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Health & Environment

Japan’s Quake Swarm Shakes Lao Students into Preparedness

As powerful earthquakes rattle Japan’s southern Tokara Islands, Lao students living in the country are confronting the reality of natural disasters in ways they never experienced back home. Coming from a country where earthquakes are rare and disaster preparedness is still developing, these students now find themselves in one of...

Vientiane Approves Stricter Waste Management Rules With Fines for Violators

The Vientiane Capital People’s Council has approved a new Agreement on Waste Management and...

Laos’ Hin Nam No National Park Officially Becomes a Laos’ 4th UNESCO World Heritage Site

Hin Nam No National Park in Khammouane Province was officially inscribed as a UNESCO...

The Real Fertility Crisis? Young People are Denied Choice

On World Population Day, UNFPA Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, Mr. Pio Smith calls...

Laos Clears Over 35,000 UXO Items in First Half of 2025, but Children Remain at Risk

Laos cleared more than 35,000 unexploded ordnance (UXO) items in the first half of...

Vientiane on Alert Amid Rising Air Pollution Levels

The Lao government is closely monitoring air quality in the capital of Vientiane as pollution levels rise, although the current level of air quality...

China and ASEAN Foreign Ministers to hold Emergency Coronavirus Meeting in Laos

Foreign ministers from China and ASEAN are planning to hold an emergency meeting this month to discuss the new coronavirus outbreak. According to a report...

Ministry of Health Facebook Page to Post Realtime Coronavirus Updates

The Lao Ministry of Health has issued an internal notice to all staff and partner organizations instructing them to be wary of social media...

Deaths in Phongsaly Caused By Common Flu, not Coronavirus

The deaths of three residents in Phongsaly Province originally attributed to the Coronavirus have now been confirmed as having been caused by influenza. Twenty-four villagers...

Mittaphab Hospital Discharges 10 Patients Suspected of Coronavirus

Ten patients suspected of being infected with the new Coronavirus have been discharged from Vientiane's Mittaphab hospital. Dr Sanong Thongsana, Director of the Mittaphab "150...

Laos Seeks International, Domestic Support to Prevent Virus Outbreak

Laos is seeking both international and domestic support to prevent the spread of the new Coronavirus which has infected at least 24,300 people and...