Aid and development

Poverty Reduction Fund extends support for rural development

The Poverty Reduction Fund is carrying out over 300 sub-projects this year, spending 94 billion kip to improve rural infrastructure, strengthen communities, and boost household livelihoods.More ...

Vientiane Times

Australia backs project to reduce child undernutrition

The Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health of Australia is providing over US$700,000 from 2018-2021 to help reduce child malnutrition in target districts of Vientiane province.More ...

Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth

US extends support for school meals programme

The United States government has announced new support of US$27.4 million in funding for the school meals programme to help strengthen the Lao government’s national school meals initiative.More  ...

Vientiane Times

President asks Savannakhet to speed up development

President Bounnhang Vorachit has told Savannakhet provincial authorities to work harder to address social ills in order to maintain the stability necessary for the social and economic development of the central province. The president made the suggestion during talks with authorities while on a working ...

Vientiane Times

Huaphan told to speed up development, address corruption

Huaphan authorities have been told to speed up socio-economic development and address corruption in the northern province. During his recent working trip to the province, Deputy Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone told leading provincial officials to work harder in their leadership role to fight poverty, contributing ...

Vientiane Times

ADB, Laos ink agreement to support health sector reform

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Lao government have signed an agreement for a US$30 million policy-based grant for the second subprogramme of the Health Sector Governance Programme to help expand healthcare coverage and improve health services.  More ...

Vientiane Times

World Bank approves upgrade of key arterial road

The World Bank has approved a project that aims to improve National Road No. 13 as part of efforts to create better conditions for people living along and using this primary corridor. The bank made the announcement last week after its executive directors agreed to ...

Ekaphone Phouthonesy

Laos calls for joint effort to overcome global inequality

Laos has joined the international community in calling for a united effort to address inequality across the globe in pursuit of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). A Lao government delegation led by Minister of Foreign Affairs Saleumxay ...

Vientiane Times

Local Farmers to benefit from Lao PDR Agriculture Competitiveness Project

(KPL) More than 140,000 people will benefit from efforts to make rice, maize, and vegetables more productive and profitable through the Lao PDR Agriculture Competitiveness Project. The agreement for the US$25 million project was signed on Thursday, May 17, by the World Bank and the ...

KPL

Govt takes action to increase aid effectiveness 

The government has vowed to increase aid effectiveness via proper management in order to maximise official development assistance (ODA) for national development.The Ministry of Planning and Investment on Wednesday officially launched the ODA Management Information System (ODA-MIS.Gov.LA) to centralize aid management to ensure the most ...

Vientiane Times

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