Social development

A facility for the homeless, mentally ill and drug addicts in the Lao capital Vientiane is facing budget shortfalls and has resorted to fundraising in order to continue operations.The Somsanga Support Center in Vientiane’s Sayettha district urgently needs funding to continue to feed its 230 ...

Laos needs a specific policy to promote job opportunities for outstanding medical graduates, Minister of Health, Associate Prof. Dr Bounkong Syhavong advised sector experts recently. The minister said the new policy would have to guarantee positions under a quota system to ensure a viable career path ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Health authorities are working to develop a sustainable traditional medicine sector in the country based on ecologically sound practices, a meeting in Vientiane province on Tuesday heard.During the meeting, attended by Minister of Health, Associate Prof. Dr Bounkong Syhavong and Director ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Laos remains committed to realising the rights of the child with authorities holding workshops to discuss concluding observations for all sectors at central and provincial level in order to develop their action plans.This was the message at a consultation workshop with development ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The government has given a green light to debate and study the possibility of using marijuana for medicinal purposes.The Prime Minister’s Office last week issued an announcement entrusting the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and other ...

Representatives from line departments of the Ministry of Health met with development partners in Vientiane on Monday as part of a committee to review the quality assurance structures and measures that underpin the health care system in Laos. During the day’s proceedings, participants reported on the ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Wooden sculptural items made in Laos must rely on foreign markets for greater sales, a senior official of the National Institute of Fine Arts said yesterday.Dr Maysing Chanthaboutdy was speaking at the opening ceremony of a Lao-Thai cross-cultural craft workshop held ...

Authorities have ordered the closure of three Chinese clinics this month in the northern Laotian province of Luang Namtha after issues such as unsanitary conditions and unqualified doctors have led to multiple patient deaths, RFA’s Lao Service has learned.The three clinics, Hong Sing clinic in ...

(KPL) The Embassy of Malaysia in Vientiane, Lao PDR has encouraged Lao government officials to apply for fully sponsored short term training courses under the Malaysian Technical Cooperation Programme or MTCP.The fully sponsored training courses in Malaysia would enable Lao PDR Officials to experience and ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Authorities have warned members of the public to avoid using so-called health products that have not been authorised for sale, saying they may be unsafe.The Food and Drug Department under the Ministry of Health recently issued an announcement banning the sale or ...