A delegation of the Vietnam Journalists Association (VJA), led by its Standing Chairman Nguyen Duc Loi, paid a courtesy call to Lao Deputy Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism Vansy Kuamua, as part of its working trip to the neighbouring country from September 9-13.

VOV.VN - Relevant forces have so far retrieved 44 dead bodies from debris of the horrific flashfloods that struck Nu village of northern Lao Cai province on September 10, and search and rescue operations are going on to search for the remaining 51 missing people.

General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith met with former Vietnamese volunteer soldiers, experts, alumni in Laos and young representatives from both Vietnam and Laos in Hanoi on September 11.

VOV.VN - National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man held a meeting with Lao Party General Secretary and President Thongloun Sisoulith on September 11 in Hanoi within the framework of the latter's state visit to Vietnam.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and State President To Lam and General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith co-chaired a high-level meeting between the two Parties in Hanoi on September 11 on the occasion of the Lao top leader’s ongoing state visit to Vietnam.

The Pathet Lao newspaper and the e-newspaper of the Lao News Agency (KPL) on September 10 ran an article praising the Vietnam-Laos relationship.

Phat Tich Pagoda in Vientiane, Laos, launched a donation campaign on September 10 to support people in northern provinces of Vietnam and Laos that were hard hit by super typhoon Yagi.

VOV.VN - General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith, his wife, and a high-ranking Laotian delegation laid a wreath at President Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum in Hanoi on the morning of September 11 to pay tribute to the national leader of Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Flash floods accompanied by rock and soil hit a commune of northern Lao Cai province, burying an entire village with 35 households and 158 people, with 18 found dead and 77 reported missing.

VOV.VN - General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President of Vietnam To Lam held talks in Hanoi on September 10 with General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith on measures to strengthen the great friendship, special solidarity, and comprehensive cooperation between the two