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Officials from the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism on Friday gathered to plant trees at the National Museum in Vientiane to mark National Arbour Day.The ministry is planting trees in support of the resolution adopted by the 10th Party Congress to create more green ...

Some 50 health officials from the central and southern provinces met in Vientiane to build consensus on the national health research agenda, which will form the basis of government policy in this field. The consultative meeting on the preliminary results of the national health research ...

Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith yesterday attended a ceremony to officially declare Pakxe district to be a city, as the capital of Champassak province, after the government recently authorised the upgrade of three provincial capitals to city status. The government authorised the change in status to ...

The Lao government and Korean experts have continued discussions about upgrading National Road No. 8 in Borikhamxay province to Asean highway standards. The two sides met yesterday in Vientiane to discuss a “Detailed Feasibility Study for Upgrading National Road No. 8 in Borikhamxay Province on the ...

Hundreds of people from Vientiane and the provinces yesterday attended a special event to mark International Children’s Day at the National Culture Hall. This year the day is being celebrated with the themes “Child rights promotion, safe use of technology, sustainable environment, and be a ...

Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith has called for all stakeholders to increase their responsibility in properly caring for, developing and protecting children, to create an environment that enables them to enjoy their childhood. In his message to mark International Children’s Day, which falls on June 1, ...

BEIJING, May 30 (Xinhua/KPL) — Laos and China on Wednesday agreed to advance the building of a community of shared future to achieve new outcomes.More ...

Violence against women in target villages of Vientiane has declined as more people gain understanding of women’s rights through the Bringing Justice Closer to Women Suffering from Gender Based Violence project. Government officials and partners including Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation to Laos yesterday reviewed their work ...

Xanakham district authorities in Vientiane province say the deaths of 25 cattle were caused by haemorrhagic fever and that no ingestion of toxic chemicals was involved. The animals died between May 17 and 22 in Xanakham district.  On May 17, 13 buffalo were found dead in ...

The United Kingdom’s Comic Relief charity is providing over US$700,000 from 2018 to 2020 to help prevent and control malaria in three provinces of Laos.More ...