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Vietnam-Funded Broadcasting Facility Inaugurated
(KPL/VNA) The Vietnam-funded radio and television broadcasting station was put into operation in Laos’ central province of Savannakhet on Dec 25 after three years of construction.The 10,000-sq-m facility was built at a total cost of nearly 115 billion VND (4.9 million USD) as the Vietnamese ...
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ADB Funding Helps Improve Road Access To Chom Ong Cave
(KPL) The Asian Development Bank – ADB – has provided a financial grant of 9 million US dollars to improve road access to Chom Ong Cave, one of many well-known attractions in Xay district, Oudomxay Province.One year of construction has passed, the upgrade of the ...
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Japan Supports Income Generation For People With Disabilities In Laos
(KPL) The government of Japan has provided a grant worth US$ 292,195 to support income generation of people with disabilities in the Lao PDR. The grant extended at this time will fund activities in the first year of the two-year project.More ...
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NA Approves Law On Health Insurance
(KPL) People’s representatives yesterday, Dec 13 approved the Law on Health Insurance, the first of its kind.Brainstorming the law, the lawmakers expressed that they expected that the law would allow low income families to access universal health insurance with some saying that the law would be an ...
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Australia Supports UXO Clearance In Flooded Areas Of Attapeu
(KPL) The Government of Australia officially on Dec 12 signed an agreement with UNDP on clearance of unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Sanamxay district in order to ensure the safety of resettled communities dislocated by the floods earlier this year.Australia is contributing AUD 200,000 through UNDP ...
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R. Korea, UNICEF Provide Care, Protection To Children In Attapeu
(KPL) The Government of the Republic of Korea has granted the sum of US$300,000 to UNICEF to provide better care and protection support to children without parental care in Sanamxay, Attapeu Province.More ...
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Gov’t Approves Additional 500 Billion Kip For Rehabilitating Agro Sector Next Year
(KPL) The government has approved additional 500 billion kip as emergency aid for 2019 for rehabilitating agro infrastructure damaged by recent floods, procuring agricultural inputs including rice seeds, fertilizers, and as a compensation for damages caused by recent insect infestation, mostly in northern provinces.More ...
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Food Safety Discussed
(KPL) More than twenty representatives from different ministries have learned the situation and impacts of unsafe food, and the responsibility of relevant authorities at a workshop supported by the Newzealand Foreign Affairs and Trade Aid Programme.More ...
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EXIM Bank Of Thailand Opens Vientiane Representative Office
(KPL) The Export-Import Bank (EXIM) of Thailand on Nov 30 opened its Vientiane-based representative office to support the Lao government’s policy on trade and investment integration into the Mekong sub region which covers Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.More ...
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Gov’t Earmarks 2.54 Trillion Kip For Poverty Reduction
(KPL) The government has earmarked 2,548 billion kip for poverty reduction efforts in coming year.The government has an ambitious plan to have 4,649 families in 220 villages nationwide graduating from poverty, and 100 development villages announced next year, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Lien Thikeo ...
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