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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...

Accusations Fly After Yangon Blast

The military government and its opponents traded accusations over a bomb that exploded in the middle of Yangon, killing one and wounding nine others,...

Time to Boogie with TPlus

For the first time ever, bringing you a new experience in Lao PDR, The wonderful collaboration between TPlus.  A major Lao teen mobile network and...

Laos Slaps Stickers on Government Vehicles 

The government of Laos has begun attaching stickers to state vehicles to better control the use of state vehicles and show greater accountability to...

Laos-China Railway Opens New Station in Oudomxay Province

The Laos-China railway has announced the opening of a Namor Railway Station in Oudomxay province starting 1 June.  A standard K12/1 train will be put...

PM Phankham Calls for Closer Cooperation with Cambodia at Border Provinces

Prime Minister of Laos, Phankham Viphavanh, has called for better cooperation between provinces neighboring Cambodia. He urged Champasack and Attapeu provinces to cooperate with Cambodia’s...

Children’s Day: A Call for Hope, Joy and Justice for All Children in Laos

The following article is an opinion piece by Roslyn Hanson Gabriel, Country Program Director for World Vision International in Laos, in regards to the...