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VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Itinerant workers and their wives are among the high risk groups for HIV infection in Laos, a study undertaken by the Centre for HIV/AIDS/ Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) and the National Committee for the Control of AIDS has revealed.Head of Office ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Phongsaly health authorities must improve healthcare standards if they are to take action against malnutrition with the long term aim of ending hunger.This was the advice given by the Director General of the Hygiene and Health Promotion Department under the Ministry ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Laos will continue to work with other Asean member countries to guarantee the quality and safety of traditional medicine.This was the message at the ongoing meeting of the 31st Asean Consultative Committee for Standards and Quality on Traditional Medicines and Health ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – A delegation from the Ministry of Home Affairs last week attended an Asean meeting in Thailand on regional cooperation in civil service affairs.Director General of the Performance Appraisal and Civil Service Development Department, Mr Bounchanh Niyavong, led the delegation attending the ...

The nation’s first occupational and health check centre opened at Mittaphab Hospital in Vientiane last week aiming to prevent work-related injuries and illness.Minister of Labour and Social Welfare, Dr Khampheng Saysompheng, Director of the Healthcare and Rehabilitation Department under the Ministry of Health, Assoc. Prof ...

Laos and China have agreed to step up cooperation in the field of cardiovascular disease at Mahosot Hospital with the signing of an agreement on Tuesday by the hospital’s Director General Dr Phisit Phoutsavath and Deputy Director of the Fuwai Yunnan cardiovascular hospital in China, ...

(KPL) Belt and Road News Network –BRNN- will become the bigger window to provide people around the world an easier access to rich sources of information.The 1st Council Meeting of the Belt and Road News Network (BRNN) was held on April 23 in Beijing, China to discuss and ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The number of people using social media is predicted to keep surging as telecom operators compete with each other to offer better services, a new forecast has revealed.The report from the Lao National Internet Centre, released at the beginning of this ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Lao Buddhist Fellowship Organisation will start circulating its regulations on the use of social media by monks at the end of this month.The committee responsible will visit selected parts of the country to explain the regulations which were issued in ...

LUANG PRABANG, Laos (Vientiane Times/ANN) – A Chinese doctor working for the Laos-China railway project is winning over local hearts with his dedication while keeping the railway workers healthy and preventing illness.Meet Dr Chen Bing Wu, who treats those working on the Laos-China railway in ...