Abstract: The analysis shows that the vocational education exchange and cooperation between Yunnanand Laos relies on the advantages of geographical location , national policies, platform , BBS, and lan-guage specialties. The exchange and cooperation present a variety of practice patterns and positive development, including exchange and interactive training of international students, vocational skills trainingschool-enterprise joint training and collaborative education , projects to aid Laos , cross-border training.and opening of Lao language specialties. However, there are also challenges and dilemmas such as lowparticipation of enterprises, low level of cooperation, uneven flow scale, and the huge impact of the epi-demic. Therefore, to deepen the cooperation and exchange between Yunnan and Laos in vocational edu-cation, it is necessary to further strengthen the communication with Laos, improve the level and scale ofexchange and cooperation with the help of government platform, strengthen the research and practice.promote the participation of enterprises in the cultivation of skilled personnel, build renowned Yunnan-Laos cooperation projects, develop Yunnan-Laos vocational education to its full potential, join hands toight the epidemic and overcome the difficulties in the development of vocational education cooperation.The paper aims to set up a model of vocational education between Yunnan and ASEAN countries, and contribute to jointly building a community with a shared future between China and Laos.

Key words: Yunnan Province, Laos, vocational education, practice patterns, exchanges and cooperation