Recent storms have wreaked havoc across Laos, impacting 125 districts and 1,337 villages and affecting approximately 50,889 families and 200,169 residents, according to Vongkham Phanthanouvong, Director General of the Social Welfare Department at the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare. The storms have resulted in 10 confirmed deaths and...
Resettlement of communities from areas of the Nam Tha 1 hydropower project is 87 percent complete, with displaced families in Bokeo province having been...
The government recently ordered 50 fire trucks from China, which are expected to be distributed to fire prevention and protection teams in urban and...
The European Union has highlighted the significance of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Process and how it positively impacts Laos, at a seminar given to...
Many provinces around the country have launched a crackdown on illegal drugs this month, with a number of drug traffickers having been arrested.
The first...