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Prime Minister Le Minh Hung will lead a high-level Vietnamese delegation on official visits to Laos and Cambodia from October 8 to 10.

Regular exchanges between the Vietnamese and Lao Parties serve not only as vivid evidence of the close and trusted ties between the two Parties, but also as a forum for sharing theoretical achievements and practical experience in building and improving political systems to meet new development requirements.

Xaysomphone Phomvihane was a capable revolutionary intellectual with broad knowledge and a strategic vision. Throughout his career, he remained committed to the Party's ideals and objectives, and demonstrated responsibility, flexibility and discipline in carrying out his assigned tasks.

Speaking on the occasion of the 33rd Diplomatic Conference, ambassadors from Laos, Japan, the Philippines, China and South Africa highlighted Vietnam's growing international standing, its foreign policy of independence and self-reliance, and its commitment to peace, cooperation and sustainable development.

The 2nd Annual Conference of Ministers of Public Security and Interior of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam took place, on the morning of June 30, in the Cambodian capital city of Phnom Penh.

Politburo Member and Minister of Public Security General Luong Tam Quang held separate bilateral meetings with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Sar Sokha, and Secretary of the Party Central Committee and Minister of Public Security of Laos Lieutenant General Vanthong Kongmany, on June 30 in Phnom Penh.

PSNews - The Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam and the Ministry of Public Security of Laos jointly held a meeting to review bilateral cooperation in drug prevention and control between the police forces of the two countries, in Da Nang.

Vietnam and Laos will continue to stand together, share strategic interests, support each other’s development and coordinate closely in addressing common challenges. The Vietnam–Laos relationship remains an invaluable legacy and an exceptional model of international cooperation and shared development in the new era.

Senior Lieutenant General Dr. Le Quoc Hung, Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the Public Security Central Party Committee and Deputy Minister of Public Security, attended and delivered remarks at the opening ceremony of a training course for Party committee officials of the Lao Ministry of Public Security, held at the People's Public Security Political Academy, on the afternoon of May 18.

Held in response to the launch of the Vietnamese Language Day among overseas Vietnamese communities, the event aimed to enhance the quality of Vietnamese language teaching and learning in Laos while contributing to the great friendship, special solidarity, comprehensive cooperation and strategic cohesion between the two countries.

Nearly 200 Lao–Vietnamese bilingual titles are on display at the sixth International Book and Culture Festival in Vientiane, reflecting the close and enduring ties between Vietnam and Laos.

Laos will step up agricultural production to ensure food security, meet domestic demand and expand exports; encourage the development of agro-processing industries, including those related to rubber, aquatic products, cassava and sugarcane, as well as fertiliser and animal feed production, in order to increase added value and create jobs in rural areas.

PSNews - Recently, the Ministerial Bilateral Meeting on crime prevention and control, social order and safety protection and drug control between the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam and the Ministry of Public Security of Laos took place in Champasak, Laos.

Deputy Minister of Public Security Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Long hosted a courtesy meeting with Deputy Minister of Public Security of Laos Senior Lieutenant General Khamking Phuilamanivong, on the afternoon of November 19, 2025, in Hanoi.

On the occasion of the 80th National Day of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the 80th founding anniversary of the Vietnamese People’s Public Security Forces, the Ministry of Public Security held a solemn ceremony to receive prestigious medals from the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and the Republic of Cuba presented to the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam and its leaders, on August 16, 2025.

PSNews - Recently, Deputy Minister of Public Security Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Long sent a letter of commendation to the Son La Provincial Police Department, praising the police department for breaking down a drug trafficking line from Laos to Vietnam.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a meeting with Chairman of the Lao National Assembly (NA) Saysomphone Phomvihane in Vientiane on October 8 as part of his trip to attend the 44th and 45th ASEAN Summits in the neighbouring country.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia held a ceremony on August 30 to celebrate the 79th anniversary of the August Revolution (August 19) and the National Day of Vietnam (September 2).

On the occasion of the Bunpimay Festival of Laos and the Chol Chnam Thmay Festival of Cambodia, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong has sent letters and flowers of greetings to General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith, and President of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and President of the Cambodian Senate Hun Sen.

A delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) led by Bui Thi Minh Hoai, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and Chairwoman of its Commission for Mass Mobilisation, is on a working visit to Laos on August 8 – 10 at the invitation of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee.