Going to pagodas on the first lunar days remains a tradition of Vietnamese people both at home and abroad, including those in Laos.

A “Xuan Que Huong” (Homeland Spring) programme was held by the Association of Vietnamese People in Vientiane in collaboration with the Vietnamese Embassy and the Vietnamese Cultural Centre in Laos on February 8 to bring the Lunar New Year (Tet) atmosphere to overseas Vietnamese (OVs) in the host country.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and President Vo Van Thuong have sent a message of congratulations to former Chairman of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and former President of Laos Khamtai Siphandone on the occasion of his 100th birthday, which falls on February 8.

The permanent representatives of Laos and Cambodia to the United Nations (UN) have extended greetings to their Vietnamese counterpart Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang at the UN headquarters in New York on the approaching Lunar New Year (Tet) – a significant traditional event in Vietnamese culture.

Customs officials will be on duty to ensure smooth flow of goods via Lao Cai Border Gate in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai during Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday, head of the province’s economic zone authority Vuong Quoc Vinh said on February 6.

VOV.VN - The Central Committee of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and the Central Committee of the Cambodian People’s Party sent congratulatory messages to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) on the 94th anniversary of the CPV (February 3).

The Consulate General of Vietnam in Pakse, Laos's Champasak province, a “Xuan Que Huong” (Homeland Spring) programme on February 1 to bring the Tet atmosphere to overseas Vietnamese (OVs) in the host country.

Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of the central city of Da Nang Le Quang Nam hosted a reception on February 1 for a delegation from Laos’ Savannakhet province led by Vice Governor Lingthong Sengtavanh.

A New Year gathering was held in the northern border province of Lao Cai on January 29 evening, with a delegation from the provincial Party Organisation and authorities and their counterpart from Honghe county of China’s Yunnan province taking part.

VOV.VN - Border guard units working in co-ordination with local authorities in the central province of Quang Nam conducted various meaningful activities as part of efforts to take care of local people in the Vietnam-Laos border areas ahead of the Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet.