Cambodia, Laos and Việt Nam (CLV) are set to promote the traditional solidarity and friendship among their parliaments and step up joint projects in the CLV Development Triangle Area, according to a joint statement issued on Sunday.

Chairwoman of the Lao National Assembly Pany Yathotou has commended the co-operation between Việt Nam’s Central Highlands province of Lâm Đồng and the Lao provinces of Champasak and Bolykhamxay in recent years.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and his Lao counterpart Thongloun Sisoulith co-chaired the 41st session of the Việt Nam-Laos Inter-Governmental Committee in Hà Nội on Sunday.

Self-taught engineer Phạm Văn Nhựt has made himself known all over the region by creating or restoring more more than 10 quality rice varieties.

Lê Nguyệt Minh triumphed in the fifth stage of the Nam Kỳ Khởi Nghĩa (NKKN) cycling race in Laos yesterday.

Ngô Văn Phương won the fourth stage of the Nam Kỳ Khởi Nghĩa (NKKN) cycling race in Laos on Thursday.      

Cyclists will pedal through three countries of Việt Nam, Laos and Cambodia in the upcoming Nam Kỳ Khởi Nghĩa (NKKN) cycling tournament, VOH Cup, the event’s organising board has announced.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has instructed the National Committee for Disaster Response and Search and Rescue, to coordinate with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and relevant agencies to work out measures to assist Laos on the site of the incident and report back to him before next Monday.  

 Lao authorities confirmed that no Vietnamese citizens were yet reported missing in the disastrous dam break in Attapeu, said the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday.

Twenty-six workers, including one Vietnamese from Hoàng Anh Gia Lai Joint-Stock Company, will be removed by helicopter from a flooded area this morning after the collapse of the Xepian-Xe Nam Noy hydropower dam in the Lao province of Attapeu on Monday (July 23).