Last year witnessed 5,576 road accidents with 8,388 people injured, 831 lives claimed and young people sharing 80% of the victims, a meeting was told on Jan 13.The National Road Safety Committee convened the meeting in Vientiane to review road safety e…
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Japan to provide facilitation equipment to Wattay International Airport
The signing ceremony of the Grant Exchange Programme from the Government of Japan was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Vientiane on Dec 20.The Agreement was signed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Phoxay Khaikhamphitoun and Ambassad…
Joint Statement – 7th Lao PDR – Australia Human Rights Dialogue
The Lao PDR and Australia held the 7th bilateral Human Rights Dialogue on Dec 9 by a videoconference.The dialogue was co-chaired by Mr Douangmany Gnotsyoudom, Director General of the Department of Treaty and Law, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Lao …
Department of Communicable Diseases Control warns against fake news on Covid-19 booster ban
Deputy Director General of the Department of Communicable Diseases Control, Ministry of Health, Dr Sisavath Soutthanilaxay has urged the public to ignore fake news going viral on social media which falsely claims that authorities have imposed ban on a…
Persons with disabilities jointly present key findings to national counterparts at Platform Event
Organizations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs) presented the key findings of their recently finalized Joint Submission to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD Committee) to the Government, INGOs, United Natio…
Delhi’s Air Pollution Crisis Prompts Shutdown of Thermal Plants, Schools, Colleges
With the Indian capital enveloped in a haze of toxic smog, authorities ordered six thermal plants in the city’s vicinity to shut temporarily, closed schools and colleges indefinitely and imposed work-from-home restrictions to control pollution levels t…