(KPL) Since the official launch of the Laos-China Railway in late 2021, import and export of goods between Vientiane and the Laos-China border checkpoint has obviously become faster, easier and cost effective.

(KPL/VNA) – The 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) wrapped up with a ceremony imbued with Vietnam’s cultural identity at the Hanoi Indoor Games Gymnasium on May 23 evening. Participants in the event included Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the 32nd SEA Games Organising Committee Samdech Pichey Sena Tea Banh, ministers, ambassadors, and the chefs de mission. Special performances at the closing ceremony looked to leave unforgettable impression on international friends and demonstrate Vietnam as a country deeply imbued with its traditional identity and intensively integrating into the world.

(KPL) The Boten Special Economic Development Zone in Luang Namtha Province has attracted 260 domestic and foreign companies, with combined registered capital of over 676.7 billion kip (approx. US$50.9 million).

(KPL) The Ministry of Health, provincial authorities, World Food Programme (WFP) and UNICEF launched today a project supported by the Republic of France, focused on improving the nutrition status of children under five in the Lao PDR’s northernmost province of Phongsaly.

(KPL/VNA) - Vietnam will deliver the dearest and warmest farewell to regional friends during the 90-minute closing ceremony of the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) to be held at Hanoi's My Dinh Indoor Athletics Arena on May 23 evening, according to Tran Ly Ly who is director of both opening and closing ceremonies of SEA Games 31.