VOV.VN - Lao football players have a strong fighting spirit and have made significant progress over recent years, head coach Park Hang-seo said at a press conference held on December 20.

VOV.VN - Coach Park Hang-seo and his players of the Vietnam national team flew to Vientiane (Laos) on December 17 to prepare their opening game of the AFF Cup 2022 with their hosts in the next four days.

A new building of the Lao Ministry of Industry and Commerce’s Department of SME Promotion, built with funding from the Vietnamese Association in Vientiane, was handed over to the Lao ministry on December 15.

VOV.VN - The Laos Football Federation has started selling tickets ahead of the first match of the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Cup 2022 between Vietnam and hosts Laos on December 21.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a meeting with his Lao counterpart Phankham Viphavanh in Brussels on December 13, as part of his trip to Belgium to attend the ASEAN-EU Commemorative Summit.

The Vietnamese Party, State and people appreciate its faithful relationship with fraternal Lao counterparts in the past struggle for national liberation and current national development, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong said.

VOV.VN - There remains plenty of room for further trade and investment co-operation between Vietnam and Laos, with Laos anticipated to become a potential investment destination in the fields of agriculture, tourism, and logistics for Vietnamese firms moving forward.

VOV.VN - Renowned celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay of the UK has named Vietnam and Laos as the world's leading food destinations in a recent interview with Korean YouTuber Cho Seung-yeon.

Nguyen Trong Nghia, head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education, held talks in Hanoi on December 12 with Khamphanh Pheuyavong, head of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee’s Commission for Propaganda and Training.

VOV.VN - China’s Hekou city and Vietnam’s Lao Cai city will meet this month to discuss the full opening of border gates in Lao Cai, according to Hoang Dang Khoa, chairman of the Lao Cai municipal administration.