Giving guidance speech at the 11th National Meeting of the Lao Front for National Development, President Thongloun Sisoulith appreciated the achievements the Front has made over the past years noting that the Lao Front for National Development, as a s…
Globally, one in three women have experienced physical or sexual violence in their lifetime, primarily by their intimate partners. In the Lao PDR, a 2014 Study on Violence Against Women (VAW) revealed the same data…1 in 3 women had experienced physi…
Thursday’s afternoon witnessed the launch of the construction of the dormitory of the Lao-India Entrepreneurship Development Centre, which is funded with a financial grant of US$$ 50,000 from the Government of India through the Embassy of India to the…
Laos has confirmed 1,510 new cases, detected among 5,627 people tested for Covid-19, and four new deaths attributed to the virus over the past 24 hours, according to the National Taskforce Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control.Some 1,509 were c…
On Nov 25, some 700,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine, Personal Protective Equipment – PPEs, and other medical equipment worth 10 million yuans were donated by the Chinese government to the Lao counterpart to support anti-Covid-19 efforts in the Lao PDR.Th…
Like many others in Europe, Switzerland is facing a steep rise in coronavirus cases. But its federal government, unlike others, hasn’t responded with new restrictive measures. Analysts say it doesn’t want to stir up more opposition to its anti-COVID-19…
With the Northern Hemisphere heading into winter and COVID-19 cases on the rise across Europe and North America, political leaders from Washington to Brussels are struggling to persuade a pandemic-weary public to get vaccinated against the disease that…
Published by NNA Business News By Celine Chen SINGAPORE, NNA – Global governments and industry players alike have recognized that the transition to electric vehicles (EVs) is presenting a great opportunity for their economies to forge ahead their goals for economic growth and sustainable development concurrently as they ride out the pandemic. In Southeast Asia,…
Published by The Bangkok Post Thai youth unemployment at new high Pandemic restrictions a drag on overall labour market, with possible longer-term consequences, says ILO report Joblessness among young men and women in Thailand has reached a level unseen in recent years due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the International Labour…
Laos has reported 1,504 new cases, detected among 9,654 people tested for Covid-19 yesterday and one new death attributed to the deadly virus over the past 24 hours, according to the National Taskforce Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control.Dire…
European countries expanded COVID-19 booster vaccinations, began plans to get shots to young children and tightened some curbs Thursday as the continent battled a surge in coronavirus cases and concerns about its economic fallout grew.Slovakia went int…
“I could not understand how this highly educated, powerful trauma nurse is now the patient.”A registered nurse who asks that we call her “Gi” is talking about herself. While working in the emergency room of her community hospital at the height of the C…
