(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnam-Laos Friendship Association and the Liaison of Vietnamese Volunteers and Experts in Laos held a reception for General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Bounnhang Vorachith in Hanoi on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) -President Tran Dai Quang underscored the importance of the Vietnam-Laos Solidarity and Friendship Year 2017 event for the two peoples at a media conference in Hanoi on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s import-export revenue reached 400 billion USD in mid December, a fourfold increase in ten years.

(VOVWORLD) - A wide range of activities and visits by Vietnamese leaders were held this week to wish all Catholics and Protestants across Vietnam a merry Christmas.

(VOVWORLD) - President Tran Dai Quang has praised the Vietnam People’s Army as the hero of the Vietnamese people in his article marking the 73rd anniversary of the Army (December 22).

(VOVWORLD) -Lao Party General Secretary and President Bounnhang Vorachith met with former Vietnamese volunteers and experts, and students of both countries in Hanoi on Wednesday as part of the Lao leader’s visit to Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) -President Tran Dai Quang has said he is pleased with the flourishing Vietnam-Laos special solidarity in politics, security and defense, economy, education, culture, science and technology.

(VOVWORLD) - Canada and the US will co-host an international meeting on North Korea next month in Vancouver.

(VOVWORLD) - Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov on Tuesday said Russia disagrees with the new US security strategy that calls Russia a threat to the US and shows the unwillingness to give up the idea of a unipolar world.

(VOVWORLD) - Terrorists from the Middle East are attempting to penetrate countries from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) after defeats in Syria and Iraq, said Alexander Bortnikov, Director of the Russian Federal Security Service on Tuesday.