The following is a list of selected news summaries reported last night by the Vietnam News Agency.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s visit to Laos held significance, contributing to fostering great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and Laos, said Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung.

The upcoming visit to Laos by Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong aims to show the Vietnamese Party and State’s focus on the Vietnam-Laos relationship, thus further deepening bilateral ties, a senior official has said.