Village head helps drug addicts get better life

The head of a village in the northern mountainous province of Sơn La, has his own way to help drug addicts in his community.

National Highway 217 open to traffic after upgrade The opening ceremony was held on Monday by Thăng Long Project Management Unit under the Ministry of Transport.

Lao nationals in Sơn La granted Vietnamese citizenship

In 2009, Mùa Thị Mụa decided to leave her hometown in Laos and move to Việt Nam’s Sơn La Province to live with the man she loved.

New tour linking Thanh Hóa and Houaphanh launched

Authorities in the central province of Thanh Hóa on March 15 launched a new tour linking the province and neighbouring Houaphanh Province in Laos.

Laos pledges to facilitate Vietnamese firms’ investment in agriculture

Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith has pledged to create favourable conditions for Vietnamese firms to continue investing in agricultural development in Laos.

Vietnamese, Lao PMs co-chair Inter-Governmental committee meeting

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and his Lao counterpart Thongloun Sisoulith co-chaired the 40th meeting of the Việt Nam-Laos Inter-Governmental Committee in Vientiane, Laos yesterday.

Police struggle to combat drug border trafficking

 Despite positive steps in anti-drug, drug smuggling continues seemingly unabated, especially in border areas.

Drug traffickers caught red-handed in northern provinces

Two drug traffickers were arrested and 19 varieties of synthetic drugs were recently seized in Nam Định Province, the province’s police said on Wednesday.

Man caught transporting heroin

The Sông Mã District Police in the northern mountainous province of Sơn La, in coordination with the Mường Cai Border Guards, on Sunday nabbed a man transporting heroin and ecstasy.

2 Lao men held for smuggling heroin

Border guards in the central Thanh Hóa Province have arrested two Lao nationals for trying to smuggle 69 cakes of heroin across the border.