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Laos Adopts Five-Year Plan to Protect Migrant Workers

Laos has approved a five-year migration plan aimed at protecting workers’ rights, improving access to decent jobs, and expanding social protection for people moving across its borders. The framework, endorsed in Vientiane Capital on 10 November, covers people entering, leaving, and passing through Laos. It aims to improve migration management...

Thousands of Students Leave School Before Graduation in Vientiane

Vientiane Capital has fallen short of government goals to reduce school dropouts, with financial...

Thai Airways Reports Breach Involving Over 60,000 Passenger Records

Thai Airways is investigating unauthorized access to passenger booking information held by its service...

Vientiane Forecasts Faster Economic Growth This Year

Vientiane Capital expects its economy to grow by 7.6 percent this year, falling short...

Thailand Plans to Extend Work Permits for Lao, Myanmar Migrant Workers

Thailand is planning to extend work permits for more than 2.3 million migrant workers...

Investing in Ethnic Midwives to Protect Maternal Health, UNFPA

Op-ed in line with UNFPA’s report.  Vida is a 28-year-old midwife from the Akha community who is proud of her role in ensuring women in...

Must Smuggled Food Be Destroyed? Perhaps It Could Go to the Needy

Police and provincial authorities in Laos have the authority to inspect and seize all illegal goods along the border, but why has food been...

Savannakhet Cracks Down On Corrupt Volunteer Emergency Service

 A Volunteer Emergency Service in Savannakhet Province has been permanently suspended, following notices issued by the governor of the province.  The two notices issued...

New UK Initiative to Boost Trade with Laos

A new initiative announced by the UK aims to promote the growth and prosperity of developing nations through the power of trade. The UK's new...

Former UK Ambassador Arrested in Myanmar

The UK's former ambassador to Burma/Myanmar, Vicky Bowman, has been arrested in Yangon, the nation's capital. BBC News reports that Ms. Bowman and her husband...

Lao Airlines Reinstates Major Routes in New Winter Schedule

Lao Airlines has released its long-awaited winter schedule, bringing back major routes. Lao airlines has announced on social media that it will be bringing back...