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....
On Thursday 24th of February 2022, the International Organisation or Migration (IOM) with the Ministry of Planning and Investment launched the first ever IOM...
The year-on-year inflation rate in Laos increased to 6.25 percent in January, the highest amount reported since January 2020.
Since March 2021, the cost of...
Russia has expressed an interest in developing tourism with Laos, seeking to enable Lao and Russian citizens to more easily visit each other's countries.
Vientiane...
Laos and Thailand have agreed to reopen border crossings and checkpoints as soon as possible, according to Thai government spokesperson Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana.
The decision was...
Thailand has officially dropped its requirement for a second RT-PCR test among tourists and returning expatriates.
Under previous regulations, arrivals in Thailand were required to...
