General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith hosted an official welcome ceremony in Vientiane on April 24 afternoon for Vietnamese State President Luong Cuong who is on a two-day state visit to Laos.

General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith and other senior leaders of Laos sent their congratulatory messages to their Vietnamese counterparts on the occasion of the Lunar New Year Festival.