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UN Day Celebrated with Cutting-Edge Technologies

A lady wearing a blue sinh skirt, her head held high, looking into a virtual reality headset with the United Nations logo printed on...

ASEAN Countries Prepare for Community Statistics Meeting

The Lao government and other ASEAN countries are preparing for the Sixth Session of the ASEAN Community Statistical System (ACSS) Committee, which will be...

One-stop Service to Speed up Border Crossings

Lao and Thai officials are holding discussions on starting a one door, one stop service at the Lao-Thai Friendship Bridge linking Savannakhet province and...

Experts Voice Support for Health Sector Reform

The recent review of the National Health Sector Reform Phase II (2016-2020) has received overwhelming interest and response from development partners. The review was jointly...

Doctors Hail Success in Treatment of Breast Cancer

Laos has seen success in the treatment of women with breast cancer this year, using a new method called neutrino-medicine, raising hopes of reducing...

UK-ASEAN Conference Highlights Value of Innovation

Higher education is the main driver in a knowledge-based economy and universities play a major role in creating a skilled labour force capable of...

USAID Funds Project to Monitor HIV Prevalence

Laos has a concentrated HIV epidemic compared to other countries, with the prevalence of HIV still at a low level in key groups. But risk...

Ending Malnutrition Key to Sustainable Development

Achieving food security and improved nutrition is key to sustainable and fair development in Laos. This was the message conveyed yesterday by Deputy Minister of...

Commission Consults on Child Rights Convention

The National Commission for Mothers and Children and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) yesterday organised a consultation workshop to review and provide input into...

Speak More Loudly, Whistleblowers Urged

Although public complaints have provided an important channel to learn about and help address corruption, the government needs to boost informants' confidence so they...

Parliament Calls for Full Revenue Collection

National Assembly (NA) members have called for the government to do more to seek new revenue sources and fully collect revenue following last fiscal...

SWOP Calls For Investment in Adolescent Girls Today

The State of the World Population (SWOP) 2016 titled “How our future depends on a girl at this decisive age” was released in Vientiane...

Twenty Nine Students and Entrepreneurs Join a Business Study Tour to Japan

The Embassy of Japan on October 24 held a send-off reception at the Japanese ambassador’s residence for nine female students and twenty female entrepreneurs...

Lao PDR Makes a Significant Progress in Child Right Efforts

The Lao PDR has made significant progress in child right promotion with international convention incorporated into national laws and policies on child rights. A workshop...