Vientiane Capital has fallen short of government goals to reduce school dropouts, with financial pressures and barriers to attendance keeping children out of classrooms, education authorities reported on 10 November.
The primary school dropout rate stood at 2.38 percent, compared with the government’s goal of keeping it below 0.4 percent....
With international borders recently reopened, high-volume domestic destinations such as Vang Vieng, which received an influx of domestic tourists during the pandemic, have begun...
Laos is facing significant economic challenges but has the potential to develop sustainably and more equitably, according to a new World Bank report.
The latest...
Vietnam on Tuesday dismissed and arrested its health minister Nguyen Thanh Long, as well as Hanoi Chairman Chu Ngoc Anh.
Health Minister Long was accused...
Laos exported the first large quantity of sticky rice to China from the Southern Vientiane Railway Station.
Vientiane Times reports that Indochina Development Partners Lao...
