The National Taskforce Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control has placed the number of daily infections of Covid-19 for Friday at 13 with seven local transmissions in Vientiane and six imported cases (returning workers from Thailand) in Champas…
The Laos-Japan online seminar on Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HA/DR) was held at ICTC on Jun 18 with participation of defence officials and experts from both countries.The seminar was organized as a part of capacity building and coopera…
) A virtual meeting between the Lao Minister of National Defense Gen Chansamone Chanyalath and his counterpart from the Republic of Korea Suh Wook was held on Jun 16.The ministers reviewed the cooperation between the two countries over the past years n…
The Mother and Early Childhood Grant (MECG) is part of a joint initiative between UNICEF, ILO and UNCDF aimed at improving access to health and child protection services in the Lao PDR for pregnant women and children.(KPL) The Ministry of Labour and So…
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court for the third time rejected a challenge to the country’s chief health insurance law that provides millions of Americans with coverage to help pay their medical costs.The court, in a 7-2 decision, dismissed on Thursda…
The U.S. Education Department said Wednesday it’s erasing student debt for thousands of borrowers who attended a for-profit college chain that made exaggerated claims about its graduates’ success in finding jobs.The Biden administration said it is appr…
Japan’s Mitsubishi Corp (TYO:8058) will invest in a 600-MW onshore wind farm project in Laos that will supply electricity to Vietnam, Renewables Now – an independent one-stop shop for business news and market intelligence for the global renewable energ…
Mr. Phouthone Meuangpak, President of the Lao Red Cross Society and his delegation had a virtual conference with Secretary General of Thai Red Cross Society Tej Bunnag on Jun 15 to discuss humanitarian work.The Thai Red Cross Secretary General expresse…
Over 1.13 million people across the country have been vaccinated against Covid-19 with 719,562 given first doses and 414,785 fully vaccinated, according to the Centre of Information and Education for Health, Ministry of Health.Source: Lao News Agency
The National Taskforce Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control has reported one new case of local transmission in Vientiane on Jun 17.“The new COVID-19 case has brought the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 2,034 including 1,924 r…
Vice President Pany Yathortou on Jun 16 visited Trio garment factory and Trimak garment factory in Vientiane. The two factories are major garment producers in the Lao PDR.Vice President Pany Yathortou urged the management of the two factories to attach…
Kim Jong Il, eternal chairman of the National Defence Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, started working at the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea on June 19, 1964. In the whole period of leading the WPK, he built i…
