Connectivity is expected to improve further with the completion of the fifth Laos–Thailand Friendship Bridge by the end of 2025, facilitating logistics and agricultural exports to Vietnam, Thailand, and China.
Laos declared the transfer of the press management functions of five key media agencies and associated personnel to the Propaganda and Training Board of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee.
The visits underscored the embassy's deep care for the Vietnamese community in Laos and served as a meaningful gesture highlighting the enduring solidarity and special friendship between the peoples of Vietnam and Laos.
The warning comes as Tropical Storm Wutip (referred to as Storm No. 1 in Vietnam) moves over the East Sea, expected to bring moderate to heavy rain, thunderstorms, and strong winds across Laos.
To prevent the spread of dengue fever, Lao health authorities have called on citizens across the country to raise awareness of prevention measures. These include regularly cleaning living environments, eliminating stagnant water sources, disposing old tires, changing water in flower vases, wearing long-sleeved clothing, and using mosquito repellent sprays or coils.
Vietnam’s history has repeatedly proven that in moments of hardship or opportunity, it is the unwavering patriotism, self-reliance, and indomitable spirit of its people that determine the nation's destiny.
Upon their arrest, authorities searched the group's backpacks and confiscated seven handguns, three rifles, two grenades, 470 bullets, two packets of a white powder suspected to be heroin, and many other exhibits.
A cooperation agreement between Vietnam’s Dong Luc Sports Group and the Lao Football Federation (LFF) was signed in Vientiane on June 9, aiming to provide Jogarbola-branded sportswear for the Lao national football team.
Laos' economic growth reached 4.5% in the first quarter of 2025, with agriculture growing by 3.1%, industry by 4.7%, services by 4.7%, and customs revenue by 4.3%.
The cable-stayed Laos – Thailand friendship bridge No.5 spans 1,350 metres over the Mekong River, connecting Thailand’s Beungkan province and Laos’ Bolikhamsai province.
In early 2025, the Lao economy showed signs of recovery amid many challenges and fluctuations in the global economy. In the first quarter of this year, the Lao economy achieved a growth rate of 4.5%. According to the latest report of the Government in May, the country's inflation rate decreased significantly to 8.3% in the month.
Nearly 200 Lao doctoral candidates, master’s students and undergraduate students are studying and conducting research within the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (HCMA)’s system.
Now, the country is at a critical turning point, with the potential to achieve its vision of becoming a powerful, prosperous, civilised, and happy nation.
Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Lao Party Central Committee's External Relations Commission committed to jointly developing a cooperation agreement for the 2026–2030 period; ensuring thorough preparations for high-level diplomatic activities and cooperation mechanisms; and intensifying information exchange and experience sharing in Party building and preparations for each country’s Party Congress.
The Lao government has approved a feasibility study for an expressway running from the capital Vientiane through the provinces of Xaysomboun, Xiengkhouang, and Houaphanh, to the Namsoi border gate bordering Vietnam
The Vietnamese Party chief stressed the need for both sides to thoroughly follow the contents already agreed upon, thereby improving the quality of the strategic advisory work in service of the two Parties’ leadership.
Secretary of the CPV Central Committee and chief of its office Le Hoai Trung and his Lao counterpart Thongsalith Mangnomek informed each other about the situation of each Party and country. They also touched upon cooperation results between the two offices over the past time and orientations for the time ahead.
A delegation from the Vietnam National Chemical Group (Vinachem) visited Laos from May 26-29 to accelerate a potassium salt mining and processing plant in the central province of Khammouane, a flagship project symbolising the deepening partnership between the two nations.
Three Vietnamese border guard stations based in Dien Bien province have set up twinning relations with Border Guard Company 119 from the Military Command of Laos’ Phongsaly province.
PM Pham Minh Chinh considered the meeting with his Lao counterpart as an opportunity for the two PMs to discuss measures for translating high-level political agreements into concrete action.
Key infrastructure projects include the opening of the 5th Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge between Bueng Kan and Bolikhamxay, to be completed by December this year.
The delegation, led by Party General Secretary and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith, represented the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party, the State, the National Assembly, the Government, and the Lao Front for National Construction. They laid a wreath, offered incense, and observed a moment of silence in memory of the late Vietnamese leader.
For students, the show was not only an artistic spectacle but also a valuable cultural lesson, enhancing their appreciation for the arts and deepening their connection with the Vietnamese cultural identity.
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