The Mekong Delta province of An Giang will organise an investment promotion conference on September 29 which is expected to draw the participation of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, heard a press briefing on September 20.
A short-term course providing lessons on Vietnamese language for staff of the General Department of Politics under the Public Security Ministry of Laos opened in Vientiane on September 20.
Vice President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) Nguyen Thi Thu Hong held a working session with a delegation from the Central Committee of the Lao Federation of Trade Unions (LFTU) led by its Vice President Tong Yia Yang Yong Sheng in Hanoi on September 19.
Measures to expand market for clean agricultural products were discussed at the Vietnam Agricultural Policy Forum in Hanoi on September 19.
The 35th ASEAN Social Security Association (ASSA) Board Meeting continued on September 19, with members sharing practical outcomes in carrying out social and health insurance policies.
Disadvantaged students in 10 northern mountainous localities received “Vietnamese Seeds Fund” scholarships from Nhan dan (People’s) Newspaper on September 19.
Major General Ngo Minh Tien, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army on September 18 hosted a reception for a delegation of veterans from Russia’s Sverdlovsk Oblast led by Major General Iuri Dmitrievich Sudakov.
Some 3,400 runners from around the world will compete in the Vietnam Mountain Marathon which is about to return to Sa Pa, Lao Cai this September.
Several Lao leaders have hailed the cooperation between the armies of Laos and Vietnam during their meetings on Sept. 18 in Vientiane with a high-ranking delegation from the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) led by Director of the VPA’s General Department of Politics Sen. Lieut. Gen Luong Cuong.
The Vietnam National Mekong Committee (VNMC) held a national consultation in Ho Chi Minh City on September 18 to look into Laos’ Pak Lay hydropower project.
A high-raking delegation from the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) led by Sen. Lieut. Gen Luong Cuong, Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and Director of the VPA’s General Department of Politics is paying official visits to Laos and Cambodia from September 18-22.
The border guard force of the central province of Quang Tri, in cooperation with Lao authorised agencies, have arrested drug smugglers from Laos, seizing 200,000 methamphetamine pills.
Vietnam’s Hoang Anh Gia Lai Joint Stock Company (HAGL) recently handed 2 billion LAK (about 250,000 USD) to authorities of Laos’ southern Attapeu province to support victims of the dam collapse.
The poverty rate among households in the country is expected to drop to under 6 percent at the end of this year from 6.7 percent in 2017, the National Assembly Standing Committee heard at its 27th session on September 17.
Officials of the northwestern province of Dien Bien and the Lao province of Luang Prabang agreed to enhance cultural and tourism cooperation during talks in Dien Bien Phu city on September 16.
The Nhan dan (People’s) newspaper is taking part in the 83rd Fête de l'Humanité, an annual festival of French newspaper L’Humanité, which opened in the suburbs of Paris on September 14.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc welcomed his Lao counterpart Thongloun Sisoulith in Hanoi on September 13 on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum on ASEAN 2018 (WEF ASEAN).
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong hosted a reception on September 13 for Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith who came to attend the World Economic Forum on ASEAN 2018 (WEF ASEAN).
