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Health & Environment

Laos Opens First Nutrition Training Center to Combat Child Undernutrition

The Lao government, in partnership with the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), has officially launched the country’s first Maternal and Child Nutrition Training Center in Luang Namtha Province on 3 June, aiming to combat widespread child undernutrition and improve maternal health awareness. The center is designed to offer hands-on training...

Lao Coffee Cooperatives Take Top Honors at Bolaven Plateau Competition

The Nambeng Coffee Cooperative (NCC) and Bolaven Story Coffee have claimed top honors at...

Vientiane, Kunming Hospitals Partner to Boost Cardiac Care in Laos

On 26 May, Mahosot Hospital in Vientiane Capital renewed its partnership with Fuwai Cardiovascular...

Laos Sees Huge Drop in Dengue Fever Cases in 2025

Laos reported a notable decrease in dengue fever infections this year, with just over...

Phu Quoc Airport Set for Mega Upgrade Ahead of APEC 2027

Phu Quoc International Airport in Kien Giang Province will undergo major expansion and upgrades...

Award-winning OB-GYN: Japanese health advisor achieves global recognition for efforts in Laos

Laos-based medic Doctor Hiromi Obara from Japan is one of twenty women practitioners in the field worldwide awarded in 2018 by the International Federation of Gynecology...

Helpless No More: Hope For Survivors A Precious Commodity via Prosthetics

“It means so much to me that I am now able to be independent and carry out basic daily activities. It relieves the burden...

“Space data offers instant clues to cause of deadly Laos dam disaster”: Stanford Professor

Space data gleaned from satellites has been used to create a hypothesis on the cause of the collapse of the saddle dam D at the Xe Pian...

Plastic-free, Climate-friendly: Mekong Boat Race Crew, UN Hit the H20 in Laos

  "The recent floods around the country have made it clear; Water is both a life resource and a threatening factor. The Thapha village team, in Vientiane...

Simple, Natural, Innovative As BambooLao Straws Slurp Up Tourism Award

Luang Prabang's very own BambooLao has captured the top prize and a US$10,000 Innovation Grant in the 2018 Mekong Innovative Startups in Tourism (MIST) challenge,...

Risk-Informed Development Road to Reducing Hazards Threatening Lives in Climate Change Age

"Hazards are not disasters (yet) they can wreak havoc and become disasters when people are vulnerable. "Risk-informed development planning can ensure that vulnerability to natural...