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Health & Environment

Lao Journalists Go Green with Mass Media Environment Training

Reporters from various provinces in Laos have gained valuable insights into reporting on green and sustainable development, as well as gender equality, through the Green Action through Media, Mass Organization and Civil Society in Laos (GAMCIL) project. The achievements of this initiative were highlighted at the 2nd annual GAMCIL...

Thailand Sets 30-Day Deadline for E-Cigarette Crackdown

Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has ordered a swift crackdown on e-cigarette sales, giving...

African Swine Fever Detected in Xaysomboun, Control Measures Enforced

Authorities have declared several villages in Xaysomboun Province as under threat for African swine...

Lao Brewery Company Steps Up Sustainability with Biomass Energy

Lao Brewery Company (LBC) is advancing its sustainability efforts with new green energy initiatives,...

Russia, Laos Clear Over 285 Unexploded Ordnance in Past Three Months

Over the past three months, Lao and Russian military bomb disposal experts removed 285...

Lao Children Continue to Face Chronic Malnutrition

Laos continues to face a significant development challenge in reducing the high levels of malnutrition that prevail across the country. Chronic malnutrition remains a big...

Laos Victims of Unexploded Artillery Face Unintentional Consequences

One day in 2004, Houng Phommachak and two friends ventured out to the countryside near their village in northeastern Laos in search of scrap...

9 Deaths Recorded As Health Authorities Seek to Suppress Seasonal Dengue Spike In Laos

Infections with the mosquito-borne dengue virus have led to a reported nine deaths from 2,300 confirmed cases in Laos during the country's ongoing rainy...

Rate Of Young Smokers Is On The Rise

The smoking rate of young people in Laos below 15 years of age is on the rise even though the Law on Tobacco Control...

Laos’ Thirst For Mekong Dams Endangers Fishing & Farming

Dismissing its neighbors' pleas, Laos is rapidly building a Mekong River dam that threatens fisheries crucial to millions of Southeast Asia's people. The site of...

UN In Laos Celebrates World Breastfeeding Week

August marks the start of World Breastfeeding Week, celebrated every year from Aug 1 to 7 to encourage exclusive breastfeeding and improve babies’ health...