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...
China is to provide Laos with millions more doses of its Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine this year to help Laos reach its vaccination target.
According to...
Seven of 32 partygoers arrested at a hotel room in Vientiane's Sisattanak District last week have since tested positive for Covid-19.
Vientiane Capital police busted...
Laos is considering converting underused hotels into temporary hospitals, dubbed "hospitels," in order to better cope with a rising number of Covid-19 patients.
The National...
Laos has recorded 651 new cases of Covid-19 across the country today, with one new death recorded in Luang Prabang.
The National Taskforce for Covid-19...
Laos has received another one million doses of Covid-19 vaccines from China.
A new shipment of China's Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine arrived at Wattay International Airport...