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.
Chairwoman of the National Assembly (NA) Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan visited the Vietnamese Embassy in Laos on September 29 as part of her trip to the country.
The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) presented the medal “For Peace and Friendship among Nations” to Lao Ambassador to Vietnam Thongsavanh Phomvihane at a ceremony in Hanoi on September 26 on the occasion of his ending tenure in Vietnam.
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.
The Nam Lanh-Muong Po auxiliary border gates connecting the northwestern mountainous province of Son La’s Sop Cop district with Muong Son district of Laos’ Houaphanh province were inaugurated on July 9.
A Vietnamese delegation led by deputy head of the Party Central Committee’s Organisation Commission and Chairman of the Central Committee of Vietnam – Laos Friendship Organisation Tran Van Tuy met Lao leaders in Vientiane on May 31, as part of their ongoing visit from May 30 – June 3.
A ceremony to rebury the remains of 18 Vietnamese voluntary soldiers and experts who lost their lives during wartime in Laos took place in Dong Tam international martyrs’ cemetery, the central province of Thanh Hoa on May 14.
Vietnamese Ambassador to China Dang Minh Khoi paid a visit to the Lao Embassy in Beijing on April 9 on the occasion of the traditional Lao New Year festival, Bunpimay.
People-to-people diplomacy has contributed to tightening solidarity between the two countries, heard a conference in the northern province of Thai Nguyen on April 9.
Vietnamese Minister of Labour, Invalids, and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung and Lao Minister of Labour and Social Welfare Khampheng Saysomepheng co-chaired the sixth Vietnam-Laos Ministerial Conference on Labour and Social Welfare in Vientiane, Laos on March 28.
Disadvantaged people in remote areas across Vietnam have received support from the State ahead of the upcoming traditional Lunar New Year festival (Tet).
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.
A high-ranking military delegation of Vietnam led by Minister of National Defence Gen. Ngo Xuan Lich left Hanoi on January 19 for Vientiane to attend a ceremony marking the 70th founding anniversary of the Lao People’s Army (Jan. 20, 1949-2019).
Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith will attend and co-chair the 41st meeting of the Vietnam-Laos Inter-Governmental Committee on January 5-6 in Hanoi at the invitation of PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
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).
Leaders of China, Laos, Cuba, and Russia have cabled congratulatory messages to General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong on his October 23 election as the State President of Vietnam for the remainder of the 2016-2021 tenure.
Several of the Orders of the Lao State and army were presented to outstanding collectives and individuals of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) for their contributions to the traditional friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries and armies at a ceremony in Hanoi on September 6.
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