VOV.VN - General Secretary of the Laos People’s Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith hosted a welcome ceremony for President Vo Van Thuong on April 10 in the Laotian capital of Vientiane.

The upcoming Lao visit by Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh is of special significance to the Laos-Vietnam partnership, Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Saleumsay Kommasith told Vietnam News Agency.

Senior officials of central Quang Tri province and Laos’ Savannakhet and Salavan provinces held talks in the Vietnamese locality’s Dong Ha city on December 27, during which they signed cooperation agreements in various fields for 2023-2025.

Phu Tho province of Vietnam symbolically handed over the centre for malaria prevention, control, and treatment in Luang Namtha on December 23 as a gift for the Lao province.

General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith and Chairman of the country’s National Assembly Saysomphone Phomvihane on November 7 separately received a delegation of Vietnam’s former volunteer experts and soldiers who used to perform duties in Laos.

Vietnam and Laos exchanged experience in people friendship activities at a conference in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Tri on September 28.

VOV.VN - The fifth version of the Vietnam-Laos People Friendship Festival opened on September 28 in the central province of Quang Tri, which borders Laos’ Savannakhet and Salavan provinces.

VOV.VN - The 60th founding anniversary of Vietnam-Laos diplomatic relations (1962-2022) and 45 years of the Vietnam-Laos Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (1977-2022) were marked on August 30 in Ho Chi Minh City.

The Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union held a cultural exchange from children from Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia in Ho Chi Minh City on August 13.

VOV.VN - A trade promotion conference entitled "Hanoi - Vientiane Cooperation for mutual development” took place on August 10 in Hanoi, alongside a photo exhibition displaying and introducing products originating from both capitals.