International relations

(KPL) The 13th Meeting of the Joint Commission for Bilateral Cooperation between Laos and Cambodia (JC) was held in Vientiane on Feb 22 to evaluate the implementation of the minutes of the 12th JC meeting in Siem Reap, Cambodia in December 2014 and exchange points of view on bilateral cooperation ...

Vehicles regularly carry goods into Laos from the sea port in Thanh Hoa province of Vietnam, about 250 kilometres from Huaphan province. The amount of incoming traffic is not large but the border is heavily congested with trucks ferrying goods into both countries.More ...

Visiting Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith and His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah have said they highly value the friendly relations and cooperation between their two countries.The Lao premier made an official two-day visit to Brunei Darussalam from February 16-17 at the invitation of the Bruneian ...

The Lao and Chinese governments have signed a funding agreement designed to finance a range of projects under the Mekong-Lancang cooperation framework.Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Thongphan Savanphet, and Chinese Ambassador to Laos, Mr Jiang Zaidong, on Friday signed the agreement on the Mekong-Lancang ...

Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith will lead government officials on an official visit to Brunei from February 16-17. The two-day visit by Mr Thongloun and his delegation is in response to an invitation from His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah.The purpose of the visit is to further ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Laos and Canada have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on political consultation and cooperation between Laos’ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development.More ...

Visa applications to Thailand from Laos via Vientiane are set to get a shakeup with the introduction of an online appointment system, Thailand’s Embassy has confirmed.Long queues into the Thai consulate in Vientiane are set to become a thing of the past, with all appointments to ...

The government of Cambodia is still waiting for Vientiane’s Terms of Reference (ToR) to proceed with the delivery of a joint letter requesting that the French government supply maps and other related documents to settle a border dispute with Laos, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and ...

Laos and Vietnam have agreed to stronger cooperation in a wide range of fields, including human resource development, trade, and investment.The agreement came after Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith led a high-ranking Lao government delegation and co-chaired the 41st meeting of the Vietnam-Laos Inter-Governmental Committee, which ...

The Lao and Vietnamese governments are continuing to strengthen their cooperation in efforts to combat environmental crime, which is on the increase in both countries.This is one of the main themes being discussed at the consultation and experience sharing meeting between Lao and Vietnamese environmental ...