On World Population Day, UNFPA Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, Mr. Pio Smith calls for systems that empower young people across the region to decide on their future where parenthood is a choice – not a risk or a burden.
Across Asia and the Pacific, fertility rates are falling. Headlines...
Mayor of Vientiane Capital, Mr. Atsaphangthong Siphandone, visited flood-affected communities in Sikhottabong District on Monday, ordering local authorities to try to resolve the problem.
Floodwaters...
Cambodia's health ministry has said it will not be commencing a vaccination campaign against the monkeypox virus unless World Health Organization (WHO) guidance deems...
Scientists at the National Institute of Virology (NIV) of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in Pune are training medical workers from several...
Hours of torrential rain yesterday evening have left parts of Vientiane Capital completely inundated after flash flooding.
A heavy downpour from night until the early...