A Lao language version of Sharing the River, a book on Lancang-Mekong cooperation, was officially launched in Vientiane, Laos' capital, on Friday.

The river called the Lancang in China is known as the Mekong in Southeast Asian countries.

Since the establishment of the Lancang-Mekong cooperation mechanism in 2016, the publishing houses of the nations where the river flows have cooperated closely. China's Yunnan Education Publishing House and a Lao publishing house have worked together to promote the translation work of the book into Lao.