A delegation from the Vietnam-Laos Friendship Association (VLFA) Central Committee led by its President Tran Van Tuy on December 7 paid a courtesy call to Lao National Assembly President Saysomphone Phomvihane, who is on an official visit to Vietnam from December 6-8.
The Vietnam-Laos Friendship Association Central Committee has presented more than 600 million VND (26,000 USD) and 225,000 face masks to help Laos fight COVID-19.
The Vietnam-Laos and Vietnam-India Friendship Associations on May 6 sent dispatches to their chapters at the provincial and municipal level on raising money to support pandemic-affected people in the two countries.
The Lao Embassy in Vietnam, the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations, and the Vietnam - Laos Friendship Association had a working session with the Hanoi Capital High Command on January 4.
The Vietnam-Laos Friendship Association on April 21 presented medical supplies to help Lao people, especially doctors and nurses who are directly involved in preventing and combating the COVID-19.
Standing Vice President of the Vietnam – Laos Friendship Association (VLFA)'s chapter in the public security force Nguyen Minh Hieu has presented 100 million VND (4,300 USD) and 1,000 medical masks to the Laos – Vietnam Friendship Association.
In the 2018-2019 school year, a homestay programme in the northern province of Thai Nguyen attracted the participation of 540 Lao students who had a deeper look into the life of Vietnamese people.
The 2019 Vietnamese language eloquent contest for Lao students studying in Vietnam saw the participation of nearly 2,000 contestants from 67 educational establishments nationwide.
The Vietnam-Laos Friendship Association in Vietnam’s northern mountainous province of Thai Nguyen on October 26 held its third congress, with the participation of 250 delegates representing more than 13,000 members of the association.
Special relations between the Vietnamese and Lao Parties, States and people have laid a foundation for the existence and development of the revolutions in each nation, said a Lao leader.
An arts programme was held at the Vietnam-Laos international cemetery in Anh Son district, central Nghe An province, on January 21 to mark 70 years of the two countries’ combat alliance.
Representatives of the Laos-Vietnam Friendship Association and the Kaysone Phomvihane and Souphanouvong Museums are paying a working visit to Vietnam from December 24-30.
The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisation (HUFO) on November 28 held a ceremony to mark the 43rd anniversary of Laos’ National Day (December 2).
The Vietnam – Laos Friendship Association (VLFA) in collaboration with the Lao Embassy organised a ceremony in Hanoi on November 28 to mark the 43rd anniversary of Lao National Day (December 2, 1975 – 2018).
The Vietnam-Laos Friendship Association of northern Thai Nguyen province on April 9 hosted a celebration of the traditional New Year Festival of Laos – Bunpimay – for Lao students in the province.
The Vietnam-Laos Friendship Association of Laos’ capital city of Vientiane has offered gifts to locals in localities in the central region that affected by the storms and floods that occurred in 2017.
Lao Party chief Bounnhang Vorachith has hailed the significance of cooperation between Vietnam-Laos and Laos-Vietnam Friendship Associations to the special relationship between the two countries.
The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisations (HCMUFO) and the Vietnam-Laos Friendship Association in the city on November 30 held a ceremony to mark the 42nd anniversary of Laos’ National Day (December 2).
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