With 2021 bringing in the 9th National Socio-Economic Development Plan (NSEDP), the Government has committed to improve public administration with a particular focus on strengthening public service through ambitious targets in the new NESDP.A workshop…
The Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Sector Working Group met on Friday, 25th June 2021, in Vientiane with its primary focus placed on the new ten-year UXO national strategic plan – Safe Path Forward III (SPF III), which is currently in development.This is t…
“Better than nothing.” That’s one infectious disease expert’s assessment of Sinovac Biotech’s COVID-19 vaccine, following reports that hundreds of Indonesian health care workers who had received the vaccine caught the disease anyway. At least 10 docto…
GENEVA – The World Health Organization has certified China, the most populous country in the world, as malaria-free. It has taken China seven decades to reach this milestone. The country has gone from 30 million cases of malaria in the 1940s to zero ca…
The nationwide number of Covid-19 infections, cumulated since March 2020, has reached 2,121 including 1,981 recoveries and three deaths.The National Taskforce Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control told a press conference in Vientiane on Jun 30 …
Representing people and authorities of Ninh Binh Province, Vietnam, General Consul of Vietnam in Luang Prabang Mr Nguyen Dang Hung has donated VND 500 million (approximately 200 million LAK) to support Covid-19 response efforts in Oudomxay province.At …
The Embassy of India to Laos and the Government of the Lao PDR jointly celebrated the 7th International Day of Yoga (IDY) on 26 June 2021, with the theme “Yoga for Wellness” in hybrid mode. The event was organised at Chao Anuovong Stadium, Vientiane. A…
LONDON – Most people wouldn’t volunteer to walk through a minefield. Princess Diana did it twice.On Jan. 15, 1997, Diana walked gingerly down a narrow path cleared through an Angolan minefield, wearing a protective visor and flak jacket emblazoned with…
SYDNEY – Three major investor groups representing some of Australia’s biggest finance firms are calling for government regulators to force big companies to disclose how they plan to address financial risks from climate change. The coalition of investor…
Twenty-five new cases of COVID-19 infection have been reported today, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 2,101, according to the National Taskforce Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control.The reported included 14 local tran…
Twenty six new cases of COVID-19 infection have been confirmed across the country over the past 24 hours, including 14 local transmisions and 12 imported cases. Of the local infections, seven cases were reported in Vientiane, four in Vientiane (prov.), two in Luang Namtha, and one in Xayaboury. The imported cases were reported in Champassak…
The Coffee Quality Institute (CQI) announces the first green coffee competition ever to take place in the Lao PDR. The event is part of The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) funded (CLEAN) Project implemented by Winrock International that is working to improve the agricultural sector with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF), the…
