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Thousands of Students Leave School Before Graduation in Vientiane

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....

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...

Japan Provides JPY 955.8 Million in Road, Bridge Repair Equipment to Laos

Japan handed over road and bridge repair equipment worth JPY 955.8 million (USD 6.05...

Prime Minister of Laos Appoints Taskforce to Address Economic Problems

The Prime Minister of Laos has formed a special taskforce to address the country's economic problems and resolve an ongoing fuel crisis. According to a...

Thailand to Accept Over 160,000 Migrant Workers

Thailand plans to employ more than 160,000 migrant workers to reduce the number of illegal workers entering the country without quarantine.  According to the Thai...

US Deputy Secretary of State to Visit Laos

US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman will travel to the Republic of Korea (ROK), the Philippines, Vietnam, and Laos from 5 June to...

UNFPA and The Lao Red Cross Partner to Strengthen Capacity on Blood management and services, Health Promotion and Disaster Preparedness

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Lao Red Cross (LRC) will collaborate for capacity Strengthening Programme on Blood Service and Management, Health...

Police Seize Over 10,000,000 Amphetamine Pills in Bokeo Province 

Bokeo authorities seized over 10,000,000 amphetamine pills from two suspects on Friday. Two men from Bokeo and Xieng Khouang provinces have been caught with 12,000,000 amphetamine...

Vientiane-Vang Vieng Expressway Resumes Operation After Shooting 

The Vientiane-Vang Vieng expressway continues to operate and ensure customer safety following a shooting at the exit tunnel between Hin Heup and Vientiane. Vientiane...