Minister of Home Affairs Pham Thi Thanh Tra held a working session in Hanoi on May 23 with her Lao counterpart Thongchanh Manixay, during which both sides expressed delight at the close cooperation between the two ministries and the fruitful outcomes of joint activities.

Sen. Lt. Gen. Phung Si Tan, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army, received a delegation of the Engineering Department of the General Staff of the Lao People’s Army led by its Director Maj. Gen. Viengxay Xaysamone in Hanoi on May 19.

VOV.VN - A commemorative site for President Ho Chi Minh in the Lao province of Khammuon not only shows joint solidarity between the two sides, but also helps to preserve the cultural identity of the Vietnamese community in the neighbouring country.

VOV.VN - The Laos-Vietnam Friendship Hospital, the largest health care infrastructure project ever presented to Laos by Vietnam, was inaugurated on May 17 in Laos’ northern province of Xiangkhouang.

VOV.VN - The annual Bac Ha White Plateau Festival 2023 is scheduled to get underway in Bac Ha district in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai from June 3 to 11, with a traditional horse race to be the main activity.

A boarding culture and ethnicity school of the Lao People's Army built with Vietnamese funding was inaugurated in Vientiane on May 11.

Vice Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Nguyen Duc Hai on May 10 had separate meetings with officials of the Lao, Cambodian, and Indonesian law-making bodies to promote parliamentary cooperation across spheres.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Laos will increase high-level visits in the time to come to outline orientations for bilateral cooperation.

VOV.VN - Sa Pa in the northern province of Lao Cai has been named among the top 50 most beautiful small towns in the world by international travel magazine Condé Nast Traveler.

The Bo Y 220kV switching substation in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum will receive electricity from the Nam Kong 2 and 3 hydropower plants of Laos by May 15 this year to integrate it with the Vietnamese electricity grid.