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International Cooperation

Laos, Russia Team Up on Unexploded Ordnance Clearance in Houaphanh Province

Laos’s Ministry of Defense and the Russian Embassy in Laos launched a humanitarian project to clear unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Houaphanh Province on 10 November. This 2024-2025 initiative was inaugurated at a ceremony co-chaired by Pasith Thiengtham, Laos’s Deputy Minister of Defense, and Vladimir Kalinin, the Russian Ambassador to Laos. The...

K-Pop Star BamBam Lights Up ASEAN-Korea Music Festival 2024 in Vientiane

Popular K-pop star BamBam was the leading star at the 2024 ASEAN-Korea Music Festival...

Laos, Singapore Partner to Launch Singapore International Institute for Enhanced Vocational Training

Laos has recently advanced vocational training and education by partnering with Singapore to create...

Salavan Province Teams Up with Singapore for New Wind Power Project

Salavan Province has launched plans to build its first wind power production after joining...

Fashion as Cultural Diplomacy: Southeast Asia’s Presence in BRICS+ Summit

In early October, while Laos was immersed in ASEAN responsibilities, the BRICS+ Fashion Summit...

Australian Education Exhibition to Be Held This Month

Australia is home to some of the world’s best universities, and the Australian Education Exhibition provides a chance for students in Laos to find...

Govt of Laos to Tackle Human Trafficking in Tourism Industry

The Laos Anti Trafficking in Persons Project, a five-year USAID-funded program, has been developed to provide information, education, and communication tools to help prevent...

Thailand Begins Work on Longest Railway Tunnel Connecting to Laos

The excavation work for Thailand's longest tunnel, which will connect the country to Laos, has begun and it is expected to open for service...

Laos-Cambodia to Enhance Tourism Between Two Nations

Officials from Laos and Cambodia met last week to sign a Memorandum of Understanding, aimed to increase tourism between the two countries. A meeting between...

Japan Aids Construction of Toilets in 25 Primary Schools in Luang Prabang

The Government of Japan is providing grant assistance worth approximately USD 190,000 for the benefit of students in Luang Prabang province through its Grant...

Sri Lanka Receives 15 Complaints of Human Trafficking Cases in Laos

The Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) has received 15 complaints regarding Sri Lankan citizens being trafficked into Laos on alleged job scams....