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National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung received the visiting Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong in Hanoi on July 17.

Representatives of the Central Committees of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) and the Lao Front for National Construction (LFNC) shared work experience during a meeting in Hanoi on July 16.

A series of agreements have been reached between the central city of Da Nang and Lao localities in recent years, pledging an increase in cooperation.

Vietnam and Laos will continue facilitating information exchanges, theory research and increase education campaigns to raise public awareness of the special solidarity and traditional friendship between the two countries.

Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong arrived in central Da Nang city on July 13, beginning his six-day visit to Vietnam.

The third Thai-Lao Technical conference on Geology and Mineral Resources is being Bangkok, Thailand.

The historic US visit by Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong grabbed headlines in major Lao newspapers.

The Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) is willing to share experience with its Lao counterpart regarding the process of revising Constitution and continually supports Laos’ ASEAN Chairmanship in 2016, NA Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung has said.

The Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) is willing to share experience with its Lao counterpart regarding the process of revising Constitution and continually supports Laos’ ASEAN Chairmanship in 2016, NA Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung has said.

Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army Nguyen Quoc Khanh received a visiting delegation from the Training Department under the General Staff Department of the Lao People’s Army in Hanoi on July 8.

President Truong Tan Sang received Lao Vice President Bounnhang Volachith in Hanoi on July 8.

Despite uncertainties about weather conditions and State budget revenue collection, the Lao economy is forecast to expand about 7.5 percent in the fiscal year 2014-2015 (October 1, 2014 - September 30, 2015).

Lao Vice President Bounnhang Vorachith affirmed that Laos will spare no efforts to lift the special ties with Vietnam to new heights and implement effectively agreements reached by the two Parties and States.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said the current visit of Lao Vice President Bounnhang Vorachith will give new momentum to the time-honoured friendship, special solidarity and all-faceted cooperation between the two nations.

Vice State President Nguyen Thi Doan had talks with her visiting Lao counterpart Bounnhang Vorachith in Hanoi on July 7, during which both sides expressed delight at the growing ties between the two countries in all fields.

The People's Committee of the mountainous Lao Cai province has approved a plan to build a link road from Noi Bai – Lao Cai Highway to Sapa district, officials said last week.

Besides day tours, the Hoi An City People's Committee has opened all-day tours on Cu Lao Cham Island every Saturday, attracting many tourists.

Around 200 enterprises from Vietnam and Laos took place in the Vietnam-Laos Trade Fair which opened at the International Convention and Exhibition Centre in Laos’ capital city of Vientiane on July 2.

The 7th tenure of the Lao National Assembly convened its ninth session on July 1, intending to discuss a number of important issues of the country during the next three weeks.