Politburo member and President of the National Assembly of Laos Xaysomphone Phomvihane passed away at 11:18 on August 8, at the age of 70 due to vasculitis.

Viet Nam's Party and State leaders consistently support and create favourable conditions for closer cooperation between the Organisation Commissions under the Central Committees of the Communist Party of Viet Nam (CPV) and the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP), Party General Secretary and State President To Lam said while receiving Sisay Leudetmounsone, Politburo member, Secretary of the LPRP Central Committee and Head of its Organisation Commission, in Ha Noi on July 29.

Prime Minister Le Minh Hung on July 29 received Sisay Leudetmounsone, Politburo member, Secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and head of its Organisation Commission, who is on a working visit to Viet Nam.

Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Lam Thi Phuong Thanh met with Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education and Sports Thongsalit Mangnomek and Chairman of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee’s Commission for Propaganda and Training Khamphan Pheuiyavong, as part of her visit to Laos from May 12-13.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam (CPV) Central Committee To Lam and General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith co-chaired a conference in Vientiane on February 5 on outcomes of the CPV’s 14th National Congress, on the occasion of the former’s state visit to Laos.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee To Lam and his spouse hosted a state banquet in Ha Noi on January 26 evening in honour of General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith, his spouse, and a high-ranking delegation of the Lao Party and State, who are on a state visit to Viet Nam.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s working trip to Laos has helped shape and realise the freshly upgraded relationship framework of “great friendship, special solidarity, comprehensive cooperation, and strategic cohesion” between Viet Nam and Laos.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam (CPV) To Lam and his spouse Ngo Phuong Ly, along with a high-ranking delegation of Viet Nam, left Wattay International Airport in Vientiane on December 2 evening, successfully concluding their two-day state visit to Laos.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam Central Committee To Lam and General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith co-chaired a high-level meeting between the two Parties in Vientiane on December 2.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh arrived in Vientiane on December 2 morning, beginning his working trip to Laos to attend a high-level meeting between the Communist Party of Viet Nam (CPV) and the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP), and to co-chair the 48th meeting of the Viet Nam–Laos Intergovernmental Committee.

Party General Secretary To Lam and his spouse Ngo Phuong Ly, together with a high-ranking delegation of Viet Nam arrived in Vientiane on December 1 morning, beginning a state visit to Laos.

Party General Secretary To Lam and his spouse Ngo Phuong Ly, together with a high-level delegation of Viet Nam, departed Ha Noi on December 1 for a state visit to Laos.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh held phone talks with his Cambodian counterpart Hun Manet on August 15 afternoon, at the request of the Cambodian side.

Politburo member, Permanent member of the Communist Party of Viet Nam (CPV) Central Committee’s Secretariat Tran Cam Tu on June 3 received Acting Chairman of the Commission for External Relations of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee Bounleua Phandanouvong, who is on a three-day official visit to Viet Nam.

A delegation from the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party ( LPRP ) Central Committee's Office led by Thoongsalith Mangnomek , Secretary of the Committee and Head of the office, visited the centre of the Vietnamese craft village quintessence and Vin University (VinUni) in Hanoi's Gia Lam district on February 18.