Work has begun on a new office for Foreign Affairs Institute in Vientiane, with a groundbreaking ceremony taking place on Wednesday in Phonphanao village, Xaysettha district.
Festival Spirit Flows as Annual Regatta Rows into Luang Prabang
A team from Vientiane rowed past all rivals to capture top prize in LuangPrabang’s province’s annual boat racing festival held on Nam Khan River in Luang Prabang district yesterday.
No Zika Cases Detected in Laos
Health officials are keeping a close eye on the potential for Zika virus to spread to Laos after a number of cases have been reported in some ASEAN countries, including Singapore and neighbouring Thailand.
Poverty Solutions Prove Challenging
Rural development and poverty eradication in Laos could face many challenges in the coming years before getting better in the long term, according to the National Committee for Rural Development and Poverty Eradication (NCRDPE).
East Asia- Latin America Coordinator Role for Laos
Laos has been assumed by the members of the Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation (Fealac) as next year’s coordinator on cooperation ties between the two regions.
Buddhists, Devotees Lay Out Ancestral Offerings for Annual Feast
People in Laos celebrated the Buddhist feast day of HorKhaopadapdin nationwide by getting up in the dark and early hours of morning to follow the time-honoured tradition of dedicating special food packets to ancestral spirits.
More Than a Thousand Furniture Plants Ordered to Shut Down
The government has ordered some 1,154 family-unit furniture plants across the country to shut down their illegal operations, a government spokesman announced yesterday.
US Bombs Still Maim As Obama Prepares to Visit Laos
XIENG KHOUANG, Laos – This year’s summer holidays had only just begun when Viet became a fresh casualty of a secret bombing campaign the United States conducted in Laos decades ago.