The United States announced today it intends to provide US$129,000 in funding for conservation of the Ancient (500 BC-500AD) Megalithic Jars (Plain of Jars) in Xieng Khuang province, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, as part of the U.S. Ambassadors Fund fo…
Some 195 new cases of Covid-19 have been recorded nationwide over the past 24 hours with 98 classified as local transmissions and 97 as imported cases.The local infections were reported in Savannakhet 57, Bokeo 15, Vientiane 12, Khammuan 5, Luang Praba…
Australian government has donated through the World Health Organization Covid-19 test kits worth AU$2.25 million to support Covid-19 fight in the Lao PDR.The handover took place in Vientiane on Aug 26 between Australian Ambassador to the Lao PDR Paul K…
The National Taskforce Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control has placed the number of people with Covid-19 documented over the past 24 hours at 115 including 60 local transmissions with 17 reported in Vientiane, 20 in Bokeo, 18 in Savannakhet, …
Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea Chung Eui-yong arrived in Vientiane today for a two-day visit to the Lao PDR to enhance the relations and cooperation between Laos and the Republic of Korea.On the first day of his visit, the Korean foreign min…
Laos has recorded 247 new Covid-19 cases over the past 24 hours including 103 local infections and 144 imported cases, according to the Deputy Director General of the Department of Communicable Disease Control, Ministry of Health, Dr Sisavath Soutthani…
An opening ceremony for the Laos – China cross-border freight transportation between Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province of China and Vientiane, the commercial and administrative centre of Laos was held in Kunming on Aug 25, according to China Radi…
The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) launched the Legal Aid Webpage at a ceremony in Vientiane on Aug 26, 2021. Recently developed and added to the MOJ’s main website (moj.gov.la), the Legal Aid Webpage will be used by the Ministry of Justice to provide Lao c…
witnessed Swiss Red Cross in the Lao PDR presenting anti-Covid-19 equipment to the Lao Red Cross Society.“The equipment presented today have been intended to be given to Lao Red Cross branches in seven provinces namely Vientiane, Khammuan, Savannakhet,…
The past 24 hours have witnessed 195 new cases of Covid-19 including 149 imported from neighbouring countries and 46 local transmissions, and one new death attributed to the virus, according to the National Taskforce for Covid-19 Prevention and Control…
The government’s monthly meeting for August 2021 was held between Aug 23-24 witnessing approval of several key documents including a draft master plan on Start-up promotion and development in the transition to digital economy and a draft plan on proces…
The Ministry of Information and Culture (MICT) and the Lao Journalist Association (LJA), together with UNICEF, today held its third orientation workshop on the Guidelines for Media Reporting on Children.The workshop was held in Paksan district, Borikha…
