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Health & Environment

Green Reporting Training Enhances Digital Literacy of Lao Journalists

Journalists, civil society actors, and youth from across Laos are strengthening their digital reporting skills on environmental issues through the Green Action through Media, Mass Organizations, and Civil Society in Laos (GAMCIL) project. The training, themed “Green Issue Reporting,” is taking place in Vientiane Capital from 30 June to...

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...

Thailand Classifies Cannabis Flowers as Controlled Substance for Medical Use Only

On 24 June, the Thai Ministry of Public Health officially announced a new regulation...

Ministry of Energy and Mines Orders Halting of Renewable Energy Studies

Laos’ Ministry of Energy and Mines released a notice last Friday to halt all feasibility studies on wind power, solar energy, pumped storage hydropower,...

Champasack Soothsayer Gains Cult Following with Miracle Medicine

Residents of Dou village in the Phon Thong district of Champasack Province have lately been drawn to the residence of a self-proclaimed doctor who...

Successful Wolbachia Bacteria Project in Laos Shows Promise for Mosquito Population Control

The Wolbachia bacteria project under the Ministry of Health concluded its five-month experiment earlier this month and will now carry on to its next...

Laos Sends Delegation to 11th Meeting of State Parties to Convention on Cluster Munitions

A delegation of high-level government representatives from Laos, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Phoxay Khaykhamphithoune, shared Laos’ achievements and challenges regarding the issue...

Hanoi Apartment Building Fire Kills 10, Injures Over 50 People

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A fire in a nine-story apartment building in Vietnam’s capital killed at least 10 people, including four children, and injured...

Lao Ford City Donates Supplies to Hands of Hope School for the Deaf

On Friday, 8 September, Lao Ford City and Roger Dunn, an American volunteer who has lived in Laos for five years, visited the Hands...