The special relationship between Vietnam and Laos

The special relationship between Vietnam and Laos is being continuously nurtured by the two Parties, States and peoples. Based on the two nations’ common goals and with a pure internationalism spirit, the relationship is helping both countries’ revolutions gradually overcome challenges and difficulties.

Party General Secretary and then State President Nguyen Phu Trong receives Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith during his official visit to Vietnam, October 1, 2019. (Photo: VNA)

Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone receives Minister of Public Security, General To Lam during the latter's official visit to Lao, September 29, 2023. (Photo: VNA)

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chinh holds talks with Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone during his official visit to Laos, January 11, 2023, in Vientiane. (Photo: VNA)

Landmark salute ceremony was held at the National Border Landmark 605 on the Vietnam-Laos borderline, where the two sides then conducted a joint patrol, July 30, 2019. (Photo: VNA)

Laos’s new National Assembly Building - a gift from the Party, State, and people of Vietnam, 2021. (Photo: VNA)

A solemn ceremony held in Hanoi to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations (September 5, 1962 - 2022) and the 45th anniversary of the signing of the Vietnam-Laos Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (July 18, 1977 - 2022). (Photo: VNA)

National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man receives a delegation of women unions and female entrepreneurs from Laos and Cambodia, July 4, 2024, at the National Assembly Building. (Photo: VNA)

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chinh and his spouse, along with Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone and his spouse, sing a song of Vietnam-Laos solidarity with students beside Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi, January 7, 2024. (Photo: VNA)