VOV.VN - Vietnam exported 400,000 tonnes of cassava and cassava-based products worth US$144 million in January, with the market share of Vietnamese cassava chips and starch as part of China's total imports last year increasing sharply compared to 2019’s figures.

VOV.VN - Approximately 14,000 tonnes of dragon fruit were shipped to the Chinese market through the Lao Cai International Border Gate in the northern province of Lao Cai between February 10 and February 17, the sixth day of the Lunar New Year holiday, known locally as Tet, according to the gate’s custom office.

Some 190 tonnes of dragon fruits were shipped to China through Kim Thanh II International Border Gate in the northern province of Lao Cai on February 12, the first day of the lunar New Year.

Chairwoman of the Lao National Assembly (NA) Pany Yathotou paid a visit on February 11 to officers and soldiers of Army Corps 11 of the Vietnam People’s Army who are working on the construction of the Lao NA House, on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

Vietnamese expatriates in Laos have rushed off their feet those days to prepare for the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday since they could not return to their home land due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - Thick snow continued to fall on Fansipan Mountain in northern Vietnam overnight February 9, leaving the peak covered in a blanket of snow.

Lao Ambassador to Singapore Khonepheng Thammavong on February 8 led a delegation to the Vietnamese Embassy in the country on the occasion of the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival.

VOV.VN - Known as “the Roof of Indochina”, the peak of Fansipan in the northern province of Lao Cai Snow saw a period of heavy snow at 8 a.m. on February 8.

The Central Committees of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) have extended congratulations to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) on the CPV’s 91st founding anniversary (February 3, 1930 - 2021).

Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong held phone talks with Party General Secretary and Prime Minister of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith on February 2.