VOV.VN - Lao Ambassador to Vietnam Sengphet Houngboungnuang has said Vietnamese State President’s upcoming visit to Laos is of special significance as it will help open a new chapter in bilateral cooperative relations between the two countries.

Vietnam and Laos issued a 10-point joint statement on the occasion of an official friendship visit to Vietnam by Lao Party General Secretary and State President Thongloun Sisoulith, his wife, and a high-ranking delegation of the Lao Party and State from June 28-29.

Vietnam and Laos set up diplomatic relations on September 5, 1962.The 59 years of the diplomatic relations was a test for the close amity shared between the two nations.

The official visit to Vietnam by General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith, from June 28-29, is a significant event in the great friendship and special solidarity between the two countries.

The upcoming visit to Vietnam by Lao Party General Secretary and State President Thongloun Sisoulith is of great significance, reaffirming Laos’ desires to promote the great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation with Vietnam, said the Lao Ambassador to Vietnam.

May 23 marked an important milestone in Vietnam’s development when over 69 million voters cast ballots to elect deputies to the 15th National Assembly (NA) and People’s Councils at all levels for the 2021-2026 term.

The India-Vietnam Solidarity Committee (IVSC) and the Dialogue Society on May 7 held an online ceremony to pay tribute to Geetesh Sharma, President of the IVSC in West Bengal.

Vietnam is ready to provide support within its capability to Laos in overcoming difficulties that Laos faces in COVID-19 prevention and control work, standing member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat Vo Van Thuong said.

VOV.VN - A high-level Vietnamese Government delegation led by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh arrived in Jakarta, Indonesia, on April 23 for a Leaders’ Summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

In Vietnam's persistent foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multilateraliastion and diversification of external relations, the Vietnamese Party and State always give top priority to the special solidarity with Laos, Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations Le Hoai Trung has said.