Vietnam and the Philippines have been reclassified as upper-middle-income economies by the World Bank, leaving Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, and Timor-Leste as the only ASEAN members still in the lower-middle-income category.
The annual income classifications, released on 1 July, place seven of ASEAN's 11 members in the upper-middle-income bracket or higher....
More than 2,200 people across the country have contracted dengue fever since January this year, of whom nine people died,
the Laophatthana newspaper reported on...
Crops growing on 776 hectares in Huaphan province have been damaged by locusts, causing huge financial losses, local media reported on Friday.
The locust invasions...
Garbage management along main roads in Kaysone Phomvihane district, Savannakhet province, will soon become easier thanks
to the provision of new waste collection equipment and...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has reaffirmed its continuing support for the nation's health sector for 2017-2021, pledging to work with the government
for the...
More than 1,400 people from ministries and international organisations gathered in Vientiane on Saturday for a one-kilometre walk to mark World Day
against Trafficking in...
Popular fashion designer and owner of the Phaeng Mai Gallery in Vientiane, Ms Viengkham Nanthavongdouangsy, is taking her newest collection to the runway at...
