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Luang Prabang province: Half of the track needed for the Laos-China railway has been laid over a distance of 240 kilometres, between Vientiane and Luang Prabang province.Keep reading .  ...

The Human Development Report ranks countries based on the Human Development Index (HDI) which measures average achievement on three basic aspects of human development, life expectancy, education, and per capita income.Keep reading   ...

The Ministry of Health will no longer provide Covid-19 tests free of charge and Lao nationals and foreigners will now have to pay for tests and any treatment required.Covid-19 tests have been provided free of charge since the first case of the virus in Laos ...

The national committee in charge of Covid-19 prevention and control on Monday urged authorities and people nationwide to comply with the measures put in place to ensure everyone’s wellbeing.The government has stepped up measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19 as ordered by the Prime ...

A completed initiative to protect the climate has contributed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, improving livelihoods, and conserving precious and fragile biodiversity, a report has revealed. Initiated in 2011, the Climate Protection through Avoided Deforestation Programme (CliPAD), which ends this year, aimed to address the loss ...

Free Covid-19 vaccinations will be available for Lao people next year to provide protection against the potent virus while the threat of infection persists.According to the National Centre for Laboratory and Epidemiology, the Ministry of Health last week, the vaccine is being made available by ...

Farmers and agricultural experts across the Lao PDR will now have easy access to more detailed agro-metrological weather forecasts. The newly launched Climate Service for Agriculture (CSA) programme will keep them up-to-date.Two-day training sessions are being organised across the country by the National Agriculture and ...

Implementation of the Lao PDR’s NDC priorities in agriculture and natural resources sectors and national investment pipelines were the focus of the consultation workshop in the capital city Vientiane.Contributing to the design and capacity for reporting on NDC for the agricultural sector, the workshop was ...

Pheuksa Garden hosted an event last week to celebrate the Hmong’s New Year and provide an attraction as part of the Lao Visit Laos (Lao Thiao Lao) tourism promotion campaign. The event took place over three days from December 11-13 at Pheuksa Garden in Danxy ...

The Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (ACMECS) countries on Wednesday called for COVID-19 vaccines to be public goods.The leaders of the ACMECS countries of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam made the call during the 9th ACMECS summit held via video link.“In combating COVID-19, the ...