An event to celebrate National Handicraft Day and the 25th anniversary of the Lao Handicraft Festival takes place at the Patouxay Monument on November 1. Those present on the occasion included Deputy Prime Minister Santiphab Phomvihane, and Minister of Industry and Commerce Mr Malaithong Kommasith.

Representatives, media experts, and guests gather on stage during the “AI Inspires All Things, Light and Shadow Illuminate the Lancang-Mekong” showcase held in Vientiane on October 31. Jointly hosted by China’s National Radio and Television Administration, the Commission for Information and Education of the Party Central Committee of Laos, and the Yunnan Provincial People’s Government, the event gathered around 200 industry representatives from six Lancang-Mekong countries. ​Marking ten years of Lancang-Mekong Cooperation, the showcase presented achievements in AI-driven audiovisual production, featuring performances, story-sharing, and new media project launches aimed at enhancing cultural exchanges and regional media integration across the river basin.

A delegation from the Lao Front for National Development visited Vietnam from October 12 to November 10 for training in mass mobilisation and agricultural work, as part of efforts to implement the bilateral cooperation agreement between the Lao Front for National Development Committee and its Vietnamese counterpart for 2022–2027. During the visit, the two sides exchanged experiences on mass mobilisation work in Hanoi. The Lao delegation also visited historical and cultural sites in the Vietnamese capital, according to the Vientiane Mai newspaper.

Vientiane-based reporters, representatives of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Ministry of Culture and Tourism officials, Champasak provincial Culture and Tourism Department officials and Khong district authorities pose for a photo at the Li Phi waterfall during a field visit to Don Det and Don Khone islands from October 29-31. The visit was organised to observe improvements under the Second Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Tourism Infrastructure for Inclusive Growth Project, jointly funded by ADB and the Lao government, which has invested in tourism-related infrastructure in Nakasang village and the two islands.