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Mayor of Xieng Khuang province, Laos, Bounton Chanthaphone has called for both domestic and foreign investors to develop tourism in the province to tap into the Plain of Jars, which was named a World Heritage site by UNESCO earlier this month.

Ho Chi Minh City always treasures the twining relations with Vientiane, as well as the special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and Laos as a whole, an official of the city said.

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen Nguyen Chi Vinh and his Lao counterpart Lieut. Gen. Onsi Sensuk co-chaired the first Vietnam – Laos defence policy exchange in Vientiane, Laos, on July 25.

Senior officials of Ho Chi Minh City met with Mayor of Vientiane city Sinlavong Khutphaythun on July 24, saying their city treasures the traditional relationship with the Lao capital, as well as Vietnam-Laos ties.

Laos as of July 23 recorded 15,559 dengue fever cases with 34 died of the disease, according to the Lao News Agency KPL.

Low rainfall and high temperatures are destroying the crops of Lao farmers across the country, local daily Vientiane Times reported.

Lao Minister of Health Bounkong Syhavong has stressed the need to mobilise more health workers to serve the treatment of dengue fever patients given the fact that Laos is facing the risk of dengue fever outbreaks.

The Lao Ministry of National Defence has announced the establishment of the Air Force High Command under the Lao People’s Army, Laophatthana newspaper reported on July 18.

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Quoc Dung and his Lao counterpart Khamphau Onthavanh co-chaired the fourth political consultation between the two Ministries of Foreign Affairs in Vientiane on July 16.

The Deposit Insurance of Vietnam (DIV) and the Depositor Protection Fund of Laos (DPF) have held talks to review their cooperation last year and exchange ideas for the future partnership.

Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan has asked the Supreme People’s Courts of Vietnam and Laos to increase training courses for judges and court officials.

Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisulith applauded the cooperation outcomes between the Vietnamese and Lao ministries of public security while hosting Senior Lieutenant General Bui Van Nam, Deputy Minister of Public Security, in Vientiane on July 16.

A ceremony was held by the Institute for Defence Strategy (IDS) under the Ministry of National Defence on July 15 to conclude a military strategy training course for Lao army personnel.

The Supreme People’s Court of Vietnam and its Lao counterpart have agreed to increase training courses for Lao judges and court officials.