In a year marked by significant milestones for both nations, the Vietnam Film Week in Laos has served as a meaningful cultural bridge, according to Do Quoc Viet, Deputy Director of the Department of Cinema under the Vietnamese Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Laos vowed to further enhance their great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation during a meeting in Kunming, China, on June 19 between Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha and his Lao counterpart Kikeo Khaykhamphithoune.

VOV.VN - General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) To Lam received Thongsalith Mangnomek, Chief of the Office of the Central Committee of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP), in Hanoi on May 30.

Permanent Deputy Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Thanh Nghi affirmed the city’s consistent commitment to fostering strong relationships with localities in Laos.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh lauded defence cooperation between Vietnam and Laos as an important pillar in bilateral relations, during his reception for Lieutenant General Saichay Kommasith, Deputy Minister of Defence and Chief of the General Staff of the Lao People’s Army in Hanoi on March 5.

The Pathet Lao newspaper and the e-newspaper of the Lao News Agency (KPL) on September 10 ran an article praising the Vietnam-Laos relationship.

VOV.VN - The General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith and his spouse will make a state visit to Vietnam from September 10 to 13, according to the Party Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations.

Vietnamese President To Lam and Chairman of the Lao National Assembly Saysomphone Phomvihane on July 11 reaffirmed the importance and the highest priority they give to consolidating and enhancing the great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received Lao Deputy Prime Minister cum Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith in Hanoi on July 5.

VOV.VN - General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong and General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith co-hosted a high-level meeting between the two Parties on February 26 in Hanoi.