Standing Vice Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Tran Thanh Man received Chairwoman of the Lao NA’s Committee for Cultural and Social Affairs Thoummaly Vongphachanh in Hanoi on October 13.

A friendship golf tournament was held on October 8 in Vientiane, the capital of Laos to celebrate the Vietnam-Laos Solidarity and Friendship Year 2022.

VOV.VN - Uong Chu Luu, chairman of the Vietnam Peace Committee, held talks on October 5 with Sommad Pholsena, visiting vice chairman of the Laos National Assembly (NA) and chairman of the Laos Committee for Peace and Solidarity, during which both sides discussed ways to propel ties forward.

The Vietnamese Party, State and National Assembly (NA) will provide the best conditions for people’s organisations of Vietnam to boost friendship and cooperation with their Lao counterparts, said NA Standing Vice Chairman Tran Thanh Man on October 5.

The import and export value of goods and services transferred via Lao Cai province’s international border gates neared US$1.7 billion in the first nine months, down 39.4% year-on-year.

The third Vietnam-Laos culture-sport-tourism border exchange festival rounded off in the northwestern border province of Dien Bien on October 3.

The northwestern province of Dien Bien is hosting a Vietnam-Laos cultural, sport and tourism festival from October 1-3.

A ceremony was held in Laos’s Savannakhet province on September 29 to wrap up the fifth Vietnam-Laos People Friendship Festival and celebrate the Laos-Vietnam Friendship and Solidarity Year, the 60th founding anniversary of diplomatic ties and the 45th of the signing of the Treaty on Cooperation.

Vietnamese and Lao education-training leaders, representatives from 50 universities and 55 agencies as well as teachers and students gathered at a forum in Vientiane on September 29 to discuss cooperation between the two countries in enhancing training quality.

Border guards at the Lao Cai International Border Gate, the northern province of Lao Cai, received 110 Vietnamese nationals handed over by the Hekou border checkpoint of China on September 28.