Social development

Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith has called for all stakeholders to increase their responsibility in properly caring for, developing and protecting children, to create an environment that enables them to enjoy their childhood. In his message to mark International Children’s Day, which falls on June 1, ...

Violence against women in target villages of Vientiane has declined as more people gain understanding of women’s rights through the Bringing Justice Closer to Women Suffering from Gender Based Violence project. Government officials and partners including Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation to Laos yesterday reviewed their work ...

The United Kingdom’s Comic Relief charity is providing over US$700,000 from 2018 to 2020 to help prevent and control malaria in three provinces of Laos.More ...

People throughout Laos are preparing colourful activities to celebrate International Children’s Day (June 1) and promote a better life for youngsters. More ...

The Faculty of Economics and Business Management at the National University of Laos (NUOL) is partnering with CPA Australia to bolster students’ job prospects through educational support. NUOL is the first university in Laos to formalise a relationship with CPA Australia – one of the ...

(KPL) Since 2015, the Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) has been in the process of revising the Lao PDR national primary curriculum, and developing new textbooks, teacher guides and other resources for the schools.More ...

(KPL) Revently, District Health Office of Sanamxay, Attapue Province and Disease Control Sector have promoted a campaign to increase public awareness on the prevention of dengue fever and distributed mosquito larvicides locals to control the spread of disease.More ...

Rural areas of Oudomxay province are to get support for educational development through the ‘Support and Promotion of Education Sectors in Rural Areas’ project, a collaboration between the Ministry of Education and Sports and Asia Children to Laos.More ...

The Lao People’s Revolutionary Youth Union and the Young Communists’ Union of Cuba (UJC-Union De Jovenes Comunistas De Cuba) have deepened their friendship through a new cooperation agreement. The agreement on exchange and cooperation between the two parties was signed in Vientiane yesterday More ...

The Ministry of Education and Sports has asked state and private colleges to submit proposals for reopening bachelor and higher-level programmes after colleges were temporarily banned from offering such courses in the 2013-14 academic year. Several state and private colleges in Vientiane and the provinces ...