Defence Minister Phan Van Giang held talks with his Lao counterpart Khamliang Outhakaysone on December 18 during the latter's official visit to Vietnam and attendance at the Vietnam International Defence Expo 2024.

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports, and Tourism Hoang Dao Cuong held a working session with Deputy Chief of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee Office Khampha Phimmasone in Vientiane on December 10.

General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee and State President Thongloun Sisoulith had separate meetings with former Vietnamese Presidents Nguyen Minh Triet and Truong Tan Sang in Ho Chi Minh City on September 12.

The Nguyen Du Lao-Vietnamese bilingual school often organises extracurricular activities on major holidays of Vietnam and Laos.