With the spirit of proletarian internationalism and following President Ho Chi Minh’s teaching that “helping the friend means helping ourselves”, volunteer soldiers and experts of Vietnam in Laos made substantial contributions to excellently fulfill the duty of joining hands with the Lao army and people to secure complete victory in the resistance wars against the French and US invaders.

A Vietnam-Laos trade fair kicked off in Phonsavanh township in Xiengkhouang province of Laos on October 23 as part of activities to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the traditional day of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts in Laos (October 30, 1949 – 2024).

The Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Daejin International Volunteers Association (DIVA) has presented VND1 billion (over US$40,200) in international emergency aid to 15 households in the northern province of Lang Son suffering damage from Typhoon Yagi.

The 2024 Summer Youth Volunteer Campaign held by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) drew more than 10.7 million union members and other youngsters, up 65.1% compared to 2023, heard a conference held by the Union's Central Committee on September 24 to review the campaign.

Major General Huynh Dac Huong, head of the national liaison board for former Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and military experts helping Laos is leading a delegation on a visit to Laos from September 22-26, at an invitation of the country’s Ministry of National Defence.

VOV.VN - A delegation from the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang is set to sign deals with the Cambodian provinces of Koh Kong, Preah Sihanouk, Kampot, and Kep on co-operation in search for and the repatriation of remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who died in Cambodia during wartime.

General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith met with former Vietnamese volunteer soldiers, experts, alumni in Laos and young representatives from both Vietnam and Laos in Hanoi on September 11.

A monument to the Vietnamese volunteer soldiers participating in the defence of Moscow in the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945) was unveiled at Patriot Park in the suburb of the Russian capital on August 12.

The southern border province of Long An on July 18 received and laid to rest the remains of 130 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who fell down in Cambodia.

VOV.VN - Nearly 2,000 young volunteers of Hanoi on July 6 fanned out to nearby cities and provinces, kick-starting the first phase of their Green Summer campaign 2024.