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Health & Environment

ASEAN, UK Launch Five-Year Health Security Partnership Program to Strengthen Regional Health Resilience

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the United Kingdom officially launched the ASEAN-UK Health Security Partnership Program (HSP), a landmark five-year initiative designed to enhance Southeast Asia’s capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to health threats. Funded by the UK, the HSP program will provide grant funding for...

Laos, Thailand, Myanmar Faces Arsenic Contamination in Mekong River

The Mekong River Commission (MRC) has confirmed arsenic contamination exceeding international safety standards across...

Xayabouly Province Home for 220 Registered Domestic Elephants

Xayabouly Province is currently home to 220 registered domestic elephants. Of these, 143 are...

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...

Laos Ranked Last in Nikkei COVID Recovery Index

Laos has been ranked last in a global assessment of Covid recovery produced by Japanese publisher Nikkei. The Nikkei COVID-19 Recovery Index ranks vaccination rollouts...

Laos Confirms 1,842 New Cases of Covid-19

Laos has recorded 1,842 cases of Covid-19 across the country today. The National Taskforce for Covid-19 Prevention and Control reported that 4,097 tests were conducted...

Thailand Scraps PCR Tests on Arrival Pending Infection Rates

The spokesman for Thailand's Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration has said that RT-PCR tests on arrival are to be scrapped. The removal of this step...

Laos Confirms 2,033 New Cases of Covid-19

Laos has recorded 2,033 cases of Covid-19 across the country today. The National Taskforce for Covid-19 Prevention and Control reported that 4,754 tests were conducted...

MRC Secretariat Chief Calls for Urgent Action in First Mekong Day Address

Mekong River Commission Secretariat CEO Dr. Anoulak Kittikhoun sounded the alarm about the unprecedented challenge now facing the river on "Mekong Day." In his speech...

Laos Confirms 2,115 New Cases of Covid-19

Laos has recorded 2,115 cases of Covid-19 across the country today. The National Taskforce for Covid-19 Prevention and Control reported that 4,754 tests were conducted...