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Permanent Vice Secretary of the Party Committee of central Binh Thuan province Huynh Thanh Canh met Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly of Laos Sisay Leudetmounsone in Vientiane on August 22.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has emphasised the significance of Vietnam-Laos traditional friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation to the two Parties and peoples

The Offices of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee signed a cooperation agreement for the 2017-2020 period in Hanoi on August 21.

Vietnam and Lao jointly organised a friendly football match to celebrate the 55th anniversary of diplomatic relations and 40 years of signing of the Vietnam-Laos Treaty of Amity and Cooperation.

Hanoi’s young people began a series of voluntary activities as part of the “Green Summer” campaign in the Lao capital city of Vientiane on August 18.

Vietnam’s Central Highlands province of Kon Tum and southern provinces of Laos have enjoyed fruitful cooperation in recent years, especially in the fields of education, human resource development, socio-cultural activities, transport, tourism and agriculture.

Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security was honoured with the Lao Order at a ceremony held in Hanoi on August 18.

Officials of Dak Lak, on August 16, received delegations of Vietnamese and Lao children who are taking part in a friendship summer camp in the Central Highlands province.

A charity programme “Vietnam – Laos hearty meal” for poor patients took place in Laos’ Medical Hospital 103, Vientiane on August 14.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and President Tran Dai Quang have sent messages of congratulations and baskets of flowers to General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and President of Laos Bounnhang Vorachith on the latter’s 80th birthday.

Lao athletes are eying 3-5 gold medals at the 29th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) which will take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from Aug 19 to 31.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Laos and other agencies of Vietnam in the country have raised a fund worth 2,300 USD in support of flood victims in the homeland.

Lao senior officials and diplomats from ASEAN nations took part in a mini-marathon at Patuxay Park in Vientiane, Laos on August 12 as part of a series of local events to mark the 50th ASEAN anniversary and the 20th year since Laos became a member of the bloc.

Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith on August 11 sent sympathies to his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc over heavy human and property losses caused by recent floods triggered by prolonged rains in the north of Vietnam.