VOV.VN - Border guard force operating in the central province of Ha Tinh on April 12 arrested two Laotian men who were smuggling a huge amount of drugs from Laos into Vietnam.

Minister of National Defence General Phan Van Giang and his Chinese counterpart Senior Lieutenant General Dong Jun co-chaired activities within the eighth Vietnam-China border defence friendship exchange which opened in Vietnam’s Lao Cai province on April 11.

A trade fair to promote trade, investment, and tourism in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand opened in Champasak province of Laos on April 10 as part of the trade, investment and tourism promotion forum in the Lao locality.

Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone received a delegation of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee led by its President Do Van Chien in Vientiane on April 10.

VOV.VN - Vietnam always attaches great importance to the role of the East - West Economic Corridor (EWEC) and the Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam (CLV) Development Triangle Area, prioritising the allocation of resources to promote co-operation in the area,

VOV.VN - Border guards based in the central province of Ha Tinh have successfully rescued four Vietnamese victims who were alleged to have fallen into a scam to get ‘high-paying easy jobs’ in Laos by human trafficking rings.

The Presidents of the Solidarity Front for the Development of Cambodian Motherland (SFDCM), the Lao Front for National Construction (LFNC), and the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) gathered at their fifth conference in Vientiane on April 9.

Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien had a meeting in Vientiane on April 8 with Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone who asked relevant ministries of the two sides to focus on removing difficulties facing their businesses in exporting coal and electricity, thus improving the effectiveness of bilateral cooperation in trade, energy, and minerals.

VOV.VN - The Lao ethnic minority group residing in Pa Thom commune of Dien Bien district in the northern province of Dien Bien have re-enacted the water splashing festival, with the aim of showing respect to ancestors and praying for bumper crops.

Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien and Lao Minister of Industry and Commerce Malaithong Kommasith signed a new Vietnam-Laos trade agreement following their talks in Vientiane, Laos, on April 8.