Twenty six new cases of COVID-19 infection have been confirmed across the country over the past 24 hours, including 14 local transmisions and 12 imported cases. Of the local infections, seven cases were reported in Vientiane, four in Vientiane (prov.), two in Luang Namtha, and one in Xayaboury. The imported cases were reported in Champassak…
The Coffee Quality Institute (CQI) announces the first green coffee competition ever to take place in the Lao PDR. The event is part of The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) funded (CLEAN) Project implemented by Winrock International that is working to improve the agricultural sector with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF), the…
Secretary General of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith, his spouse and a Party and State high-level delegation from Laos were welcomed to Vietnam at an official ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi on Jun 28 morning chaired by Vietnamese State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and…
BANGKOK – With Hong Kong’s last pro-democracy newspaper gone, questions remain about the future of press freedom in the city.Apple Daily’s publisher said that with founder Jimmy Lai in prison, five executives arrested under the national security law an…
WASHINGTON – A key U.S. Republican lawmaker said Sunday he takes President Joe Biden at his word that he has no intention of vetoing a $1.2 trillion infrastructure measure Biden agreed to last week even though initially the U.S. leader said he would re…
HARARE, ZIMABABWE – Zimbabwe on Saturday received a half-million Sinopharm shots against COVID-19 it bought from China, a development officials said would put its vaccination program back on track.After the plane with the Sinopharm shots landed, Zimbab…
Antidepressants don’t just change people’s moods. They might also make crayfish act more outgoing when these drugs wind up in ponds or streams, according to a new study.Riskier crayfish behavior could get them snatched up as food by predators more ofte…
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA – The first cruise ship to leave a U.S. port since the coronavirus pandemic brought the industry to a 15-month standstill was preparing to set sail with nearly all vaccinated passengers on board. Celebrity Edge was to depart Fort L…
UNFPA Country Representative Laos Ms. Mariam A. Khan paid a courtesy visit to Thoummaly Vongphachanh to congratulate her on her recent appointment as the Chair of the Cultural and Social Affairs Committee of the National Assembly (NA), and discuss furt…
Australia, Germany, and Switzerland on Jun 24 committed nearly USD13 million in funding to the Mekong River Commission (MRC) to assist Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand, and Viet Nam to respond to pressing challenges while safeguarding the ecological functio…
Over 1.34 million people have been vaccinated against Covid-19 with China-made Sinopharm sharing 90% of Covid-19 vaccines vaccinated. The vaccinated include 853,782 people given a first dose and 494,477 people receiving a second dose.The Chinese govern…
The National Taskforce Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control has recorded 14 new cases of Covid-19 infections across the country over the past 24 hours. All of them were imported cases including eight in Champassak, and three each in Vientiane …
