Border guard forces of Lao Cai northern province of Vietnam joined talks on border issues in the first half of the year with the border control forces in Hekou district of China’s Yunnan province on June 25.

The Border Guard Command of central Quang Tri province said on June 21 that they have arrested a Lao man when he was en route to illegally transport 38,000 pills of synthetic drugs into Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Northern and central regions are set to continue dealing with the ongoing heat wave as temperatures reach up to 40 degrees Celsius, with some places even enduring heat of over 40 degrees Celsius until June 21.

VOV.VN - A communal police officer has been diagnosed with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the fifth case in central Nghe An province, according to the provincial Centre for Disease Control (CDC).

VOV.VN - Police of southern Kien Giang province have co-operated alongside local authorities in the northern province of Lang Son to expel 13 Chinese citizens who had previously entered the country illegally.

A delegation from the Lao province of Vientiane on June 14 handed over 100 million LAK (US$10,577) to the Vietnamese Embassy in Laos to assist the fight against COVID-19 in northern Hai Duong province of Vietnam.

Contractors building eight wind power plants in Soc Trang province have vowed to speed up work so that they can begin generating electricity before the end of October.

Many Lao provinces have joined hands with the Vietnamese Government and people in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.

Officials from Mong Cai city in the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh and Dongxing city in China's Guangxi province discussed measures to promote trade cooperation between the two localities during talks on June 11.

VOV.VN - The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang has decided to impose a social distancing order on the entire province, starting at 00.00 on June 12, after several community cases were recorded.