VOV.VN - Lao Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh alongside Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen extended congratulations to new Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh via their phone talks on April 6.

VOV.VN - Police operating in Dien Bien province announced on April 6 that they have detained and prosecuted four people for attempting to assist groups of Chinese citizens to enter the country before continuing their illegal entry into Laos.

Ho Chi Minh City on April 2 presented VND590 million (US$25,653) to Champasak Friendship Primary School in Laos's Champasak province to buy school equipment, according to the city Committee on Overseas Vietnamese Affairs.

VOV.VN - The Ha Nhi ethnic people in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai have for long treasured the long-standing tradition of visiting graves of their relatives to pay respect for the loved ones.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Ambassador to Laos Nguyen Ba Hung and head of the representative office in Laos of the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security Major General Hoang Quang Huong visited the headquarters of Laos’ Ministry of Public Security to convey their greetings on the Lao ministry's 60th founding anniversary.

VOV.VN - National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue held phone talks with his Lao counterpart Saysomphone Phomvihane on April 2, during which Hue thanked the Lao NA leader who was the first leader to send a congratulatory letter after he was elected as NA Chairman on March 31.

In Vietnam's persistent foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multilateraliastion and diversification of external relations, the Vietnamese Party and State always give top priority to the special solidarity with Laos, Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations Le Hoai Trung has said.

The National Assembly has well performed parliamentary diplomacy, thus contributing to consolidating and developing Vietnam’s relations with its traditional friends, neighbours, and strategic and comprehensive partners such as Laos, Cuba, Cambodia, China, Russia, the US, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea and other Southeast Asian nations.

The Lao Ministry of Public Security in collaboration with the Vietnamese Embassy in Laos and the representative office of Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security in Laos have held a meeting to mark the 60th anniversary of Vietnam sending public security experts to the country (March 22, 1961-2021).

VOV.VN - The northern mountainous province of Lao Cai has been hit by the first hailstorm of the year after a cold snap struck the locality on March 21.