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GSM launches Xanh SM taxi service in Laos
Vietnam News
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November 11, 2023
VIETNAM, November 11 - HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam's Green and Smart Mobility JSC (GSM) launched its pure electric taxi service on Thursday in Lao capital Vientiane. The company introduced the Xanh (green) SM taxi service, which can be booked by residents...
Sóc Trăng seeks to attract investment, develop eco-tourism
Vietnam News
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December 15, 2023
VIETNAM, December 15 - SÓC TRĂNG — The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Sóc Trăng is making moves to open itself up to investment by focusing on strategies that promote transparency and sustainability. The province has laid out strategies to...
Hà Nội promotes investment, trade and tourism connections with Northwest provinces
Vietnam News
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November 24, 2023
VIETNAM, November 24 - LÀO CAI — A conference to promote investment, trade and tourism among Hà Nội and the Northwest provinces took place in Lào Cai Province on Thursday afternoon. The conference saw the participation of over 200 delegates,...
Hà Nội-Vientiane relations should be a model for other localities: Hà Nội official
Vietnam News
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October 5, 2023
VIETNAM, October 5 - HÀ NỘI — Secretary of Hanoi Party Committee Đinh Tiến Dũng has urged the administration of Lao capital Vientiane to continue to realise cooperation agreements with Hà Nội, stressing that Hà Nội-Vientiane relations should be a...
PM Chinh meets with Lao counterpart in Saudi Arabia
Vietnam News
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October 21, 2023
VIETNAM, October 21 - RIYADH — Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính had a meeting with his Lao counterpart Sonexay Siphandone in Saudi Arabia on October 20 on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) - Gulf Cooperation Council...
Việt Nam always treasures ties with Laos: President
Vietnam News
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October 19, 2023
VIETNAM, October 19 - BEIJING — Vietnamese President Võ Văn Thưởng met with General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith on the sidelines of the third Belt and Road Forum for International...
Celebrating Lao Coffee and Promoting Safe Work in the Value Chain
International Labour Organization
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September 29, 2023
Vientiane and Luang Prabang, Lao PDR – International Coffee Day is back and bigger than ever! This year's theme is to promote the right to a safe and healthy working environment in the coffee supply chain. International Coffee Day was celebrated...
Prime Minister praises Hà Nội-Vientiane cooperation
Vietnam News
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October 5, 2023
VIETNAM, October 5 - HÀ NỘI — Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on Wednesday affirmed that the outcomes of cooperation between Hanoi and Vientiane vividly demonstrated the traditional, special friendship between Việt Nam and Laos. At a reception for...
Việt Nam helps Laos’ police build $10m academy of politics
Vietnam News
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September 29, 2023
VIETNAM, September 29 - VIENTIANE — A handover ceremony of the Academy of Politics of the Lao People's Public Security, the gift of Việt Nam for Laos, took place in Vientiane on Friday. With its construction starting in the Lao capital city on...
Ceremony marks 65 years since Uncle Hồ’s visit to Lào Cai
Vietnam News
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September 23, 2023
VIETNAM, September 23 - LÀO CAI – President Võ Văn Thưởng on September 23 attended a ceremony in Lào Cai to celebrate 65 years since Uncle Hồ’s visit to the northern mountainous province. During his visit to the province on September 23, 1958,...
FM meets senior diplomats of Laos, Salomon Islands, Uganda, EU
Vietnam News
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September 21, 2023
VIETNAM, September 21 - NEW YORK — Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bùi Thanh Sơn has met with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Laos Saleumxay Kommasith, Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade of the Solomon...
Int'l conference discusses Việt Nam-Laos-Cambodia cooperation in digital economy
Vietnam News
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September 20, 2023
VIETNAM, September 20 - HCM CITY — More than 100 Vietnamese, Lao, and Cambodian experts, managers, and diplomats joined an international conference on the three countries’ trade and investment cooperation in the context of digital economy, which...
Indonesian Inspiration: Lessons for Lao People’s Democratic Republic on Social Security
International Labour Organization
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August 31, 2023
VIENTIANE, Lao People's Democratic Republic (ILO news) – Government officials from the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and civil society groups, with support from ILO and the Republic of Korea, travelled to Indonesia to find out more about its...
Secretary-General of the UNWTO visited Macao Institute for Tourism Studies and attended the 15th IFTM-UNWTO training programme closing ceremony
Macao Government News
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September 20, 2023
MACAU, September 20 - On September 20, Zurab Pololikashvili, Secretary-General of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), led a delegation to the Macao Institute for Tourism Studies (IFTM) to attend the closing ceremony of the 15th...
IFTM kicks off the 15th training programme in collaboration with UNWTO Leveraging the Meetings Industry and Gastronomy to Champion the Agenda of Sustainable Tourism Development
Macao Government News
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September 18, 2023
MACAU, September 18 - The Global Centre of Tourism Education and Training of the Macao Institute for Tourism Studies (IFTM), in collaboration with United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), successfully kicked off her 15th training...
Việt Nam, Laos enhance cooperation in supporting expatriates
Vietnam News
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September 8, 2023
VIETNAM, September 8 - VIENTIANE — Deputy Foreign Minister Lê Thị Thu Hằng, who is also head of the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese (OV) Affairs, had a meeting with Lao Foreign Minister Tinh Souksan in Vientiane on Thursday to discuss the...
Việt Nam, Cambodia, and Laos strengthen unity, coordination amid complex regional, global developments: Party leaders
Vietnam News
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September 6, 2023
VIETNAM, September 6 - HÀ NỘI — General Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam (CPV) Nguyễn Phú Trọng, President of the Cambodian People's Party (CPP) Samdech Techo Hun Sen (right), and General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary...
Lao leaders welcome visiting defence minister of Việt Nam
Vietnam News
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September 14, 2022
VIETNAM, September 14 - VIENTIANE — Minister of National Defence Gen. Phan Văn Giang met with General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith and the country’s Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh...
Laos welcome international visitors without on-arrival RT-PCR testing from May 09, 2022
EIN Presswire
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June 10, 2022
SOUPHATTRA HOTEL RAISING THE BAR ON LUANG PRABANG’S ARTISTIC SENSIBILITIES & READY TO SERVE TOURTISTS WITH A HIGH LEVEL OF QUALITY IN THIS COVID19 CIRCUMSTANCE. LUANG PRABANG, LAOS P.D.R, June 10, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Luang Prabang has a...
New visa policies will boost tourism: insiders
Vietnam News
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July 3, 2023
VIETNAM, July 3 - Thu Hằng HCM CITY — From August 15 people with Vietnamese e-visas can enter and exit the country any number of times within 90 days, a long-awaited and major overhaul of the country’s visa system that is expected to revive...