PMs Pham Minh Chinh and Sonexay Siphandone agree to deepen all-round cooperation during the 48th Intergovernmental Committee meeting.

Vietnamese Minister of Public Security General Luong Tam Quang suggested the two ministries strengthen cooperation to firmly safeguard national security and maintain social order in each country.

Vietnam and Laos issued a joint statement following the state visit to Laos by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) To Lam on December 1-2.

In Vientiane, leaders of the two nations charted a course for broader strategic cooperation and a new trade target.

The Vietnamese leader is in Vientiane to co-chair the 48th session of the Vietnam–Laos Intergovernmental Committee.

General Secretary To Lam and his spouse joined Laotian leaders in marking five decades since the founding of the Lao PDR with a grand parade in Vientiane.

Top leaders of Vietnam and Laos have agreed to deepen the bilateral relationship with a reinforced framework of “Great friendship, special solidarity, comprehensive cooperation and strategic cohesion”.

At a solemn ceremony held this afternoon in the capital city of Vientiane, General Secretary and President of Laos, Thongloun Sisoulith, presented the National Gold Order - the highest state honor of Laos - to Vietnamese General Secretary To Lam.

At the invitation of General Secretary and President of Laos, Thongloun Sisoulith, Vietnam’s General Secretary To Lam and his spouse will pay a state visit to Laos on December 1–2. The visit coincides with the 50th anniversary of Laos' National Day.

The agreement is the result of thorough discussions and negotiations between the parties and opens a new phase of cooperation in coal trade between Vinacomin and energy companies in Laos.

A ceremony marking 20 years of cooperation between Vietnam’s Central Military Hospital 108 and Laos’s Central Hospital 103 was held in Vientiane on November 27.

At a solemn ceremony in Hanoi, President Luong Cuong described Vietnam–Laos relations as an unparalleled bond built with shared blood, faith, and history.

At the invitation of General Secretary & President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith and his spouse, General Secretary To Lam and his spouse will pay a state visit to Laos and attend the ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the country’s National Day.

Vietnam is ready to share experience and technology, and support Laos in building its national digital data platforms, and to cooperate at regional and international forums, particularly in cybersecurity.

Vietnamese and Lao students competed in robotics challenges in Champasak province on November 18, as part of the first Vietnam-Laos Friendship STEM Robotics Festival, timed to mark the 50th anniversary of Laos’ National Day.

The 9th Vietnam – Laos ministerial conference on labour, co-chaired by Vietnamese Minister of Home Affairs Do Thanh Binh and Lao Minister of Labour and Social Welfare Phosay Sayasone, took place in the northern province of Ninh Binh on November 12.

Doctors from Quang Ngai 2 General Hospital in the central province of the same name will provide training and transfer pediatric anesthesia techniques to colleagues from Attapeu provincial Hospital in Laos.

A delegation from the Vietnam People’s Army, led by Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Van Duc, met with Lao counterpart Maj. Gen. Keosouvanh Phangphilavong in Vientiane on November 10, praising close cooperation under their annual plan.

A prayer and candle-lighting ceremony was held on November 1 at Phat Tich Pagoda in Vientiane to pray for communities affected by recent storms and floods in Vietnam’s northern and central provinces.