VOV.VN - Vietnam stays ready to help Laos fulfil its international responsibilities in 2024, including its role as the ASEAN Chair, so as to enhance Laos’ position and contribute to maintaining peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region and the wider world.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Laos will promote ties of great friendship, special solidarity, and comprehensive cooperation by holding increasing reciprocal visit exchanges and implementing cooperation agreements in an effective manner.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted a welcoming ceremony in Hanoi on January 6 morning for Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone and his wife on an official working visit to Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone arrived in Hanoi on January 6 morning, beginning a two-day official visit to Vietnam where he will co-chair the 46th Meeting of the Vietnam-Laos Intergovernmental Committee.

VOV.VN - Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone and his wife are scheduled to pay an official visit to Vietnam and co-chair the 46th Meeting of the Vietnam-Laos Intergovernmental Committee on January 6-7.

National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairman Nguyen Khac Dinh on January 4 held talks with his Lao counterpart Chaleun Yiapaoher in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue hosted a reception in Hanoi on January 4 for Vice President of the Lao National Assembly Chaleun Yiapaoher, the first foreign guest to visit the Vietnamese legislative body in the new year of 2024.

The upcoming official visit of Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone to Vietnam from January 6-7 is expected to enhance the trust and close bond between the two Parties and Governments and contribute to making the Vietnam-Laos great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation more substantial and effective, according to Vietnamese Ambassador to Laos Nguyen Ba Hung.

VOV.VN - General Secretary of the Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) and Chairman of the NA Office Bui Van Cuong held a working session on January 4 in Hanoi with Chaleun Yiapaoher, vice president of the Lao legislature, on documents detailing the NA’s history, as well as the relationship between the two legislatures.

More than 255 tonnes of durian were exported to China via border gates in the northern province of Lao Cai in the first three days of 2024, earning nearly US$1 million, according to Lao Cai Border Gate Customs Office.