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Australia, Japan Provide Learning Materials to Flood-Hit Schools in Northern Laos

Heavy rain on 29 and 30 August caused flash floods across northern Laos, damaging schools in Luang Namtha and Oudomxay provinces and destroying textbooks and other learning materials. More than 40 educational institutions across the two provinces were affected, with primary schools accounting for more than half. Floodwaters and landslides...

US Embassy Celebrates Decades of Partnership at Grand Alumni Gala in Vientiane

More than 200 distinguished alumni of U.S. government exchange programs gathered in Vientiane on...

Lao Gin Crowned World’s Best Contemporary Gin at 2026 IWSC

Launched less than three years ago in a small Vientiane distillery, Lao Gin triumphs...

Lao Neonatal Health Specialists Receive Training in Türkiye

As part of the Laos Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Program, carried out in...

Southeast Asian Cinema Returns to Luang Prabang in December with Blue Chair Film Festival

The Blue Chair Film Festival will return to Luang Prabang from 4 to 8...

Inje University Marks 7 Years of Nursing Education Partnership in Laos

South Korea’s Inje University held the 11th Leading University Project for International Cooperation (LAIN-LUPIC) workshop in Vientiane from 8 to 10 July, seven years...

Release Launch in the Northern Provinces: WolbachiaMosquitoes Take Flight Across Laos to Fight against Dengue

On 11 July, the Ministry of Health’s Department of Communicable Disease Control (DCDC), in partnership with Save the Children International (SCI) and support from...

The future of Asia and the Pacific depends on whether young people have reason to hope

By Aleksandar (Sasha) Bodiroza Aleksandar (Sasha) Bodiroza brings 27 years of experience in strategic foresight, leadership, and management at the country, regional, and global levels...

America at 250: Celebrating Independence and Friendship in the Lao PDR

By Michelle Y. Outlaw, United States of America Chargée d'affaires to the Lao PDR This Fourth of July, Americans around the world are celebrating no...

Australian Ambassador Meets Lao Deputy Prime Minister to Reaffirm Development Partnership

Australian Ambassador to Laos Megan Jones met Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Santiphab Phomvihane on 3 July to congratulate him on his...

Switzerland Marks 20 Years of Permanent Presence in Laos, Celebrates Longstanding Partnership

This year Switzerland and the Lao People’s Democratic Republic are marking the twentieth anniversary of a permanent physical presence of Switzerland in Laos, a...