VOV.VN - Sa Pa in the northern province of Lao Cai has been named among the top 50 most beautiful small towns in the world by international travel magazine Condé Nast Traveler.

The Bo Y 220kV switching substation in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum will receive electricity from the Nam Kong 2 and 3 hydropower plants of Laos by May 15 this year to integrate it with the Vietnamese electricity grid.

VOV.VN - Defending champions Vietnam began their SEA Games 32 campaign in Cambodia with a 2-0 victory over underdogs Laos at Prince stadium on April 30 evening.

VOV.VN - U22 Vietnam are ready to take on U22 Laos in their opener of the 32nd SEA Games in Cambodia on April 30 in quest of defending their championship title they secured in Hanoi two years ago, said coach Philippe Troussier.

VOV.VN - The biggest rose festival in the northwestern region opened on April 27 at the nation’s largest rose valley in Sa Pa town, a major tourist destination located in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai, with the event drawing plenty of visitors.

VOV.VN - Border guards in the north-central province of Thanh Hoa said on April 27 that they have arrested two Lao nationals for transporting 15,000 pills of synthetic drugs into Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted a reception in Hanoi on April 26 for President of the Central Committee of the Lao Front for National Construction (LFNC) Sinlavong Khoutphaythoune.

President Vo Van Thuong hosted a reception in Hanoi on April 25 for President of the Lao Front for National Construction (LFNC) Central Committee Sinlavong Khoutphaythoune.

The Vietnam-China trade exchange programme opened in Can Tho city on April 21, with 150 Mekong Delta and 13 Chinese firms taking part.

Truong Thi Mai, Politburo member and permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat, met with Thongsavanh Phomvihane, member of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee and head of its Commission for External Relations, in Hanoi on April 20.