Social development

(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   ...

Faculty of Economics and Business Management under the National University of Laos (NUOL) will commence a Doctor of Philosophy Programme in Economics in March next year following a launch ceremony on Wednesday.More ...

Mother and Child Hospital (MCH) in Vientiane has presented its successful results of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatments using intracytoplasmic sperm Injection (ICSI) for women wanting to fall pregnant.This year, the hospital has recorded a 90 percent success rate in women falling pregnant through IVF ...

Climate change is threatening agricultural production and posing a major challenge to Laos and other countries’ efforts at strengthening world food security, according to a leading official.More ...

(KPL) Applications are now open for the 2019 Round of the Australian Government Endeavour Leadership Programme, which provides scholarships for high-performing international students, researchers and professionals to undertake short or long-term education, training and research opportunities in Australia.More ...

Japan has agreed to support unexploded-ordnance related projects in Laos at the cost of 900 million yen as well as facilitate cooperation between Mittaphab hospital in Vientiane and Kitahara Neurosurgical Institute of Japan.More ...

The quality of education at all levels has been further improved due to important contributions from several sectors, particularly the contribution of teachers across the country.More ...

The European Union (EU) has forecast a budget of around US$3 million to strengthen information systems for nutrition in Laos from 2018-2021 with the project to be implemented by UNICEF.The new project, known as the National Information Platforms for Nutrition (NIPN), is part of ongoing ...

Mahosot Hospital is cooperating with experts from Asean countries including Thailand aiming to improve treatment for patients with gastrointestinal problems.The cooperation aims to improve treatment by developing local doctors’ skills in the use of new endoscopy equipment to respond to the increasing number of gastrointestinal ...

More than 90 Lao students have been awarded Russian scholarships to pursue studies for bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in Russia.More ...