Social development

Journalists Iain Finlay and Trish Clark will launch a documentary about a weaving and embroidery school they set up in Laos, at a screening at Mt Vic Flicks on March 4.In 2010 they spent six months working in northern Laos, where they found themselves involved ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Enterprises headed by women have made significant contributions to socio-economic development in Laos, creating employment opportunities and business leadership.In order to make greater contributions in the economic arena, Lao women entrepreneurs need skill development and lessons in managing and expanding their ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Customs officials have gained an understanding of a new information system to protect intellectual property (IP) in the country as part of the Lao PDR-US International and Asean Integration (USAID LUNA II) project.Speaking at the launch of the new information system ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – China plans to support Laos in the field of statistics aiming to develop the capacity and knowledge of local government officials as part of a cooperation agreement between the two nations.China will first send statistical experts to Laos to enhance the ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The number of people newly infected with HIV in 2018 was double the number in 2017 among at-risk groups, according to a health official.Country Programme Manager of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation Laos, Ms Chintana Somkhane, said records showed that from 1990-2018 ...

New guidelines have been issued advising foreign nationals of additional rules they must comply with if they wish to marry a Lao citizen.Minister of Home Affairs Mr Khammanh Souvileuth signed the guidelines on January 28, authorising home affairs officials to request several supporting documents from ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – A large number of Phouthai people from across Laos gathered in Vientiane last week to celebrate the start of their Lunar New Year.The celebrations served to make city dwellers more aware of the customs of this ethnic group, who put on ...

(KPL) Feb 12 witnessed the handover of the newly renovated Xepon Ethnic Secondary School from the International WeloveU Foundation to the management of the school in Xepon district, Savannakhet Province.The renovation was made to bathrooms, school meeting hall, school building, and boredwell, said Ms Kim ...

Education authorities have given approval for some private colleges to raise their status to private education institutes so they can recommence bachelor and higher level courses.Two institutes, Rattana Business Administration College (RBAC) and Sengsavanh Administration College in Vientiane, have now been given the green light ...

(KPL) The government of Japan has provided grant assistance worth over US$ 320,000 for an oral health service programme in Vientiane Capital, Vientiane, Borikhamxay, Khammuan and Savannakhet.The signing ceremony for the project’s grant contract was held at Japanese Embassy in Vientiane on Feb 13, 2019, ...