a special communications campaign for the 60th founding anniversary of the nations’ diplomatic relations (September 5, 1962-2022).

Tran Van Tuy, former head of the National Assembly Standing Committee’s board for deputy affairs and former Chairman of the Vietnam - Republic of Korea Parliamentary Friendship Group, has been honoured with the RoK’s Grand Gwanghwa Medal for his major contributions to the two countries’ friendship.

A conference reviewing the five-year implementation of a friendship exchange programme between Vuon Buoi village, Loc Thien commune, Loc Ninh district of Vietnam’s Binh Phuoc province and Cooc Thomo village, Tonlung commune, Memot district of Cambodia’s Tboung Khmum province took place on May 5.

VOV.VN - The Italy-Vietnam Friendship Association in the Veneto region, north Italy, has recently inaugurated the Vietnam Cultural House in Venice and handed over the project to Vietnamese students in Venice.

The Vietnam-Japan relations are growing robustly, said Motoyoshi Ryokichi, former General Secretary of the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Association, ahead of Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio’s official visit to Vietnam as part of his first long trip overseas since taking office.

Vietnamese athletes who will compete at the upcoming 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) have promised to make every effort to win medals for the country.