The covid-19 pandemic has hampered efforts to remove unexploded ordnance (UXOs) in the country and this has resulted in increased number of UXO victims, according to the National Regulatory Authority for UXO/Mine Action Sector – NRA.“Some activities c…
President Thongloun Sisoulith and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping launched via a video link the newly built Laos-China Railway this afternoon.The event in Vientiane was also attended by Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh, Vice President Pany Yathorto…
The sunshine is still burning in a railing base in the northern outskirts of Lao capital Vientiane, but what Sida Phengphongsawanh, a trainee for China-Laos railway train driver, cares, is the jingle of the train maintenance which sounds like music.Th…
Two astronauts with the U.S. space agency, NASA, left the International Space Station (ISS) Thursday to conduct a spacewalk to replace a broken antenna system, two days after the walk was postponed over concerns about space debris.NASA astronauts Thoma…
Laos has confirmed 1,333 new Covid-19 cases and eight new fatalities over the previous 24 hours, bringing the total to 76,496 including 186 deaths, according to the National Taskforce Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control.The newly reported de…
Omicron is unlikely to have completely outsmarted the vaccines, experts say, even with its unusual array of mutations.There are a lot of unknowns, but they expect that the shots will still do what they do best: Keep people out of the hospital and out o…
Published by NNA Business News By Celine Chen VIETNAM, NNA – Known for its great-tasting coffee, Vietnam aims to impress the region with another natural beverage – organic milk. The Vietnam Dairy Products Joint Stock Co. (Vinamilk) debuted its organic milk product at the 2021 FHC Global Food Trade Show in Shanghai in the second…
Published by The Bangkok Post The government is being advised to speed up the development of a rail network linking Thailand’s rail system with the Laos-China Railway, which connects Kunming in China’s Yunnan province with Vientiane — the capital of Laos. Danucha Pichayanan, secretary-general of the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC), said the…
Marking the 33rd annual World AIDS Day on Wednesday, the Biden administration announced it would ramp up its domestic and international efforts to fight the HIV virus, which has killed 36 million people worldwide in four decades.President Joe Biden als…
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday criticized an “irresponsible” Russian test that endangered the International Space Station with debris, and the Biden administration laid out a new strategy for responsible use of space.Harris convened the…
U.S. Ambassador Peter M. Haymond handed over 93 containers of fortified rice, lentils, canned fish and fortified cooking oil to Deputy Minister of Education and Sports Sisouk Vongvichith at the World Food Programme’s (WFP) warehouse in Vientiane on Tu…
Luang Namtha Province has received 150,400 doses of Covid-19 vaccine from the Chinese government and medical equipment from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.The aid package will be used in implementing anti-Covid-19 measures in the northern province.At …
