Vietnamese airline Vietjet and the Ministry of Public Works and Transport of Laos on July 11 announced an agreement to boost air transport connectivity between Vietnam and Laos.

President To Lam met with Sinlavong Khoutphaythoune, President of the Central Committee of the Lao Front for National Construction (LFNC), in Vientiane on July 11, as part of his two-day state visit to the neighbouring country.

Vietnamese President To Lam and Chairman of the Lao National Assembly Saysomphone Phomvihane on July 11 reaffirmed the importance and the highest priority they give to consolidating and enhancing the great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries.

VOV.VN - Major media outlets of Laos have provided in-depth coverage of the ongoing State visit to Laos by Vietnamese State President.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese President To Lam met with Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone in Vientiane on July 11 as part of his ongoing State visit to Laos.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Laos will strive to raise economic cooperation to new heights commensurate with their fine political relations; increase the exchange of experience in macroeconomic management and anti-corruption; and upgrade international border gates and roads connecting the two countries.

The state visits to Laos and Cambodia by President To Lam from July 11-13 are expected to help promote solidarity and open up more trade cooperation opportunities between Vietnam and the two neighbouring countries.

VOV.VN - General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith hosted a welcoming ceremony for visiting Vietnamese President To Lam in Vientiane on July 11.

Representatives from the Vietnamese provinces of Lao Cai, Ha Giang, Lai Chau and Dien Bien on July 10 attended a meeting with their counterparts from China’s Yunnan province to discuss transport cooperation between the two sides.

President To Lam will make a state visit to Laos on July 11-12, his first overseas trip since he took office, demonstrating Vietnam’s top priority to consolidate and nurture the great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation with the neighbouring nation, according to a Lao scholar.