Delegations from the northern border province of Dien Bien and the northern Lao provinces of Phongsali, Oudomxay, Luang Prabang signed cooperation agreements for 2025 – 2027 at their talks in Dien Bien city on December 25.
The Women’s Union of the northwestern border province of Dien Bien on November 12 hosted a conference with visiting representatives of its counterparts from the Lao provinces of Phongsaly, Oudomxay, and Luang Prabang.
The northern province of Nam Dinh and the Lao province of Oudomxay agreed to strengthen collaboration in the field of education and human resources training during a meeting of education officials of the two localities held in Nam Dinh on June 7.
Over 49 years since the glorious victory on April 30, 1975 that led to the liberation of the South and the national reunification, Vietnam has obtained outstanding achievements and become a source of pride for all Vietnamese, including those in Laos.
The northern province of Ha Nam and Oudomxay province of Laos will strengthen cultural exchanges and expand cooperation in various fields towards further tightening the durable and comprehensive friendship between the two localities, said Vice Secretary of the Ha Nam provincial Party Committee Dinh Thi Lua.
Secretary of the Party Committee of Ninh Binh province Doan Minh Huan had a working session with a visiting delegation from the Lao province of Oudomxay led by Bounkhong Lachiemphone, Secretary of the Party Committee and governor of Oudomxay on March 19.
The authorities of the northern province of Nam Dinh on March 18 organised a ceremony to present Laos's friendship orders to local leaders of different periods and worked with a delegation from Laos’s Oudomxay province.
A delegation of the northern province of Lai Chau held talks with their peers from Laos’s Phongsaly and Oudomxay provinces in Lai Chau city on March 14.
A ceremony was held in the northern Lao province of Oudomxay on December 29 to repatriate ten sets of remains of Vietnamese soldiers and experts who laid down their lives in the neighbouring country.
Representatives of the Lao province of Oudomxay on June 18 handed over 260 million LAK (around 27,600 USD) to the Vietnamese Consulate General in Luang Prabang province to support the three Vietnamese provinces of Dien Bien, Son La and Lai Chau in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
Representatives from the Veterans’ Associations of the northwestern province of Son La and Lao province of Oudomxay met at a conference in Son La on October 22 to exchange experience inveteran affairs.
The Lao State has recognised significant contributions of collectives and individuals in Vietnam’s northern Thai Nguyen province to training human resources for the Lao northern provinces of Luang Prabang, Phongsaly, Luang Namtha, and Oudomxay.
An official of the Lao province of Oudomxay on May 21 expressed his wish to further exchanges and cooperation between the locality and Vietnam’s northern province of Ha Nam.
A solemn ceremony was held at Tong Khao Martyrs Cemetery in northern Dien Bien province on May 23 to rebury 30 sets of remains of voluntary Vietnamese soldiers who laid down their lives on battlefields in Laos.
A delegation from three Lao provinces – Phongsali, Oudomxay, Luang Prabang – visited the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien from November 1-5 to strengthen the friendship.
A delegation from Laos’ Oudomxay province led by provincial Party Committee Secretary and Governor Phetsakhone Luang-Aphay visited the Red River Delta province of Ha Nam on May 12.
