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Minister of Health, Assoc. Prof. Dr Bounkong Syhavong, highlighted the significant successes of the nation’s health sector in his report to the cabinet’s monthly meeting for November.A majority of the population now have access to better quality treatment with the ministry expanding health services in ...

(KPL) The famous 400-year-old tea plantation is located about 18 kilometers from Phongsaly Town in the Phunoy ethnic village Ban Komaen, which according to same tea experts has some of the oldest tea trees in the world.The large root system of the old trees extends ...

(KPL) International Finance Corporation – IFC – a member of World Bank Group, will host a large-scale workshop for representatives of small and medium enterprises and financial experts to discuss how to help local SMEs better access finance.More ...

Poor quality, excessive cost and the slow progress of road construction projects dominated discussions at the cabinet’s monthly meeting for November, which sought solutions to these chronic problems.More ...

Authorities should address issues that are a source of annoyance for tour operators and tourists, to ensure better conditions for visitors during Visit Laos-China Year 2019 and beyond, tour operators say.Lao and Chinese authorities have agreed to launch the Visit Laos-China Year 2019 programme following ...

The Aids Health Care Foundation (AHF) is allocating over US$1 million to support the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS/STI in three target regions of Laos.The “Cooperation for Improving the Prevention, Care and Treatment of HIV/AIDS/STI Project in Laos” will target the capital as well as ...

The Lao dam disaster in July that resulted in heavy flooding in two provinces that left at least 40 people dead and displaced 7,000 others has drawn both regional and international attention to the potential dangers of Southeast Asia’s current dam-building spree.With plans for 11 ...

VIENTIANE, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) — The Lao government is looking at the possibility of issuing bonds on the Chinese market to finance its investment projects, local daily Vientiane Times quoted a Lao finance official as saying.More ...

(KPL) The community housing project “ARATA Garden Residences”, on the back side of LAO ITECC and next to That Luang Lake of Xaysettha district, will start its construction in early 2019 and is expected to be completed by the end of the first quarter of 2021.ARATA ...

BANGKOK, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) — Red onion and garlic allegedly smuggled across Mekong River from Laos were seized at a Thai border market on Monday, police said.A haul of 1.7 tons of red onion and 1.4 tons of garlic were seized from a couple of ...