The construction team behind the first 7-Eleven in Laos went viral on social media last week after showing pictures of the location of their construction site.
Laos-Vietnam Friendship Hospital Opens in Xieng Khouang
The Laos-Vietnam Friendship Hospital, built with financial aid from the Vietnamese government with a construction cost of USD 21.3 million, opened in Xieng Khouang province on Wednesday.
Myanmar and Bangladesh Begin Cleaning Up, Counting Casualties After Devastating Cyclone Mocha

BANGKOK (AP) — Recovery efforts were underway Tuesday in Myanmar and Bangladesh after a powerful cyclone smashed into their coastlines, causing widespread destruction and at least 21 deaths, with hundreds of others believed missing.
Young Lao Scientist Selected as 2023 Young Explorer at National Geographic Society
A young scientist from Laos has been selected as one of the 15 candidates for the National Geographic Society’s Young Explorers 2023 program, which celebrates individuals who are leading change and breaking boundaries in their communities through storytelling, conservation, education, scientific innovation, and more.
Passport Office Problems Still Ongoing Issue in Laos, Say Locals

Despite repeated promises to reform the slow processing time of passports in the country, residents say there has been no improvement on this front.
TCL to Host Asia-Pacific Launch Event, Located for the First time in Bangkok, Thailand
TCL will present its brand-new 2023 product range including, Mini LED QLED TVs, Domestic Appliances, designed to inspire.
BANGKOK, THAILAND – Media OutReach – 18 May 2023 – TCL, a leading consumer electronics brand and the world’s top two TV brand, is excited to announce its Asia-Pacific launch event, to be held on 25th May, 2023, at the exclusive Centara Grand at Centralworld in the city of Bangkok, Thailand. This will be the first time TCL has hosted a launch event within whole Asia-Pacific region, and the brand plans to announce a number of significant updates, including its business roadmap for 2023 and an exciting line up of innovative new products, including TCL’s 2023 latest TV line up and smart home technologies.
Renowned for its visionary approach to inspire greatness through the power of technology, TCL will proudly debut its brand-new 2023 product range including, Mini LED QLED TVs, air conditioner and other domestic appliances to the region. Ever-evolving alongside its customers, TCL’s latest advancements will help us live smarter, healthier, more seamlessly connected lives. In line with its brand signature, “Inspire Greatness”, TCL will illustrate its vision to create technology for a better future that brings people together through outstanding industrial and aesthetic design, intuitive user experience, and sustainable manufacturing materials and practises.
TCL also understands the ability access to innovative technology has to expand imaginations and ignite passions for its millions of consumers all over the world. Alongside its extensive new product range, TCL will also offer integral ESG updates and sustainability commitments as well as present highlights from its Global IP portfolio, to further inspire audiences in the region and beyond.
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SolarWinds Adds Transformative AI Features to IT Service Management Solutions
SolarWinds Service Desk now includes an AI-powered virtual agent to help users troubleshoot issues so IT agents can focus on critical and complex tasks
SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 18 May 2023 – SolarWinds (NYSE:SWI), a leading provider of simple, powerful, and secure observability and IT management software, announces it’s adding transformative artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) capabilities to its IT service management (ITSM) solutions. The new AI features include a virtual agent to help users solve everyday IT problems and guided incident resolution to empower agents with the information they need to effectively resolve complex issues.
The new SolarWinds® Service Desk additions are designed to reduce ticket volume by enabling users to remediate easier-to-solve issues so IT practitioners can focus on the complex issues requiring their expertise. The Service Desk AI virtual agent can answer user questions and support troubleshooting. By constantly learning based on interactions with users, the virtual agent adapts over time to provide the most helpful and relevant information and help solve issues based on each customer’s specific needs.
The cloud-native SolarWinds Service Desk solution is highly regarded in the industry for being easy to use and effective for users and agents while providing quick time to value. Automated ticket routing, AI-powered smart suggestions, and the new virtual agent within Service Desk all help ensure agents can efficiently deliver services across the organization. Customers can also enhance and personalize Service Desk through integrations with over 200 popular cloud applications.
“Digital transformation, application modernization, and the move to the cloud have dramatically increased the complexity of digital services,” said Cullen Childress, GVP of product management at SolarWinds. “This means the number of potential problems impacting user experience has also increased substantially. Our ITSM solutions are a significant focus we’re investing in. This includes Service Desk, which enables teams to focus more on important business priorities rather than mundane, time-consuming tasks. By leveraging advanced AI and powerful automation, SolarWinds makes users more productive, supports agents more efficiently, and helps ensure companies are more successful.”
SolarWinds solutions are rooted in the company’s deep connection with tech professionals. The company engaged directly with customers through THWACK®, its community of over 180,000 users, to develop and test the new AI capabilities and ensure they make it easier for IT pros to do their jobs. A recent survey of SolarWinds customers found the new Service Desk AI features enabled IT teams to reduce ticket resolution time by 24% and save an average of 23 hours per week. Surveyed Service Desk customers have also reported a reduction in downtime of 21% on average and a 24% average increase in progress toward achieving service-level agreements (SLAs).
Teams can customize SolarWinds Service Desk to provide an efficient and intelligent ticket management system and service request workflows for other business groups beyond the IT department. This enables human resources, legal, finance, sales, marketing, and other departments to become more responsive and enhance their service delivery capabilities. Managing employee requests through one system and automating workflows helps these departments deliver better and faster services to colleagues. Later this year, SolarWinds is planning to launch a new enterprise service management (ESM) solution designed to allow multiple departments within a single organization to have their own service portal, ticket management system, and service catalog within one platform to allow better cross-department workflows while ensuring data from different departments is appropriately segregated.
The new AI-powered ITSM upgrades are the latest significant solution enhancements from SolarWinds. SolarWinds released cloud-based and hybrid observability solutions and a new partner program in the past year. By investing in the AI-powered SolarWinds Platform, the company is blending observability and service management to consistently deliver simple and secure solutions for IT Ops, DevOps, SecOps, and CloudOps professionals.
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ROSEN, National Trial Lawyers, Encourages Sprit AeroSystems Holdings Inc. Investors to Secure Counsel Before Important Deadline in Securities Class Action – SPR
New York, New York – Newsfile Corp. – May 17, 2023 – WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of securities of Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPR) between April 8, 2020 and April 13, 2023, both dates inclusive (the “Class Period”), of the important July 3, 2023 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Spirit AeroSystems securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Spirit AeroSystems class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=15844 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than July 3, 2023. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually litigate securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs’ Bar. Many of the firm’s attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, defendants throughout the Class Period made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Spirit lacked effective production quality controls; (2) that, as a result, Spirit incorrectly installed fittings designed to join the aft fuselage to the vertical tail for some Boeing 737 Max airplanes that Spirit sent to Boeing; (3) that, as a result, Spirit would have to develop an inspection and repair procedure for the affected fuselages; (4) that the foregoing would negatively impact Spirit’s financial results; and (5) that as a result of the foregoing, Defendants’ positive statements about the Company’s business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the Spirit AeroSystems class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=15844 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
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