The National Assembly has urged the government to seek concrete measures to mitigate Covid-19 impacts on social and cultural areas for short, medium and long term future.Reading a proposal at the 1st extraordinary session of the National Assembly on A…
The National Taskforce Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control has recorded 305 new cases of Covid-19 over the previous 24 hours including 20 local infections – seven in Vientiane, six in Bokeo, five in Champassak, and one each in Savannakhet an…
The Supreme Court has left an Indiana University COVID-19 vaccine mandate in place by declining an emergency request to block the school’s requirement. The plea to the court, filed by a group of students at the midwestern U.S. school, was rejected by J…
A grand meeting to mark the 30th anniversary of the Lao Constitution (15 August 1991-2021) was held at the newly built National Assembly in Vientiane on Friday, Aug 13.President Thongloun Sisoulith delivered remarks at the meeting which also witnessed …
The Biden administration on Friday announced plans to provide billions of dollars in American Rescue Plan funding to help rural communities battle the COVID-19 pandemic.The money will be targeted to assist rural hospitals and health care providers, acc…
Authorities of Khong district, Champassak Province held on Aug 11 a groundbreaking ceremony for a new quarantine centre to be used for accommodating the influx of migrants returning from neigbouring countries amid Covid-19 pandemic.The ceremony was off…
Vice President of the Lao PDR, Mr Bounthong Chitmany, paid a courtesy call to President of Vietnam Nguyen Xuan Phuc in Vientiane as the latter was on his two-day official visit to the Lao PDR.At the cordial talks, Vice President Bounthong congratulated…
Secretary General of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President Thongloun Sisoulith has sent a letter to his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping expressing sincere gratitude on behalf of the Party, government and people of Laos to the Party, govern…
The Lao People’s Army’s School of Political Studies built with a financial gift of VND301 billion (over US$13 million) was opened on Aug 9 on the sidelines of a two-day visit to the Lao PDR by Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc between Aug 9 and 10….
Lao Development Bank (LDB) Pakse Branch has donated 100 million kip to support prevention and containment efforts against Covid-19 in Champassak Province. The handover ceremony was held on Tuesday at Champassak Provincial Administration Office between…
The Ministry of Health reported on Thursday 202 new cases of COVID-19, raising the total in the country to 9,363 including 4087 active cases and nine deaths.Deputy Director General of the Department of Communicable Disease Control, Ministry of Health, …
Top U.S. infectious-disease expert Anthony Fauci said Thursday that vaccine booster shots were “inevitable” to provide additional protection against COVID-19, but added that the data indicated most healthy, vaccinated people didn’t need them now.During…
