Vietnamese National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan hosted a reception in Hanoi on December 24 for Lao Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith who is on an official visit to Vietnam to attend the sixth Vietnam-Laos Foreign Ministerial Political Consultation.
The Su That (Truth) National Political Publishing House will help Laos choose 10-15 books on Party and political system building, laws, and socio-economic development issues of Vietnam to translate into Lao language.
The Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap held a conference in its Cao Lanh city on December 4 to seek ways to boost trade and investment partnership with Champasak, Salavan provinces and Vientiane city of Laos.
Classes providing free lessons of Vietnamese and Lao language were opened for Vietnamese people at Bang Long Pagoda in Vientiane, the capital of Laos, on July 29.
Nearly 20 writers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) stressed the significance of reading books to young people, especially students, at an exchange programme that opened in Vientiane, Laos, on May 9.
Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith lauded Vietnam News Agency (VNA)’s supports for the Lao News Agency (KPL) in the past years at a reception on December 6 for a VNA delegation led by General Director Nguyen Duc Loi.
Hai Duong and the Lao province of Vientiane have agreed to boost cooperation in party building, education, health care, investment – trading, agriculture – forestry, culture – sports and tourism.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has suggested the Vietnam News Agency and the Laos News Agency continue maintaining cooperation to meet communication requirements in each country in the new situation.
Leaders of the Vietnam News Agency and the Laos News Agency have agreed to improve the quality of news for exchange, while strengthening communications on the special ties of Vietnam and Laos.
Major Lao newspapers, including Pasaxon, PathetLao and LaoPhatthana, ran articles and photos highlighting the significance of the 1945 August Revolution of Vietnam.
The Vietnamese Military Telecom Corporation (Viettel) and the Lao
Ministry of Post and Telecommunication (MPT) officially launched a
system to standardise the Lao language font for mobile devices and
computers on February 5.
The Military Telecom Corporation (Viettel) will help Laos research
and develop the system to standardise the font of the Lao language for
mobile devices and computers.
The Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics on April 9 handed over to
Laos a collection of works by Karl Marx, Frederic Engels, Lenin and Ho
Chi Minh which were translated from Vietnamese into Lao language.
The northwestern province of Hoa Binh and Laos’ Huaphan
province have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation
in cultural exchange, Vietnamese and Lao language training, trade,
investment and import-export.
Over the past few years, Vietnam-Laos-Cambodia border trade has seen
positive changes with continuously increasing import and export
revenues. The Vietnam Economic News reports.
The Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics and Public Administration
and Laos ’ National Academy of Politics and Public Administration
(NAPPA) on November 18 signed a cooperation agreement on fostering cadre
training and scientific research activities in the 2014-2018 period.
The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and the Lao news agency KPL have agreed to
continue improving the quality of their daily exchanged news and
furthering the popularisation of the Vietnam-Laos special relationship
in 2014.
The northern province of Hai Duong and the Lao province of Vientiane
have signed a cooperation agreement and pledged to subsequently share
their experiences in socio-economic development.
Vietnam’s Gia Lai province and Laos’ Attapeu province on June 7
organised a ceremony to present Laos’ awards for units and individuals
in Gia Lai, in recognition of their contributions to the ties between
the two provinces.
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