Female civil servants in Laos are entitled to maternity leave ranging from four to six and a half months, depending on circumstances, under the newly amended Civil Servants Law.
Standard maternity leave lasts four months and can be taken before or after childbirth. For cesarean deliveries, leave is four and...
Op-ed By Dr. QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
This year’s World Food Day celebrates one of...
The Lao government has announced a comprehensive plan to address the deteriorating state of Road No. 13 in Vientiane Capital's Xaythany district, in response...
The youngest elephant calf at the Elephant Conservation Center (ECC), named Noy, was tragically announced dead on 5 October, leaving both the ECC team...
Flooding triggered by heavy monsoon rains in Myanmar’s southern areas has displaced more than 14,000 people and disrupted traffic on the rail lines that...
The governing body of the Mekong River Commission took a significant step this week towards creating a “Mekong Fund” for Southeast Asia’s largest waterway...