Family, children and youth

(KPL) The Ambassador  of  France  to the Lao  PDR,  Florence Jeanblanc-Risler, and Octavian Bivol, UNICEF Representative, signed on Oct 10 a new agreement to continue working together towards child  protection  system strengthening  in Laos with a  focus on   the   development   and   implementation   of   a   regulatory   ...

Authorities have called for more youth volunteers to assist the distribution of relief supplies to victims affected by the deadly flooding in Attapeu province’s Sanamxay district.More ...

Save the Children launched a new global report, ‘The Many Faces of Exclusion’ where it ranked countries based on a range of indicators related to childhood.More ...

 The government will strive to work closely with development partners and international organisations to ensure every child survives, attain better nutrition and education. Progress was noted in the Lao social indicator survey II (LSIS- II).More ...

Amendments to the Law on Family Registration passed by the National Assembly (NA) recently will ease and regulate marriage between Lao and foreign nationals as well as family registration affairs in general. Presenting the drafted law to the ongoing 5th ordinary session of the NA’s 8th ...

VIENTIANE, June 19 (Xinhua) — A Lao Youth Union leader said on Tuesday that the Lao side appreciates China’s support in its youth work. The ninth group of Chinese young volunteers to Laos has arrived in the country and will offer a six-month service in ...

Lao Youth Union (LYU) officials are attending a training course on studio production as part of an information technology capacity-building project taking place in Vientiane. The two-week course runs from June 11-23 and is part of a larger information technology programme supported by the Korea ...

Laos will continue cooperation with its development partners to identify solutions to eliminate violence against children, a leading official told a world forum last week. Minister of Labour and Social Welfare, Dr Khampheng Saysompheng, confirmed at the High Level Global Conference on the Universal Prohibition of ...

(KPL) More than 1 in 20 adolescent girls have never attended school and 1 in 5 adolescent girls have dropped out of school in the Lao PDR, according to a UN study.  The study conducted by the United Nations Population Fund suggests that nearly 2 in ...

Hundreds of people from Vientiane and the provinces yesterday attended a special event to mark International Children’s Day at the National Culture Hall. This year the day is being celebrated with the themes “Child rights promotion, safe use of technology, sustainable environment, and be a ...