Additional reporting by Simmavanh Vayouphack
When temperatures climbed above 40°C across many parts of Laos this summer, Lao Friends Hospital for Children on the outskirts of Luang Prabang began losing electricity several times a week, with each outage lasting a few hours.
The blackouts left doctors, nurses and patients struggling through...
Ambassador of the European Union (EU) to ASEAN, Sujiro Seam; the Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community, Ekkaphab Phanthavong; and the Ambassador/Permanent...
The governing body of the Mekong River Commission took a significant step this week towards creating a “Mekong Fund” for Southeast Asia’s largest waterway...
Hanoi, VIETNAM (AP) — The urgency for Southeast Asian nations to switch to clean energy to combat climate change is reinvigorating a 20-year-old plan for the...
Zero Waste Laos, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting sustainable living in Laos, hosted the Youth Climate Action Conference at ICTC in Vientiane, with...
GENEVA (AP) — Earth has sweltered through its hottest Northern Hemisphere summer ever measured, with a record warm August capping a season of brutal...
