Politburo member and Standing Member of the Secretariat of the Party Central Committee, General Vilay Lakhamfong (right), meets Politburo member and Chairman of the Communist Party of Vietnam’s Central Theoretical Council, Mr Nguyen Xuan Thang, at the Party Central Committee Office on Thursday. The meeting centred on efforts to strengthen the longstanding friendship, special solidarity, comprehensive cooperation and strategic partnership between Laos and Vietnam. Mr Nguyen and his delegation are visiting Laos to attend the 13th Theoretical Seminar between the Lao and Vietnamese Parties, which is taking place in Oudomxay province from November 5-8.

This soaring structure resembling a khaen musical instrument, built on a new roundabout on Road No. 13 South near the road to the 3rd Lao-Thai Friendship Bridge, is a new landmark in Thakhaek district, Khammuan province, and is attracting attention because of its unusual design. It cost 3.8 billion kip to build, financed by Asia-Potash International Laos Co., Ltd.

Sinxay Primary and Secondary School in Vientiane last month takes a group of 50 students on an educational visit to the school’s Agriculture and Environment Education Garden in Hatdokkeo village, Hadxaifong district, where they helped cut up banana leaves.