) The Chinese government has provided as a gift 500,000 doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine to the Lao PDR to fight the outbreak of the disease in the country.A handover ceremony for the Chinese aid took place at the Ministry of Health in Vientiane on …
When I took up my role as the regional director of the International Labour Organization in Bangkok, domestic workers were at the forefront of my mind. Not only is the Asia Pacific region home to half of the world’s domestic workers, but this group of …
The National Taskforce Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control has reported eight new cases of Covid-19 today.The new infections included six local transmissions in Vientiane and two imported cases from Thailand in Champassak.Some 2,033 have been…
Long after a contentious U.S. presidential election that unleashed a torrent of partisan threats against poll workers and others, many American election officials continue to feel unsafe because of their jobs, according to a recent survey.The survey, c…
China will launch the first crew of its new permanent space station into orbit on Thursday. An official with the China Manned Space Agency announced Wednesday that veteran astronauts Nie Haisheng and Liu Boming and rookie Tang Hongbo will blast off fr…
Smaller economies and developing nations are rallying behind a rival global tax reform plan to the one struck last week by the wealthy G-7 nations. Under the agreement, the G-7 nations are backing a global minimum corporate tax of 15%, but smaller na…
The novel coronavirus was present in the U.S. in December 2019, weeks before health officials first identified infections, according to a new government study. Conducted by a team that included researchers from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, t…
The India Embassy to the Lao PDR held virtually a ‘Curtain Raiser for the 7th International Day of Yoga’ on Jun 13.The International Day of Yoga aims to raise awareness worldwide about benefits of practicing yoga.President of the Lao– India Friendship …
The National Taskforce Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control reported today 14 new cases of Covid-19 including seven community transmissions in Vientiane, three imported cases each in Savannakhet and Champassak, and one community infection in V…
Khammuan Province has announced that all of its Covid-19 patients have been cured and discharged from hospital with the last batch of five patients discharged yesterday.Khammuan has placed its cumulative number of Covid-19 cases at six including four c…
More than 60 cows and buffaloes in Savannakhet Province have died from Lumpy skin disease with the cumulative number of cows and buffaloes infected with the disease reaching 4,700.Of the number, over 2,500 cows and buffaloes have been treated, accordin…
