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.

VOV.VN - Vice Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Nguyen Duc Hai and his Lao counterpart Sommad Pholsena co-chaired a symposium in Da Nang city on September 5, sharing experience in improving the role of the legislature in formulating and implementing socio-economic development policies.

A delegation from the Lao Embassy in Australia visited the Vietnamese Embassy on September 4 to extend their congratulations on the 79th anniversary of Vietnam’s National Day (September 2, 1945 – 2024).

Sen. Lt. Gen. Nguyen Tan Cuong, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army (VPA) and Deputy Minister of National Defence, met with his Lao counterpart Sen. Lt. Gen. Khamliang Outhakaysone in Vientiane on September 4, on the sidelines of the 21st ASEAN Chiefs of Defence Forces Meeting (ACDFM-21).

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man received visiting Lao NA Vice Chairman and Chairman of the Lao Committee for Peace and Solidarity Sommad Pholsena in Hanoi on August 22.

Working delegations of the Defence Ministries of Vietnam and Laos on August 12 inspected preparations for the second Vietnam-Laos Border Defence Friendship Exchange in Moc Chau district of Vietnam’s Son La province and Sop Bao district in Laos’s Houaphanh province.

The Vietnam - Laos Trade Fair 2024 (VIETLAO EXPO), the largest annual trade promotion event co-hosted by the two countries’ Ministries of Industry and Trade, is being held in Vientiane from July 25 to 29.

The Lao Embassy in Vietnam, in collaboration with the Mekong University, held a conference in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long on July 12 to sum up the training and management of Lao students in Vietnam in the 2023-2024 academic year, and put forward tasks for the following year.

A ceremony to kickstart the construction of a scientific research and training centre at the National University of Laos was held by the Vietnam National University - Hanoi (VNU) and the Lao Ministry of Education and Sports on July 12 under an agreement between the two governments.

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.