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....
During a meeting in Kumamoto, Japan last week, Lao Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh asked Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen to construct a bridge between...
The Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone celebrated its 15th anniversary this month amid much fanfare and media coverage domestically.
The Zone, located along the Mekong...
Laos has recorded 470 cases of Covid-19 across the country today.
The National Taskforce for Covid-19 Prevention and Control reported that 2,603 tests were conducted...
Police say a car that crashed into a power pole yesterday evening caused a lengthy blackout in Vientiane’s Sisattanak district.
CCTV footage released on social...
Authorities in Vientiane Capital are struggling to control unlicensed currency exchange businesses amid a widening gap between official and market exchange rates.
Rising inflation and...
