The nationwide number of Covid-19 infections, cumulated since March 2020, has reached 2,121 including 1,981 recoveries and three deaths.The National Taskforce Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control told a press conference in Vientiane on Jun 30 …
GENEVA – The World Health Organization has certified China, the most populous country in the world, as malaria-free. It has taken China seven decades to reach this milestone. The country has gone from 30 million cases of malaria in the 1940s to zero ca…
“Better than nothing.” That’s one infectious disease expert’s assessment of Sinovac Biotech’s COVID-19 vaccine, following reports that hundreds of Indonesian health care workers who had received the vaccine caught the disease anyway. At least 10 docto…
SYDNEY – Three major investor groups representing some of Australia’s biggest finance firms are calling for government regulators to force big companies to disclose how they plan to address financial risks from climate change. The coalition of investor…
LONDON – Most people wouldn’t volunteer to walk through a minefield. Princess Diana did it twice.On Jan. 15, 1997, Diana walked gingerly down a narrow path cleared through an Angolan minefield, wearing a protective visor and flak jacket emblazoned with…
The Embassy of India to Laos and the Government of the Lao PDR jointly celebrated the 7th International Day of Yoga (IDY) on 26 June 2021, with the theme “Yoga for Wellness” in hybrid mode. The event was organised at Chao Anuovong Stadium, Vientiane. A…
Representing people and authorities of Ninh Binh Province, Vietnam, General Consul of Vietnam in Luang Prabang Mr Nguyen Dang Hung has donated VND 500 million (approximately 200 million LAK) to support Covid-19 response efforts in Oudomxay province.At …
Twenty-five new cases of COVID-19 infection have been reported today, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 2,101, according to the National Taskforce Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control.The reported included 14 local tran…
The Lao PDR and the Kingdom of Morocco signed on 25th June in Bangkok, Thailand a bilateral agreement on visa exemption for holders of diplomatic, official and service passports, as well as a memorandum of understanding between the Moroccan Academy for…
Party Secretary General and State President Thongloun Sisoulith and Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh reached consensus on cooperation orientations between the two countries in the time ahead during their meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam on Jun 28.Acc…
The Lao and Vietnamese Parties, States and people are resolved to preserve and promote special relations between the two countries intensively and extensively in any circumstances, the top leaders affirmed on Jun 28.Secretary General of the Lao People…
General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith and Vietnamese Party Secretary General Nguyen Phu Trong witnessed the signing of a series of cooperation agreements between th…
