The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee’s Organisation Commission and the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee’s Organisation Commission reviewed their cooperation and set out orientations for the time ahead during their online talks on January 4.

VOV.VN - Located in the northern province of Lao Cai, the town of Sa Pa received 17,346 visitors during the three-day New Year holiday from January 1 to January 3, according to local authorities.

VOV.VN - Like other ethnic groups, Mong people take part in many rituals during their lifetime, one is the ritual to give a name to a baby to acknowledge him or her as a new family member.

Quang Ninh province of Vietnam has presented US$20,000 to the Lao province of Luang Prabang to assist the latter in the fight against COVID-19.

VOV.VN - The Phu Quoc island of southern Kien Giang province received more than 50 Lao tourists on December 30 – 31 who boarded private aircraft and planned to use premium services on the island.

VOV.VN - Despite being heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, Vietnam and Laos still maintain regular high-level visits and meetings in various appropriate forms.

Vietnam and Laos held an online meeting to review the pilot implementation of the one-stop-shop inspection model at the Lao Bao (Quang Tri) – Densavan (Savannakhet) border gate pair on December 29.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu and Lao Minister of Foreign Affairs Saleumxay Kommasith co-chaired the 31st annual Vietnam-Laos border meeting held in Hanoi on December 29.

VOV.VN - The 8th ministerial-level political consultation was held in Hanoi on December 28, with the event co-hosted by Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son and his Lao counterpart Saleumxay Kommasith.

The first village police station built with support from the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security (MPS) in Laos was inaugurated in Nonghet village of Nonghet district, Xiengkhouang province, on December 25.