The total trade of goods through the Kim Thanh International Road Border Gate No. 2 in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai had exceeded US$1.6 million as of 2 p.m. on January 1, of which nearly US$929,000 came from exports.

VOV.VN - Due to the influence of a strong cold air mass from the North, frost appeared again at the summit of Fansipan on December 31, with temperatures dropping below 0°C.

The Lao Ministry of National Defence hosted a meeting to mark the 80th anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and the 35th anniversary of the All People’s Defence Festival (December 22) in Vientiane on December 30 morning, bringing together senior officers of the Lao People's Army.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has showed his confidence that the Vietnam visit by Lao Deputy Prime Minister Saleumxay Kommasith will obtain positive results as a contribution to fostering the Vietnam-Laos great relationship, special solidarity, and comprehensive cooperation.

Vietnamese company Viet Phuong Group has recently inaugurated and handed over the Dakcheung district Sports Complex as a gift to Laos’ Sekong province.

The People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City and the Lao Consulate General in the city on December 27 oganised a Vietnam-Laos trade and investment promotion forum which aimed to boost connections between the two countries’ businesses and investors.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Laos held a ceremony on December 25 to confer orders and medals from the Vietnamese Party, State on one collective and several individuals of the Lao Presidential Office in recognition of their remarkable contributions to the great friendship between the two countries.

VOV.VN - The Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee and its Commission for Propaganda and Training and Commission for Foreign Affairs coordinated with the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations (VUFO) to organize a presentation on Vietnam's bamboo diplomacy policy on December 24 in Vientiane.

VOV.VN - A memorial and requiem ceremony for the heroic Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and Lao national heroes was held in Luang Prabang on December 22 to honour and remember those who sacrificed their lives for independence, freedom, and noble international missions.

VOV.VN - Frost appeared on the Fansipan mountain peak in Sa Pa town in the northern Lao Cai province on the early morning of December 23 as the temperature plunged to below one degree Celsius.