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Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Dinh Tien Dung paid a courtesy call on Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone in Vientiane on March 11, assuring the host that Hanoi, as well as Vietnam, will spare no effort, together with the Party, State and people of Laos, to preserve and foster bilateral special relationship in various areas.

A new programme aiming to foster water and environment security in the Ma and Neun - Ca river basins and related coastal areas in Vietnam and Laos was launched in Hanoi on Tuesday.

Vietnamese, Lao parliaments step up cooperation Asia News Network (ANN) is the leading regional alliance of news titles striving to bring the region closer, through an active sharing of editorial content on happenings in the region.

More than 40 American MIAs are still missing in Cambodia, according to the US embassy in Phnom Penh

An office site in the special economic zone has already been selected, a government official said.

VIENTIANE: More than 32,000 people entered Bokeo province in the first two months of this year, using the 4th Lao-Thai Friendship Bridge across the Mekong River and the Golden Triangle Special Zone border crossing.

Many companies across Laos have shown reluctance to comply with government initiatives to raise the minimum wage.

Despite an official ban on Kratom (Mitragyna speciosa), a tree native to South-East Asia, contains mitragynine, a chemical similar to opioids like morphine in Laos, the plant remains a significant issue, with recent arrests shedding light on its continued illegal use and sale.

VIENTIANE: Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone visited Thanaleng Dry Port in Lao capital Vientiane, and ordered stakeholders to work together to streamline procedures, speed up logistics and transport systems, and cut costs to boost the flow of freight destined for delivery within Laos and to countries in the sub-region.

The budget carrier Vietjet Air has opened a flight connecting Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City with Vientiane (Laos), expanding opportunities for cooperation in economic development, tourism and cultural exchange between the two neighboring countries of Vietnam-Laos.