Chinese authorities on January 12 re-opened their Hekou International Border Gate – which pairs with Vietnam's Kim Thanh II border gate in the northern province of Lao Cai – for imported fresh fruits, including dragon fruit, and frozen foods from Vietnam.

The Vietnamese Business Association in Northern Laos held the first congress in Luang Prabang city on January 10.

Laos has been the largest recipient of Vietnam's overseas investment so far, with 209 projects totalling US$5.1 billion in registered capital, Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung has said.

VOV.VN - Lao Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh has become the first foreign leader to make an official visit to Vietnam from January 8-10 at the invitation of Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

Lao Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh and his entourage left Hanoi on January 10, concluding their three-day visit to Vietnam at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Pham Minh Chinh.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Lao counterpart Phankham Viphavanh met with 60 Vietnamese and 20 Lao enterprises in Hanoi on January 10.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Lao counterpart Phankham Viphavanh have witnessed the signing and handing over of nine co-operation documents between the governments, ministries, agencies, and enterprises of the two countries.

VOV.VN - The 44th session of the Vietnam-Laos Intergovernmental Committee on Bilateral Cooperation was held on the morning of January 10 in Hanoi under the co-chairmanship of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Laotian counterpart Phankham Viphavanh.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Lao counterpart Gen. Phankham Viphavanh co-chaired the 44th session of the Vietnam-Laos Intergovernmental Committee on Bilateral Cooperation on the morning of January 10.

Two-way trade between Vietnam and Laos is estimated at US$1.3 billion in 2021, a year-on-year rise of 30.3%, according to Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Quoc Phuong.