A working delegation led by US Ambassador to Vietnam Marc Knapper paid a working trip to the northern border province of Lao Cai on February 21.

VOV.VN - Every Sunday a market held along the border with Laos at the Nam Can international border gate in Nghe An province becomes bustling as it satisfies the shopping demand of people living in border areas between the two countries.

Despite the high cooperation potential, trade between Vietnam and Yunnan province of China has remained modest at only US$3.2 billion in 2022, a very small amount of the US$175.6 billion in trade between Vietnam and China in the year, according to Vu Ba Phu, director of the Trade Promotion Agency under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

VOV.VN - During the opening months of the year, the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai is widely covered with a white coat of blooming plum flowers which attracts a large number of visitors to the region.

The wave of Vietnamese investments in Attapeu has helped to draw more capital to the Lao province, a local official has said.

VOV.VN - The Bolaven coffee, tea and agro-festival 2023 has been getting underway in Champasak province of Laos from February 2 to February 4 amid the presence of businesses from Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese commodities exported to Laos rose 10.4% last year to hit US$656.4 million, of which petroleum exports brought in US$125.4 million, up 439%, according to the Vietnamese Trade Office in Laos.

VOV.VN - The police in Lao Cai, a northern Vietnamese locality that borders Laos, have successfully broke up a transnational drug-trafficking ring, apprehending a man and seizing 20 cakes of heroin.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese businesses poured US$126.7 million into investment projects overseas in January 2023, representing a 3.4-fold rise against the same period from last year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

A ceremony was held at the Nguyen Du Lao-Vietnamese bilingual school in Vientiane, Laos, on January 30 to present aid to its teachers hit by the COVID-19 pademic.