Social development

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Authorities have told the administrators of social media news platforms to register their accounts or pages, or they could face legal action.The warning comes after many unregistered digital news platforms have circulated fake news and disinformation on social media, which seriously ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The maternal mortality rate has decreased five-fold in Laos, and the number of midwives has risen to over 2,500 in the past 25 years, senior officials said yesterday.These were some of the significant accomplishments since the implementation of the action programme ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Champassak provincial hospital is appealing to the public to donate beds for use by patients suffering from dengue fever.The hospital has been overwhelmed with admissions in recent weeks after the number of people with dengue skyrocketed.Minister of Health, Associate Prof. Dr ...

The government, Temasek Foundation (TF) – ITE Education Services (ITEES) urban management tourism and hospitality/specialists programme has been strengthening the management skills of Lao personnel in this field.    The initiative is a collaboration between Laos and Singapore and is supported by the TF and ITEES to ...

The government of Japan has granted over US$2.8 million (nearly 24.9 billion kip) to finance Lao nationals studying in Japan from July this year until September 2024, under the Project for Human Resource Development Scholarship.The grant agreement was signed in Vientiane on Monday at the ...

(KPL) The United States continues to share knowledge and collaborate with young Lao scientists on important health challenges. On Jul 1, officials from the U.S. Embassy, Ministry of Health, and the National University of Laos welcomed a group of 33 scientists from Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, ...

(KPL) Experts, government officials and development partners met in Vientiane this week to discuss how to adapt and use the manual Essential Service Package as a tool to provide essential services for women and girls who are victims of violence.Lao Women’s Union hosted the first ...

(KPL) U.S. Ambassador to the Lao PDR Rena Bitter presented more than 174,000 additional mosquito nets to Mr. Khamphone Phoutthavong, Deputy Minister of Health, at a ceremony in Vientiane on Jul 9.These mosquito nets will be distributed to families in rural areas of the southern ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Village authorities will spread the word about eliminating violence against women, hoping to change attitudes and put a stop to the abuse of women and girls.Rural people know little about the Law on the Development and Protection of Women and it ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Ministry of Health has advised people throughout the country to clear potential mosquito breeding sites as the current outbreak of dengue fever has claimed 27 lives and more than 11,000 people have contracted the virus so far this year.The warning ...