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Midwife from Remote Laos Village Bridges Gap in Maternal Health

UNFPA Laos - The road often disappears during the rainy season in Nongmek village, Paksong district, Champasak.  The first four kilometres remain unpaved. Heavy rain turns the red soil into thick mud that motorbikes cannot cross. For pregnant women, that road can decide if they reach the care center in time...

Thailand Temporarily Eases Border Rules for Lao Citizens for Phra That Phanom Festival

Thailand has approved temporary border relaxations with Laos to support cross-border travel during the...

Laos, India Partner to Preserve Traditional Phralak–Phralam Dance

The Phralak–Phralam dance will be preserved and passed on to a new generation under...

Japan Celebrates First-Ever Exhibition in Vientiane

Japan is wrapping its first-ever exhibition in Vientiane to mark 70 years of diplomatic...

i-Clean Recliners, Sofas Debut in Vientiane

La-Z-Boy, the renowned US furniture brand, has launched its latest innovation in Vientiane: the...

Alisa Gallery Brings French Urban Art to Vientiane

For the first time in Asia, the Alisa Gallery headed by Alisa Phommahaxay, one of the curator associates for Art42, invites seven French artists...

TEDxLaneXangAve Reveals Promo Poster

The organizers of TEDxLaneXangAve, the first-ever TEDx event in Laos, have just recently released their promo poster. It features a stunning artist’s rendition of the...

LPB Film Festival Releases Movie Lineup for 7th Annual Event

The Luang Prabang Film Festival (LPFF) is pleased to release the lineup for its seventh annual event, which will run 2-7 December 2016. Official selections...

China, Laos to Jointly Produce Movie

China and Laos, for the first time, is to jointly produce a movie named "Champa Blossoms", according to information released at a press conference...

Laos Fest Showcases Philippine Cinema

The 7th Luang Prabang Film Festival has lined up a special program of movies from the Philippines for its annual event, which will be...