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Health & Environment

Laos Orders Suspension of Potash Mining Projects in Vientiane Capital

The Lao government has ordered the immediate suspension of potash exploration and mining projects in Vientiane Capital due to serious environmental and safety concerns, including recent land collapses in residential areas. The decision was announced in an official notice from the National Assembly on 1 July, the same day it...

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...

Officials Defend Tree Maintenance Amid Controversy Over Vientiane Transit Expansion

Duangta Boualavong, Deputy Head of the Department of Economics of Wood Processing Technology, has...

Health Officials Urge Government to Increase Cigarette Pricing in Laos

Health officials have asked the government of Laos to boost the price of cigarettes by ten percent to try to reduce the number of...

Laos to Produce Molnupravir Antiviral Medication to Treat Covid-19

  The Ministry of Health has given the green light to produce Molnupravir for the treatment of Covid-19 in Laos. The ministry has authorized Pharmaceutical Factory...

Laos Confirms 921 New Cases of Covid-19 and Six Deaths

Laos has recorded 921 new cases of Covid-19 across the country today and six new deaths. The National Taskforce for Covid-19 Prevention and Control reported...

Laos Records Highest Daily Deaths from Covid-19

Laos has recorded 1,344 new cases of Covid-19 across the country today, and seven deaths, a new record for the highest number of deaths...

China Provides New Shipment of Sinopharm Covid-19 Vaccines to Laos

China has provided Laos with its ninth shipment of Covid-19 vaccines, as 1.9 million doses of Sinopharm land at Wattay International Airport. The latest shipment...

Laos Confirms 1,401 New Cases of Covid-19

Laos has recorded 1,401 new cases of Covid-19 across the country today, with four new deaths. The National Taskforce for Covid-19 Prevention and Control reported...