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Health & Environment

Xayabouly Province Home for 220 Registered Domestic Elephants

Xayabouly Province is currently home to 220 registered domestic elephants. Of these, 143 are actively working within the province, while the others are active in different areas outside the province, Kenthao district deputy governor Somsy Saophila noted during a meeting on 3 July. Domestic elephants are elephants raised by humans...

Laos Orders Suspension of Potash Mining Projects in Vientiane Capital

The Lao government has ordered the immediate suspension of potash exploration and mining projects...

Green Reporting Training Enhances Digital Literacy of Lao Journalists

Journalists, civil society actors, and youth from across Laos are strengthening their digital reporting...

China’s Rapid Response to the Flood-Hit Southwest Guizhou

CGTN - China terminated the highest-level emergency flood response in Rongjiang County, southwest Guizhou...

Two Lao Nationals Detained in Thailand with Wildlife Carcasses in Trafficking Crackdown

Thai officials have arrested two Lao nationals caught trafficking over 100 kilograms of wildlife...

Remembering the Victims of the 2018 Attapeu Dam Collapse

Today we remember the victims of the 2018 dam collapse in Attapeu Province, and we pray that this disaster will never be repeated. Four years...

Fugitive Nigerian Monkeypox Patient Arrested in Cambodia

A Nigerian national who was found to be carrying monkeypox in Thailand and fled the country has been arrested in Cambodia. Cambodian authorities arrested the...

First Monkeypox Patient in Thailand On the Run

The man with Thailand's first confirmed case of monkeypox has fled in Phuket.  Only a day after confirming the first case of monkeypox in Thailand,...

Protected from Covid by Prudential’s COVID-19 CareFree Plus

Prudential Life Assurance (Lao) Limited Company (Prudential Laos) supported more than 4,600 people with LAK 23 billion cash benefits through the COVID-19 CareFree (the...

Magnitude Five Earthquake in Myanmar felt in Golden Triangle SEZ

Two strong earthquakes struck Myanmar late yesterday evening near the border with Laos, with effects felt as far as the Golden Triangle Special Economic...

Thailand Confirms First Case of Monkeypox in Phuket

Thailand has confirmed its first case of monkeypox after a 27-year-old Nigerian man was diagnosed with the infection. The man, who had traveled from Nigeria...