The ministries of national defence of Vietnam and Laos agreed to continue promoting the effectiveness of cooperation mechanisms during their leaders’ talks in Hanoi on December 4.

VOV.VN - Border guards operating in the northern province of Dien Bien recently detained two Laotian citizens as they were in the process of attempting to smuggle a large quantity of drugs into the nation.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith will lead a high-level delegation of the Lao Government to visit Vietnam and co-chair the 43rd session of the Vietnam-Laos Intergovernmental Committee from Dec. 4-6.

VOV.VN - Densavan district of Savanakhet province in Laos was hit by a huge explosion along the Vietnam-Laos border at 9 a.m. on December 3, leaving two Lao nationals dead and six others injured, including four Vietnamese people.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Finance stated on December 2 that Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has decided to entrust the Ministry with the task of allocating 1,000 tonnes of rice from the national reserve for Savanakhet province in Laos, an area which has been hard hit by recent natural disasters.

The Lao Embassy in Hanoi hosted a reception on December 1 to celebrate the 45th National Day of Laos (December 2, 1945 – 2020).

A delegation led by Standing Vice Secretary of the HCM City Party Committee Tran Luu Quang visited Laos’ Consulate General to offer greetings on the occasion of the country’s 45th National Day (December 2, 1975 - 2020).

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Laos used the 30th annual border meeting held on November 30 in Vientiane to consent to proposing that their respective governments allow the resumption of the clearance of goods at main and secondary border gates.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh and Lao Minister of Foreign Affairs Saleumsay Kommasith have agreed that the Vietnam-Laos relationship has been growing steadily in recent times despite numerous difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

As many as 75,000 medical masks as a gift from the Government of Vietnam were presented to Vietnamese people in Laos on November 28 with a view to assisting them in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic that remains complicated around the world.