Việt Nam - Laos strengthen border defence cooperation

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Việt Nam - Laos strengthen border defence cooperation

03/07/2026

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On 2 July in Hà Nội, the Ministry of National Defence held a press briefing to introduce the Third Việt Nam - Laos Border Defence Friendship Exchange. The two-day event is scheduled for the 9th and 10th of July in the border area between Việt Nam’s Nghệ An Province and Laos’s Bolikhamxay Province.

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