The growing number and share of older persons in Asia and the Pacific represent success stories of declining fertility and increasing longevity; the result of advances in social and economic development. This demographic transition is taking place agai…
The Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES), with the support of Australia through the BEQUAL programme, has developed a new docuseries called “the Role Model series”.The series will be disseminated via TV, radio, newspapers and social media from Sept…
The Ministry of Health (MoH) together with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Save the Children on Sep 7 celebrated the success of the integrated Nutrition and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Project – USAID Nurture…
UNICEF Lao PDR and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) handed over hygiene supplies and personal protective equipment (PPEs) to the Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) last Friday to support the ministry’s efforts to ensu…
On Friday, September 3, 2021 more than 11,000 Shanghai University freshmen students, both foreign and Chinese, attended an opening ceremony of academic year 2021-2022.Established in 1922, Shanghai University now ranks 16th among Chinese mainland univer…
We welcome the recent announcement from the Prime Minister’s Office, and the Ministry of Education and Sports to start the new school year across the Lao PDR on 6 September, and call for keeping schools open for in-person learning unless
