Party leader To Lam leaves Hanoi for a State visit to Laos, February 5, 2026.

Party leader Lam is accompanied by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man, and Head of the Party Central Committee’s Organization Commission Le Minh Hung.

This is Mr. Lam’s first overseas visit in 2026 and his first trip abroad as General Secretary of the 14th Party Central Committee. It also marks the first State visit by a foreign leader to Laos since the 12th National Congress of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party.

The visit reaffirms the shared determination of Vietnamese and Lao leaders to preserve, consolidate, and further deepen the great friendship, special solidarity, comprehensive cooperation, and strategic bond between the two countries.