VOV.VN - State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on April 26 received Lao Vice President Pany Yathotou who is in Hanoi for a three-day official visit.

VOV.VN - Lao daily newspaper Pasaxon (People) published a front-page editorial on April 11 highlighting the time-honoured friendship and special relationship between Laos and Vietnam to mark 45 years of the Friendship and Cooperation Treaty and 60 years of bilateral diplomatic ties for this year.

VOV.VN - Lao Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh is scheduled to arrive in Hanoi on January 8, beginning a three-day official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

VOV.VN - Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung and his Lao counterpart Phoxay Khaykhamphithoune virtually co-chaired the 6th Political Consultation between their Ministries of Foreign Affairs to discuss bilateral relations as well as global issues of mutual concern.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith and Vietnamese State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc inaugurated the Lao National Assembly building – a newly built project as a special gift from Vietnam to Laos – in Vientiane capital on August 10.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc is scheduled to attend a ceremony to hand over the Vietnamese funded National Assembly building to Laos during his official visit to Vietnam’s neighbouring country on August 9-10.

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.