A high-level delegation of the Lao People’s Army (LPA) led by Lieutenant General Thongloi Silivong, Deputy Minister of National Defence and head of the LPA’s General Department of Politics, visited Vietnam’s Military Zone 9 High Command on March 20.
Potential for cooperation between Vietnam and Laos remains huge, especially in economy, said Nguyen Van Binh, Politburo member and head of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee’s Economic Commission.
The Department of Animal Health under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development affirmed (MARD) on March 20 that the information carried by some foreign news agencies with the content “FAO recommends Vietnam to declare African swine fever (ASF) as a state of national emergency” is inaccurate.
Cao Duc Phat, deputy head of the Party Central Committee's Economic Commission, and Bouasone Bouphavanh, head of the Lao National Economic Research Institute, exchanged experience in building socio-economic development policies during a working session in Hanoi on March 19.
Politburo member and permanent member of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee’s Secretariat Tran Quoc Vuong has affirmed that Vietnam will do its best to foster the Vietnam – Laos special relations in a wide range of areas, contributing to maintaining peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region and the world.
Heads of the general departments of politics of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and the Lao People’s Army (LPA) held talks in Hanoi on March 19, sharing the view that cooperation between the two armies has become a pillar in their countries’ relations.
Based on the average annual growth rate of foreign arrivals, Vietnam, Laos and Papua New Guinea are expected to become the leading travel destinations in the next five years, according to the latest
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Laos Somedee Duangdee has praised the effectiveness of the cooperation between Lao ministries and agencies with Vietnam’s Ministry of Information and Communication (MoIC).
Senior officials of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam met in Kratie province of Cambodia on March 9 to prepare for the 12th meeting of the Joint Coordination Committee on the Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Development Triangle Area (JCC CLV DTA) that will open on March 10.
Chairwoman of the Lao National Assembly Pany Yathotou has lauded Vietnam’s organisation of the second DPRK-USA Summit, which, she said, contributed to building peace in the region and the world and improving the country’s role and position in the international arena.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a reception for Chairwoman of the Lao National Assembly (NA) Pany Yathotou in Hanoi on March 5.
Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong hosted a reception for Chairwoman of the Lao National Assembly Pany Yathotou in Hanoi on March 5.
Vietnam and Laos exchanged experience in local government activities during a workshop held in Hanoi on March 5.
The Lanexang Assurance Public Company (LAP), a joint venture between the Vietnam Post and Telecommunication Insurance JS Corporation and the Laos Development Bank, recently launched a programme to support Lao students in Sangthong district of the country’s capital Vientiane.
The visits to Laos and Cambodia by Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong are important external activities which have profound meaning in the relationship between Vietnam and the neighbouring countries, said head of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations Hoang Binh Quan.
The Vietnam-Laos relations will develop even more strongly in the time ahead following the freshly concluded official visit to Laos by Vietnamese Party and State leader, according to a senior official of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP).
Vietnam and Laos have highlighted their great friendship in a joint statement which was issued on the occasion of the official friendship visit to Laos by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and President Nguyen Phu Trong from February 24-25.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President Nguyen Phu Trong has lauded cooperation between the Lao Front for National Construction (LFNC) and the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) over the past years.
