VOV.VN - Vietnam highly values and gives top priority to strengthening the special friendship and comprehensive cooperation with Laos, President Luong Cuong told Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone in Hanoi on April 17.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese and Lao Prime Ministers have agreed to direct relevant agencies to effectively implement high-level agreements, step up economic, trade and investment cooperation, and strive to raise bilateral trade to US$5 billion.

VOV.VN - On April 15, border forces in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien, in coordination with local police, successfully smashed a major drug trafficking ring smuggling illegal substances from Laos into Vietnam, arresting two suspects during the operation.

Vietnam and China have signed seven important cooperation documents in the railway and road sectors, including two intergovernmental treaties, two official development assistance (ODA) agreements between the two governments, and three ministerial-level accords.

A search and repatriation team under the Military Command of the central province of Nghe An has located and collected the remains of 65 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who sacrificed their lives in Laos during wartime.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh led a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation to attend the memorial service for Khamtay Siphandone, former President of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and former President of Laos, in Vientiane on April 7.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Ambassadors to Laos and the US have led delegations to pay their respects to former President Khamtay Siphandone, honoring his great contributions to Laos' independence, prosperity, and the special relationship between Vietnam and Laos.

Party General Secretary To Lam on April 3 led a high-ranking Vietnamese Party and State delegation to pay their final respects to Gen. Khamtay Siphandone, former Chairman of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP), former President and former Prime Minister of Laos, who passed away a day earlier.

Vietnam has declared a two-day national mourning period from April 4 to April 5, to honour the memory of Khamtay Siphandone, former President of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee, and in recognition of the special relationship between the two countries.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on April 3 sent a message of condolences to his Lao counterpart Sonexay Siphandone on the passing of the latter's father Khamtay Siphandone, former President of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, former State President, and former Prime Minister of Lao, a day earlier.