Aid and development
Bilateral development assistance
Laos appreciates China's support in youth work
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 ...
Xinhua editor
US Government Promotes Silk Entrepreneurship in Lao PDR
(KPL) The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), in collaboration with the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, provided training on natural dyeing and digital marketing for women-owned businesses from May 28-Jun 15, 2018 in Xieng Khuang and Huaphan provinces.More ...
KPL editor
Japan injects 23b kip to promote education in Laos
The government of Japan recently provided more than 23 billion kip (JPY 310 million) through the Japanese Grant Aid for Human Resource Development Scholarship (JDS) for education assistance in Laos. The scholarship funds will be provided to government officials across the country to upgrade their knowledge ...
Vientiane Times
Laos, WWF extend rattan, bamboo harvesting cooperation
The Lao government and World Wide Fund for Nature in Laos have agreed to implement Phase 5 of the Sustainable Rattan-Bamboo Harvesting and Production project. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the project was signed on Monday at the National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute ...
Vientiane Times
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$27.4 million in funding for the school meals programme to help strengthen the Lao government’s national school meals initiative.More ...
Vientiane Times
Australia Contributes AU$ 1 Million Supporting Community Led School Feeding
(KPL) The Australian government announced renewed support of AU$ 1 Million funding for the World Food Programme (WFP) to support vulnerable communities in the Lao PDR in managing their own school feeding programmes and strengthening their resilience to the impacts of climate change.More ...
KPL
Laos, China move forward with cooperation projects
The governments of Laos and China are set to approve cooperation projects to be financed with Chinese assistance, the Lao Prime Minister’s Office has announced.More ...
Vientiane Times
