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.

The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) hosted a dialogue on war legacies and peace in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia on October 12 -13 in Washington DC.

Standing Vice Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Tran Thanh Man received Chairwoman of the Lao NA’s Committee for Cultural and Social Affairs Thoummaly Vongphachanh in Hanoi on October 13.

A friendship golf tournament was held on October 8 in Vientiane, the capital of Laos to celebrate the Vietnam-Laos Solidarity and Friendship Year 2022.

VOV.VN - Uong Chu Luu, chairman of the Vietnam Peace Committee, held talks on October 5 with Sommad Pholsena, visiting vice chairman of the Laos National Assembly (NA) and chairman of the Laos Committee for Peace and Solidarity, during which both sides discussed ways to propel ties forward.

The Vietnamese Party, State and National Assembly (NA) will provide the best conditions for people’s organisations of Vietnam to boost friendship and cooperation with their Lao counterparts, said NA Standing Vice Chairman Tran Thanh Man on October 5.

The import and export value of goods and services transferred via Lao Cai province’s international border gates neared US$1.7 billion in the first nine months, down 39.4% year-on-year.

The third Vietnam-Laos culture-sport-tourism border exchange festival rounded off in the northwestern border province of Dien Bien on October 3.

The northwestern province of Dien Bien is hosting a Vietnam-Laos cultural, sport and tourism festival from October 1-3.