In the early days of 2026, the Party, State and people of Laos celebrate an event of great national significance for country: the 12th National Congress of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP).

To mark the 50th National Day of Laos (December 2, 1975–2025), representatives of the Vietnamese embassies in China, Indonesia, Cambodia, and Germany paid visits to the Lao embassies in the respective host countries on December 1–2 to extend congratulations and reaffirm the special friendship between the two nations

Viet Nam and Laos issued a joint statement following the state visit to Laos by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam (CPV) To Lam on December 1-2, during which he also attended a ceremony to celebrate the 50th National Day of Laos, and co-chaired a a high-level meeting between the CPV and the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) in Vientiane.

The 48th meeting of the Viet Nam–Laos Inter-Governmental Committee is of special significance as it takes place immediately after the high-level meeting between the Communist Party of Viet Nam (CPV) and the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP), and at a time when the two countries are reviewing the implementation of cooperation agreements for 2021–2025 period and discuss orientations for a new period of more intensive and strategic collaboration.

Laos celebrated a milestone moment as a major ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of its National Day unfolded at That Luang Square in Vientiane on December 2 morning.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam (CPV) Central Committee To Lam on October 27 received a delegation of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) led by Politburo member and Deputy Prime Minister Kikeo Khaykhamphithoune.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted a reception in Ha Noi on October 24 for Party General Secretary and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith, who is in Viet Nam to attend the signing ceremony of the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime, also known as the Ha Noi Convention.

Vietnam always fully supports Laos’ renovation and development, said Politburo member, Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (HCMA) Nguyen Xuan Thang while paying courtesy calls to General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith and Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh in Vientiane on December 5.

A working delegation of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee’s Organisation Commission led by Politburo member and chairwoman of the commission Sisay Ludetmounsone paid a working visit to the northern province of Tuyen Quang on November 10.