Standing Member of Laos’ Party Central Committee and Deputy Prime Minister General Vilay Lakhamfong (left) receives a basket of flowers from Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Manh Cuong, during a courtesy visit to the Party Central Office in Vientiane on January 14. The visit was one of the first high-level exchanges following Laos’ 12th National Party Congress and reaffirmed the great friendship, special solidarity, comprehensive cooperation and strategic partnership between Laos and Vietnam.

The Lao Ambassador to Japan, Mr Amphay Kindavong, on Monday attends a ceremony to mark the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Congenital Anomalies at Aichi Gakuin University in Nagoya. Ambassador Amphay represented foreign missions in delivering congratulatory remarks to Aichi Gakuin University and the Division’s doctors for their two decades of unwavering commitment. The Ambassador specifically praised the Japan Cleft Palate Foundation for its humanitarian missions in Laos. Ambassador Amphay also highlighted the 20th anniversary of the Lao Honorary Consulate in Nagoya and thanked the consulate for its assistance in constructing the Rou-Nichi An in Champasak province, to enshrine a Buddha head.           --Photo Lao Embassy to Japan

Policy leaders from the Mekong subregion attend a roundtable meeting in Canberra with their Australia counterparts to discuss strengthening regional cooperation, advancing policy dialogue, and building sustainable partnerships around shared priorities. Discussions focused on government planning and how to create policy frameworks that support inclusive, climate-informed budgets. --Photo Australia in Laos

Deputy Director General of the Department of Higher Education at the Ministry of Education and Sports, Dr Khamkeo Hansana, Head of Cooperation of the Delegation of the European Union to Laos, Mrs Veerle Smet, representatives from the Embassy of Hungary, Embassy of Luxembourg, DAAD, German Department and Head of Campus France Laos, from the Ministry of Education and Sports, the National University of Laos (NUOL) and students from five universities on site and online on Thursday attend a meeting at the NUOL on the Erasmus programme for 2026.