Deputy Minister of National Defence, Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien has suggested Vietnamese and Lao border guards step up the exchange of information about border management and protection and conduct joint exercises.

The Thai Nguyen University of Education in the northern province of Thai Nguyen on October 26 received the Lao State’s Order of Friendship for its contribution to cooperation in human resources training for the country.

VOV.VN - Trade promotion has always been one of the key tasks carried out by the Embassy and Trade Office of Vietnam in Laos, with a view to promoting the growth of trade co-operation commensurate to boost the two countries’ special political relations.

VOV.VN - Since the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Vietnamese and Laotian ministries of public security, both nations have actively devised plans aimed at fully performing the assigned tasks and have so far achieved initial important results.

Vietnamese Minister of Public Security General To Lam has suggested his ministry and its Lao counterpart step up information exchange, and coordinate in preventing impacts of non-traditional security threats on their cooperation.

VOV.VN - National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on October 21 received the heads of the Foreign Affairs Committees of the Lao and Cambodian National Assemblies who are in Vietnam for a consultation conference to prepare for a summit of the legislative leaders of the three countries.

VOV.VN - Promoting economic diplomacy in Laos has become an important focus of the Vietnamese Embassy and representative agencies as it not only strengthens bilateral economic and trading ties, but also cements great friendship, special solidarity, and comprehensive co-operation between the two countries.

Officials from the People’s Council of Vietnam’s central province of Quang Nam and Sekong province of Laos met to exchange experience in Quang Nam’s Tam Ky city on October 18.

VOV.VN - The Foreign Affairs Committees of the National Assemblies of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia held a consultation conference in Lao Cai province of Vietnam on October 18 to prepare for a meeting of the leaders of the three legislatures due to take place in 2023.

VOV.VN - Trade revenue between Vietnam and Laos during the first nine months of the year reached US$1.22 billion, a year-on-year rise 29%, according to the Vietnamese Trade Office in Laos.