VOV.VN - President Vo Van Thuong and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted separate receptions in Hanoi on November 22 for Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Laos Saleumxay Kommasith, who is in Vietnam to co-chair the 10th Vietnam-Laos foreign ministerial-level consultation.

Delegations from Vietnam's central province of Quang Binh and Khammouan province of Laos presented gifts, and handed over civil works to the authority and people of Lang Khang village cluster in the Lao locality at a ceremony on November 22.

VOV.VN - Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son has hailed Laos' proactive preparation for the 2024 ASEAN Chairmanship, affirming Vietnamese readiness to co-operate and support the neighbouring nation in successfully fulfilling this important task.

VOV.VN - Traditional culture of Vietnam has been promoted at a tea party organised on November 17 by the Women’s Union of the Lao Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Vientiane, aiming to tighten connections among domestic and foreign female diplomats in Laos.

Permanent Vice Chairman of the Mass Mobilisation Commission of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Pham Tat Thang held talks with Vice President of the Lao Front for National Construction (LFNC) Central Committee Inlavanh Keobounphanh in Hanoi on November 14.

VOV.VN - Border guards of Thanh Hoa province, central Vietnam, confirmed on November 13 that they had arrested a Lao national for transporting a huge quantity of synthetic drugs into Vietnam.

The 23rd Vietnam - China international trade fair is being held in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai from November 10-15.

Phase one of the upgrade of Bo De Pagoda, a Vietnamese pagoda in the central Lao province of Khammouane, was inaugurated at a ceremony on November 12.

The Vietnam-Laos Friendship Festival was held in Hue city in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on November 11.

VOV.VN - Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommsith will visit Vietnam and co-chair the 10th Vietnam-Laos Foreign Minister-level Political Consultation from November 21 to November 23 following the invitation by Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son.