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BUSAN, Nov. 26 (Yonhap) — Three more member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) — Laos, Myanmar and Cambodia — plan to adopt Korean for the regular curriculum at their secondary schools beginning next year, officials said Tuesday.South Korean Minister of Education ...

Hanoi (VNA) – More than 4,000 runners both domestic and foreign will participate in the first Vientiane International Marathon slated for December 8, making it the biggest ever marathon in Laos.Held by Events for Goods and the Lao Amateur Athletics Federation, the marathon will take runners through ...

Authorities in Laos last week sentenced a woman to five years in prison for criticizing the government on Facebook.Houayheuang Xayabouly, 30, also known by her nickname Mouay, was arrested Sept. 12 after she voiced her concern about the government response to flooding in the country’s ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Bank of the Lao PDR (BOL) and the Bank of Korea (BOK) have agreed to share the outcomes of their seven month-programme – 2019 Bank of Korea-Knowledge Partnership Programme (BOK-KPP) – with interested parties.Following completion of the programme, which began ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Pheuksa Garden, a famous tourist site, last week organised the annual Vientiane Boun Kinchieng (Hmong) Festival with colourful shows and activities.The festival took place at the garden from November 22 to 24 to promote the culture and traditions of the Hmong ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The latest estimate of the earthquake damage in Hongsa district, Xayaboury province, puts the number of affected houses at 71, while seven people were injured.According to a report from the Hongsa district office, the earthquakes measuring 6.4 and 5.9 on the ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Representatives of Mekong countries promoted mutual understanding and shared experiences and best practices at the Lancang-Mekong Seminar on Community-Driven Development held in Vientiane on Friday.The best practices are aimed at strengthening cooperation in the area of community-driven development as an effective ...

KUNMING, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) — Chinese companies signed contracts worth 1.3 billion yuan (about 184 million U.S. dollars) to purchase goods, mainly agricultural products, from their Laos counterparts.The deals were signed as the 2019 Sino-Laos Investment Fair concluded Friday in Kunming, capital of southwest China’s ...

Vientiane officials are confident that the targeted number of 2 million visitors set for Visit Laos-China Year 2019 will be reached.Director of the Vientiane Information, Culture and Tourism Department, Ms Vilayvone Chanthalaty, told Vientiane Times that city authorities in cooperation with individual companies had made a great ...

The Lao Women’s Union and the Republic of Korea’s Ministry of Gender Equality and Family have joined forces to provide vocational training for Lao women, to improve their job prospects.A meeting to discuss the management of the project took place on Friday at the Lao ...