The Vietnamese Party, State, army and people always keep in mind the whole-hearted, great and effective assistance of Russian war veterans during the past struggle for national liberation, a high-ranking officer has said.

The first Vietnam-Russia Youth Forum wrapped up in Ho Chi Minh City on July 28, offering vividly illustrating the close friendship between the two countries.

The great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between Laos and Vietnam have unceasingly grown in both scale and depth despite complicated developments in the regional and world situation, said a senior official of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP).

The Vietnam-Cuba friendship hospitals in Hanoi and the central province of Quang Binh are a symbol of the close friendship and cooperation in healthcare between Vietnam and Cuba.

As many as 56 modern artworks of Vietnamese artists and those from the Republic of Korea (RoK) are on display at a Vietnam-RoK arts exhibition that opened in Hanoi on February 6.

The embassies of Vietnam and Laos in Japan held a people-to-people exchange programme in Tokyo on August 10 to mark the 55th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic ties and 40 years since the Treaty on Amity and Cooperation was signed.