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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 ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Government officials and representatives of the business sector gathered for a workshop aimed at building greater understanding of the contents and dispute resolution under the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sales of Goods (CISG).The workshop on CISG, held ...

(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) – Delegations from Laos and other Asean member countries met in Vientiane yesterday to share ideas about the use of geospatial information in driving sustainable development.Participants discussed how geospatial information could make contributions to the agreed indicator framework for monitoring progress towards ...

KHAMMUAN, Laos (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Local residents have found about 60 ancient Buddha images in Tham Phapheenoy cave near Khamphalaeng village in Mahaxay district, Khammuan province, which authorities estimate to be hundreds of years old.An official at the Mahaxay district Information, Culture and Tourism Department, Mr ...

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 ...

Laos has made impressive progress in reducing poverty, but still has a long way to go, as one quarter of the population still lives below the poverty line, according to a U.N. official visiting the Southeast Asian country this month.During an interview with RFA’s Lao ...

KHAMMUAN, Laos (Vientiane Times/ANN) – When elderly people in Thakhaek and Nabong villages get together with their friends, they’re likely to debate when and if the dirt roads that run in front of their homes will be asphalted.They stand outside their houses, looking at the ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Government officials and representatives from the private sector have attended a workshop to learn about the rules and benefits of using “Declaration of Origin” under the Asean-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area (AANZFTA) Rules of Origin for Laos.More ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The government has forbidden the burning of garbage and scrub in a bid to reduce the current high levels of air pollution.The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment issued a warning on Friday aiming to curb the emission of dangerous particulate ...