A new secondary school has been recently inaugurated in Bounneua district in Laos’ Phongsaly province as a gift from the Vietnamese Government, the Vientiane Times reported on its July 3 issue.
Laos recently ordered the temporary closure of 10 border gates with its neighbouring countries, including Vietnam, amid the rapid spread of the COVID-19 epidemic in the world.
A ceremony was held in Muong Te district, the northwestern mountainous province of Lai Chau, on December 31 to wrap up the sixth Vietnam-Laos-China ‘con’ festival, themed “Colour of friendship”.
The sixth Vietnam-Laos-China ‘con’ festival, themed “Colour of friendship”, kicked off in Muong Te district, the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau on December 29.
Officers, doctors and nurses of the Vietnamese and Lao people’s armies on December 23 began a free health checkup programme for people in Muong Khoa district of Laos’ Phongsaly province.
Three Lao nationals were caught red-handed trafficking 10 bricks of heroin, 31,000 meth pills, 2 kg of opium and four guns near the shared border with Vietnam on June 11.
Police from the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien have arrested three people trafficking 135 bricks of heroin and 500,000 synthetic drug pills.
A groundbreaking ceremony was held in Bounneua district in Laos’ northern province of Phongsaly on December 15 for the construction of a high school with funding from the Vietnamese Government.
Vice Chairman of the Lai Chau provincial People’s Committee Tong Thanh Hai visited and conveyed greetings to 30 Lao students studying at the provincial medical school on the occasion of Laos’s traditional Bun Pi May (New Year) festival).
A man has been caught carrying 21 bricks of heroin weighing 7.4kg in Tan Phong hamlet, Si Pa Phin commune, Nam Po district, the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien.
Authorities of the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien and Laos’ Phongsaly province met on August 18 to discuss the opening of the Na Bung – Lao Phu Chai auxiliary border gate.
Dien Bien Phu city in the northern mountainous province of Dien
Bien is speeding up preparations for the third Vietnam-Laos-China
“con” (colourful fabric ball) throwing festival slated for October
25-27.
The city of Dien Bien Phu in the northern province of Dien Bien is
geared up for the third “ con ” (colourful fabric ball) throwing
festival slated for October 25-27, with locals from neighbouring Laos
and China.
Relevant forces of Vietnam’s northwestern province of Dien Bien
and Laos’ Phongsaly province seized heroin and weapons worth over
30 billion VND (1.4 million USD) during house raids on May 1.
Officials from the northern province of Dien Bien and the Laos province of Phongsaly held a an opening ceremony of the Hat Tham agro-forestry technical centre in Hat Tham on August 28.
Border guards in Vietnam ’s northern mountainous province of Dien
Bien , in coordination with the security services in the Lao province
of Phongsaly , arrested five people for smuggling 32 kg of opium
on July 30.
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XIII National Congress of Communist Party of Vietnam
