Asia needs to play a greater role in maintaining and fostering a peaceful and stable environment conducive to development and prosperity in the region and beyond, on the shared basis of cooperation, understanding, trust and responsibility, Standing Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has said.

VOV.VN - Major newspapers from Laos, including Pasaxon,PathetLao Daily, Vientiane May, and Vientiane Times published news and photos of Vietnamese National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue’s trip to Laos on their frontpages, as well as running articles of the visit’s significance to bilateral ties.

VOV.VN - National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and General Secretary of the Laos People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee and President Thongloun Sisoulith hailed the positive development of the great friendship, special solidarity, and all-around co-operation between the two nations.

VOV.VN - General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith and other senior leaders of Laos sent their congratulatory messages to their Vietnamese counterparts on the occasion of the Lunar New Year Festival.

VOV.VN - The impending visit to Vietnam by Laotian Prime Minister Phankham Viphavan will give fresh impetus to comprehensive partnership between the two countries in 2022, according to Vietnamese Ambassador to Laos Nguyen Ba Hung.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong; President of the Cambodian People’s Party and Prime Minister of Cambodia Hun Sen; and General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith held a meeting in Hanoi on September 26.

VOV.VN - Consul General Nguyen Dang Hung has stated that the nation will continue to give priority to promoting friendship and co-operation with localities in Northern Laos based on joint efforts and potential opportunities between both sides.

The Laos – Vietnam ties keep growing and bond the two peoples together, said Secretary and Governor of Luang Prabang province Khamkhan Chanthavisouk on August 30.

Lao Ambassador to Vietnam Sengphet Houngboungnuang has highly valued Vietnam's giving the top priority to protecting people’s health and lives, expressing his hope that the country will stamp out the COVID-19 pandemic soon.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on August 9 met with Lao Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh; and visited and held separated meetings with former Party and State leaders of Laos.