A high-level delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) led by Politburo member, Secretary of the CPV Central Committee and Chairman of its Commission for Internal Affairs Phan Dinh Trac paid a working visit to Tanzania from September 22-26.

Ho Chi Minh City prioritises the promotion of tourism, trade and investment cooperation with Lao localities, Deputy Secretary of the city Party Committee and Chairman of the municipal People's Committee Phan Van Mai said on September 26.

Deputy Defence Minister Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien led a Vietnamese delegation to attend the ASEAN Defence Senior Officials' Meeting (ADSOM) in Vientiane, Laos, on September 25.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son hosted a working breakfast with Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith, and Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Sok Chenda Sophea in New York on September 24, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly’s 79th session.

Major General Huynh Dac Huong, head of the national liaison board for former Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and military experts helping Laos is leading a delegation on a visit to Laos from September 22-26, at an invitation of the country’s Ministry of National Defence.

A delegation of the Vietnamese community in Laos on September 19-20 visited Luang Namtha province in northern Laos that suffered heaviest devastation from Typhoon Yagi.

Vietnam's top leaders sent messages of sympathy to their Lao counterparts on September 19, following reports of severe flooding and landslides ravaging Lao localities.

Representatives from the Dien Bien provincial Party Committee's inspection commission held talks with a delegation representing the Party inspection - inspectorate commissions of the Lao northern provinces of Phongsaly, Udomxay and Luang Prabang in Dien Bien Phu city on September 18.

VOV.VN - A delegation of Hanoi led by Tran Sy Thanh, member of the Party Central Committee, Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee, held separate meetings with leaders of the Lao capital of Vientiane.

VOV.VN - Thongsavanh Phomvihane, head of the Commission for External Relations of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee, has underlined the need for both nations to make all-out efforts in an effort to maintain a bilateral annual trade growth rate of 10% to 15% by carrying out all possible measures.