VOV.VN - Lao newspapers and radio and television stations on April 11 and April 12 published a series of articles, photos, and programmes highlighting the activities and outcomes of the official visit to Laos made by President Vo Van Thuong from April 10 to April 11 at the invitation of General Secretary and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith.

The Embassy of Laos in Vietnam hosted a ceremony in Hanoi on April 11 evening to celebrate the Lao traditional New Year festival Bunpimay.

Precisely 36% of European firms ranked Vietnam either first, within their top three, or among their top five investment destinations on a global scale, according to the latest Business Climate Index (BCI) report released by the European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (EuroCham) and produced by Decision Lab on April 11.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Do Hung Viet hosted a reception in Hanoi on April 11 for Regional Representative for Asia - Pacific of the International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF) Edgar Doerig who came to present his credentials.

VOV.VN - Nguyen Van Nen, secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, hosted a reception on April 11 for US Ambassador to Vietnam Marc E. Knapper, stressing the need for the US and Vietnam to strengthen cooperation in education and climate change response.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Youth Football Training Centre has been upgraded after receiving huge financial support from the world’s football governing body FIFA.

VOV.VN - Hanoi wishes to increase cooperation with Chinese localities, including Beijing and Guangzhou, Dinh Tien Dung, secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee told Chinese ambassador Xiong Bo in the Vietnamese capital on April 11.

VOV.VN - State president Vo Van Thuong on April 11 received former Lao leaders, including former General Secretary and President Choummaly Sayasone, former General Secretary and President of Laos Bounnhang Vorachith and former Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong, during his visit to Laos.

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The UK's accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) will complement the existing UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA) and help upgrade the bilateral relations thanks to additional preferential tariffs, Kemi Badenoch, Secretary of State for the Department for Business and Trade of the UK, reportedly said.