Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Tran Thanh Man met with several incumbent and former leaders of Laos on October 17 as part of his official visit to Laos.

President To Lam met with former Party General Secretaries and Presidents of Laos Choummaly Sayasone and Bounnhang Vorachith as well as former Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong on July 11 as part of his ongoing State visit to the neighbouring country.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited former senior leaders of Laos on January 11 as part of his official trip to the country.

Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue received Malaythong Kommasith, President of the State Audit Organisation of Laos, in Vientiane on May 16 afternoon as part of his official visit to the neighbouring country.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc paid visits to Laos’ former Party and State leader on April 27 as part of his two-day official visit to the neighbouring country.

Secretary of the HCM City Party Committee Dinh La Thang met former General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President Khamtay Siphandone and former Lao PM Thongsing Thammavong.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his Laos counterpart Thongsing Thammavong have agreed to continue giving priority to reinforcing and expanding the Vietnam-Laos special relationship.

The Vietnamese and Lao Prime Ministers will chair a ceremony on March 16 to mark the completion of a project on increasing and upgrading border markers along the the two countries’ shared boundary.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen started his two-day working visit to Laos on March 12 to foster ties with the neighbouring country.

Laos has declared state of emergency after the fifth case of poliomyelitis was confirmed in the country.

Politburo member and Minister of Public Security Tran Dai Quang paid courtesy calls to the Lao Party and State leaders in Vientiane on Dec. 25, part of his working visit to the neighbouring country.

The ninth ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Rural Development and Poverty Eradication commenced in Vientiane, Laos, on October 17.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s working visit to Laos renewed the countries’ resolve to intensify their special solidarity, Deputy Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung told the press.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his Lao counterpart Thongsing Thammavong held talks to discuss measures to step up cooperation between the two countries across the board.

Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong has sent a message of condolences to Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung over great losses of lives and property caused by rain-triggered floods in northern Vietnam.

President Truong Tan Sang told Lao PM Thongsing Thammavong on July 18 that Vietnam is always willing to assist and cooperate with Laos in socio-economic development and human resources training.