Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh led a high-ranking delegation of the Vietnamese Party and Government to attend the memorial service for former President of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and former President of Laos Khamtay Siphandone in Vientiane on April 7.

Japan has invested in 5,369 projects worth 76.76 billion USD in Vietnam as of the end of the second quarter this year, making it the third largest foreign investor in the country, Deputy Minister of Construction Nguyen Tuong Van told the 9th Vietnam-Japan Conference on Construction in Hanoi on December 19.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh held a meeting in Hanoi on September 10 with visiting Party General Secretary and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith who is leading a high-ranking delegation of the Lao Party and State on a State-level visit to Vietnam.