Bilateral development assistance

Rural residents of Vientiane have a new Saemaul Community Centre following the handover of a building in Makhiew village, Pakngum district on Monday.The centre was built through cooperation between the Vientiane Agriculture and Forestry Department and the Saemaul Globalisation Foundation of South Korea.More ...

The United States has agreed to support Laos with more than US$19.4 million to fund a comprehensive basic education programme to improve reading outcomes.The US Embassy to Laos formally launched the “Learn to Read” programme with the signing of two memorandums of understanding (MOUs) to ...

The Nippon Foundation of Japan has provided more than 2.6 billion kip (US$300,000) to the Ministry of Education and Sports to improve access to education for people with disabilities.A project agreement was signed in Vientiane on Wednesday by the Deputy Director of the External Relations ...

(KPL) The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (ICBC) has presented 30 computers and three laptops to the Ministry of Education and Sports to distribute to 11 secondary schools and primary schools in Vientiane Capital.A handover ceremony for the donation package was held in ...

(KPL) Hongsa District Agricultural Promotion Cooperative, Xayaboury province has received water filtering equipment worth over 100,000 baht from by the Hongsa Power Company.The hanover of the equipment took place on Monday between Managing Director of Hongsa Power Company, Mr Kathayuth Chupoon and Head of Agricultural ...

(KPL) The government of Germany has contributed EUR 4 million to Dual-Cooperative Training (DCT) through the Vocational Education Lao PDR (VELA) project phase 2.The agreement was signed in Vientiane on Aug 23 by Mr Nouphanh Outsa, Director General, DTEVT, Ministry of Education and Sports, Ms ...

Some 20 Lao students will start their advanced learning and research in Japan, supported by the Japan Human Resource Development Scholarships (JDS) and the Young Leaders Programme (YLP).A reception for students and alumni of the JDS and YLP was held in Vientiane on Tuesday to ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) of South Korea will provide about US$7.5 million to Laos from 2019 to 2023 to improve maternal, newborn and child health in three provinces.A funding agreement was signed in Vientiane on Tuesday by the Director ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times) – The government of the Republic of Korea has provided grant aid of over 10 billion kip (US$1.2 million) to implement a flood recovery programme in Attapeu province.The “Integrated Recovery Programme in Attapeu province” is in the form of grant aid through ...

The government has handed over about 430 tonnes of rice worth over 3.3 billion kip provided by the Japanese government as part of ongoing disaster assistance to the southern provinces.The support includes about 149 tonnes of rice for communities in Borikhamxay province, 100 tonnes for ...