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The Vietnamese Party and State always give the highest priority to maintaining and promoting the unique fraternal relations and friendship between the two countries, and support and facilitate cooperation between their localities, including the capital cities

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Borneo Bulletin/Asia News Network): Brunei Darussalam will award two annual scholarships for Laotian students to pursue higher education beginning in 2024, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah said in a decree.

This article is scaring people, with the usual “all going to be extinct soon ” hype that we have had so many stories about this year. It is running in many news sources. I am not singling out the BBC as such but many people have come to rely on the BBC as a respected source on such matters so Im taking them as an example.

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/Asia News Network): The leaders of Laos and Brunei, along with delegations from the two governments, on Wednesday (Oct 4) took a train trip from Vientiane to Vangvieng on the high-speed Laos-China railway.

This aerial photo taken on Aug 11, 2023 shows the Heihe-Blagoveshchensk cross-border highway bridge at the border of China and Russia. In June last year, the Heihe-Blagoveshchensk cross-border highway bridge over Heilongjiang River opened to traffic.

Lawyer Lu Siwei - detained in July in Vientiane while trying to flee the People's Republic - is in a detention centre in Sichuan despite warnings from UN Human Rights Council officials. The same place where Beijing seeks re-election for a new three-year term on 10 October.

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/Asia News Network): Hospital managers from Laos and Thailand have agreed to partner in the provision of general health services and kidney transplants at Mittaphab Hospital in Vientiane.

This aerial photo taken on Aug. 11, 2023 shows the Heihe-Blagoveshchensk cross-border highway bridge at the border of China and Russia. In June last year, the Heihe-Blagoveshchensk cross-border highway bridge over Heilongjiang River opened to traffic.

Case shows how Laos feels ‘in debt’ to China under the Belt & Road initiative, activist says.

Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Vương Đình Huệ received Lao Ambassador to Việt Nam Sengphet Houngboungnuang in Hà Nội on Thursday, lauding the outgoing diplomat’s significant contributions to relations between the two countries and the two parliaments.