Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien chaired a working session with energy and mineral enterprises in Hanoi on August 27 to discuss the promotion of coal trading with Laos.

Construction of a drug treatment and rehabilitation centre started in Vientiane province of Laos on July 12 with the support from the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security.

The Quang Tri Provincial People's Committee has approved the policy allowing Nam Tien Company to construct a conveyor belt system for transporting coal from Laos to Vietnam.

Vietnam will soon open a tourism promotion office in Vientiane, Laos, in an effort to change the method of carrying out tourism promotion activities overseas, revealed Nguyen Trung Khanh, head of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).

Vietnam Electricity (EVN) has received proposals from seven wind farm investors in Laos that want to sell electricity to Vietnam, with a total capacity of nearly 4,150 MW, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has said.

Having worked at a clinic in the border area of Việt Nam and Laos for ten years, military doctor Nguyễn Việt Đức was known to his Lao patients as ‘father Đức’.

The project "Promoting water security and environment for transboundary river basins of Ma River, Neun River, Ca River and related coastal areas".

Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) has proposed that the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) submit to the Prime Minister a plan on importing electricity from Truong Son wind power plant in Laos and building more transmission lines to serve the import.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has urged the Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN) to consider constructing new transmission lines to import more electricity from Laos.

The programme has been operated since 2011 for Lao students studying at universities in Da Nang. About 100 Lao students participate in the programme every year in the city.

La Vie International Hospital, a hospital for Vietnamese expatriates in Laos, was inaugurated in Vientiane on November 18.

The Ministry of Transport has allowed a joint venture between Laos Petrotrade and Deo Ca Group to conduct a pre-feasibility study for a section of the Vietnam-Laos railway project.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade required coal suppliers to prioritize importing coal from Laos to meet the demands of thermal power plants in the dry seasons of 2023-2024.

Replying to the suggestion on bilateral clearing of electricity volume bought and purchased between Vietnam and Laos, Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) said that no legal basis exists to implement this kind of solution.

A high-speed rail line connecting Khammouane Province in Laos and the Vietnam-Laos border is slated to be put into service in 2028.

On the occasion of the official visit to Vietnam by Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith from October 1-3, the two countries have issued a joint statement.

The new headquarters of the Laos-Vietnam cooperation committee was inaugurated in Vientiane on September 9, which is a gift from the Vietnamese Government.

VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Trịih Dinh Dung and his Lao counterpart Sonsay Siphandone agreed to place highest priority on fostering traditional friendship and special solidarity between Viet Nam and Laos