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Health & Environment

Philippines Halts Search After Over 200 Killed in Typhoon Kalmaegi as Super Typhoon Fung-wong Nears

By Laotian Times and AFP - Rescue work was suspended and preemptive evacuations began Saturday as Typhoon Fung-wong bore down on the Philippines, days after another storm killed at least 204 people. Fung-wong, expected to be a "super typhoon" before making landfall, bears a huge footprint, with a radius that...

Laos Launches Emergency Response After First Polio Outbreak in Nearly a Decade

Laos has confirmed its first polio outbreak in almost ten years, with three cases...

Maldives Begins ‘Generational Ban’ on Smoking

AFP - The Maldives began implementing a smoking ban Saturday on anyone born after...

Laos Explores Eco-Friendly Business Through Waste Management

Urban waste in Laos is increasingly being seen as a source of business and...

Contamination Detected in Popular Thai Herbal Inhaler, Nationwide Recall Issued

On 28 October, Thailand’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) determined that Hong Thai’s popular...

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...