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Vietnam to Slash Provinces as Cost-Cutting Drive Expands

AFP - Vietnam is planning to reduce the number of provinces by half and slash commune-level authorities by up to 70 percent, further expanding a streamlining drive that aims to cut billions of dollars from state budgets. The cost-cutting measures have already seen the number of government ministries and agencies chopped...

ASEAN Launches Agroecology Transition Guidelines in Laos

On 17 March, ASEAN countries, with support from the Lao-facilitated Initiative on Agroecology, officially...

Saving Lives while Building Trust: How Laos Assistance is Transforming Medical Care in Laos

When a 3-year-old girl with a skull fracture was rushed to a Lao hospital...

Lao National Assembly Debates Major Constitutional Reforms: What’s at Stake

The Lao National Assembly is currently debating the 2025 Draft Constitution of Laos, which...

Thailand to Reduce Visa-Free Stay to 30 Days to Curb Illegal Businesses

Thailand is planning to shorten its visa-free stay from 60 days to 30 days...

Industry and Commerce Visualizes Modernizing Industry, Commerce, Production, Services

The vision of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce devised for 2030 has placed a focus on modernizing industry, commerce, production, and services and...

Central Regions Tourism Festival to Be Held in Vangvieng

A central regions tourism promotion festival will be held in Vientiane province from December 10-16 with the aim of attracting larger numbers of local...

Polio Prevention Sees Good Results

Laos has achieved good results in its vaccination campaign for polio prevention in all targeted provinces this year but there are still challenges and...

Tobacco Control Workshop Mulls Sustainable Funding

Representatives from the media, Hygiene and Health Promotion Department, Mass Media Department, World Health Organisation in Laos met last week to discuss ways to...

WHO Supports Exclusive Breastfeeding

The Ministry of Health and the World Health Organisation (WHO) are encouraging exclusive breastfeeding and improving babies' health as a key means of supporting...

Information, Culture and Tourism Ready to Serve Asean Summit

The Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism is ready to host the information, arts and cultural performances during the 28th and 29th ASEAN Summit,...