VOV.VN - Vietnam and Laos are scheduled to hold the second border defense friendship exchange on October 22-23 in Moc Chau district of Vietnam and Sop Bao district of Laos, a press briefing heard in Hanoi on October 15.

VOV.VN - Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam Tran Thanh Man will pay an official visit to Laos and attend the 45th General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA-45) from October 17 to 19, 2024.

VOV.VN - Ministries of Public Security of Vietnam and Laos jointly hosted a meeting on crime and drug prevention and control as well as public order and safety maintenance at a meeting in Hanoi on October 15.

The Vietnamese Business Association in Laos (AVILA) held a get-together in Vientiane on October 13 to mark the 20th anniversary of the Vietnam Entrepreneurs' Day and honour Vietnamese businesses’ contributions for the socio-economic development of Vietnam and Laos and cooperation between the two countries.

VOV.VN - The import and transport of coal from Laos to Vietnam via the La Lay International Border Gate in the central province of Quang Tri has recently attracted plenty of financiers, according to the Quang Tri Department of Planning and Investment.

VOV.VN - A festival to honour Vietnamese brocade culture will be held from November 8 - 10 in Sa Pa, a famous tourist resort in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai, to feature a wide range of cultural activities and art performances.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with Bounthong Chitmany, permanent member of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee’s Secretariat and Vice President of Laos, on the sidelines of the 44th and 45th ASEAN Summits and related meetings in Vientiane on October 11.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has issued a decision approving a price framework for electricity imports from Laos starting from December 31, 2025.

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen Hoang Xuan Chien held a working session with his Lao counterpart Vongkham Phommakon in Vientiane on October 9.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh of Vietnam, Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone of Laos, and Prime Minister Hun Manet of Cambodia held a special networking breakfast with the leadership of the ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ASEAN BAC) in Vientiane on October 10, on the sidelines of the 44th and 45th ASEAN Summits in Laos.