The Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security on March 18 handed over 50 vehicles to the Lao Ministry of Public Security to help it ensure safety for activities held during Laos's Chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) this year.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Laos Nguyen Ba Hung hailed the General Association of Vietnamese People in the neighbouring country for its performance over the past time, while addressing a ceremony marking its 15th anniversary in Vientiane on March 14.

VOV.VN - Vietnam will soon open a tourism promotion office in Vientiane, Laos, in an effort to change the method of carrying out tourism promotion activities overseas, revealed Nguyen Trung Khanh, head of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).

Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Tan Cuong had bilateral meetings with Lao Minister of National Defence Gen. Chansamone Chanyalath, and Cambodian Minister of National Defence Gen. Tea Siha in Luang Prabang, Laos, on March 4.

The State Audit Office of Vietnam (SAV) handed over the E-office project to the State Audit Organisation of Laos on March 4, helping the Lao side modernise its operations.

VOV.VN - Border guard units working in co-ordination with local authorities in the central province of Quang Nam conducted various meaningful activities as part of efforts to take care of local people in the Vietnam-Laos border areas ahead of the Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet.

A culture and sport exchange programme between students of the northwestern mountainous province of Dien Bien and six northern Lao provinces, namely Luang Prabang, Phongsaly, Luang Namtha, Bo Keo, Xaynhabuly, and Udom Xay, kicked off in Dien Bien on Jannaury 27.

The Vietnam-Laos Friendship Park, a gift from the Vietnamese Government’s Special Working Committee, has recently been inaugurated and handed over to the Party Organisation and administration of Viengxay district, the northern Lao province of Houaphanh.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue had a meeting with visiting Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone in Hanoi on January 7, during which he affirmed that Vietnam always gives the highest priority to the special traditional relations with Laos.

VOV.VN - The Prime Ministers of Vietnam and Laos sketched out cooperation plans between the two countries in various fields for 2024, with two-way trade set to rise by 10-15% compared to 2023, at the 46th meeting of the Vietnam – Laos Inter-governmental Committee in Hanoi on January 7.