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....
Heavy rainfall is forecast for several parts of Laos this weekend, particularly in the Northern and Central Provinces of the country.
According to a forecast...
Defense forces and public security forces are to jointly patrol the Laos-China Railway to ensure the smooth operation of railway services.
Vientiane Times reports that...
Newly-discovered coronaviruses found among bats in Laos and southern China show unprecedented similarities to the virus that causes Covid-19.
The recent discovery of coronaviruses in...
A man has been arrested in Champasack Province on murder charges after poisoning two young children and hospitalizing their parents.
The 58-year-old man stands accused...
Laos has expressed its appreciation of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's efforts as ASEAN Chair to make progress on the crisis in Myanmar.
The appreciation...
