Vietnam-Laos trade fair to open in December

According to the announcement, the event is part of Vietnam’s national trade promotion programme in 2015 and one of a series of economic and political activities to celebrate 60 years of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP), and the 40th anniversary of Lao National Day. 

A Vietnam-Laos trade fair opened in Laos in July, 2015 (Source:VNA)

Themed “Cooperation, Friendship and Development”, the event is expected to house 144 booths, 35 percent of which are to be manned by military-run businesses. Vietnam’s 175 Military Hospital will hold free medical check-ups and give away medicines for impoverished people in the framework of the event.