An exchange programme between young officers of Vietnam and Laos took place on October 2 at the Long Sap - Sop Bao border gate pair between Moc Chau district in Vietnam's Son La province and Sop Bao district in Laos’s Houaphanh province.

The Government has recently issued Resolution No.182/NQ-CP on the upgrade of Long Sap border gate in the northern mountainous province of Son La into an international one.