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Party General Secretary To Lam and his spouse pose with Lao Party General Secretary and President Thongloun Sisoulith and his spouse in Hanoi on January 26, 2026.

The articles run by Pasaxon - the mouthpiece of the Central Committee of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP), and Pathet Lao - the official newspaper of the Lao News Agency emphasized that the January 26-27 visit, his first since being elected General Secretary of the 12th LPRP Central Committee, clearly demonstrated that despite increasingly complex and unpredictable regional and international developments, the great friendship, special solidarity, comprehensive cooperation, and strategic cohesion between the two nations continue to be nurtured and strengthened across all fields.

Lao media also provided extensive coverage of high-level bilateral meetings between the leaders of the two countries. During meetings between Lao Party General Secretary and President Thongloun Sisoulith and General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam, State President Luong Cuong, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, and National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man, both sides agreed that political cooperation between Laos and Vietnam continues to be built on the highest level of mutual trust. Diplomacy, defense, and security remain solid pillars of bilateral relations.

The two sides also reaffirmed their commitment to further nurturing the “great friendship, special solidarity, comprehensive cooperation, and strategic cohesion” between Laos and Vietnam, tightening and closely coordinating in defense and security cooperation, and advancing collaboration in trade, investment, economic integration, culture, society, and education to achieve new qualitative progress.

Source: VNA