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....
The Vietnamese government agreed on Wednesday to restart inbound and outbound tourism under new normal conditions beginning 15 March.
VN Express reports that Deputy Prime...
The last freshwater Irrawaddy dolphin living on a section of the Mekong River bordering northeastern Cambodia and Laos has died, reportedly as a result of...
The Thai baht hit a five-month high on Monday with optimism over the nation’s tourism sector boosting inflows.
Reuters reports that the baht rose as...
The Laos-China Railway Company is to open a ticket sales office at the Vientiane Center shopping complex in Vientiane Capital.
CRI reports that the new...
Authorities in Luang Prabang Province have destroyed over 153 hectares of opium poppy plantations.
According to a report by Lao Security News, police in Luang...
