VOV.VN - A delegation from Ho Chi Minh City led by Tran Luu Quang, standing vice secretary of the municipal Party Committee, paid a visit to the Laos Consulate General to mark the occasion of Bunpimay, the traditional Lao New Year Festival.

VOV.VN - Animal husbandry makes up the sector which provides one of the top 20 export commodities of Laos, with China and Thailand joining Vietnam currently being the largest markets for Lao exports.

More than 400 Lao students studying in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue gathered on April 10 night to celebrate Bunpimay, the traditional New Year Festival of Laos.

Foreign ministers of Laos, Cambodia and Indonesia have extended congratulations to Bui Thanh Son on his appointment as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam.

A VND42 billion (US$1.82 million) vegetable and fruit processing factory was put into operation in Vung Lai commune, Muong Khuong district of the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai on April 7.

The Lao news agency (KPL) on April 6 run an article highlighting the election of Vietnamese leadership positions.

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.