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DPM calls for improving basic infrastructure for flood victims in Attapeu
Allocation of farm land and provision of rice seedlings to people displaced by floods must be hastened, Deputy Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone has told authorities in Attapeu province.More ...
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Mother and Child Hospital claims success with IVF treatment
Mother and Child Hospital (MCH) in Vientiane has presented its successful results of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatments using intracytoplasmic sperm Injection (ICSI) for women wanting to fall pregnant.This year, the hospital has recorded a 90 percent success rate in women falling pregnant through IVF ...
Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth
Climate change threatens nation’s food security
Climate change is threatening agricultural production and posing a major challenge to Laos and other countries’ efforts at strengthening world food security, according to a leading official.More ...
Times Reporters
Australia’s Endeavour Scholarship Gives High Priority To Lao PDR
(KPL) Applications are now open for the 2019 Round of the Australian Government Endeavour Leadership Programme, which provides scholarships for high-performing international students, researchers and professionals to undertake short or long-term education, training and research opportunities in Australia.More ...
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World Day Against Death Penalty: EU Notes “de facto moratorium” in Laos
The European Union has restated a commitment to work with all countries including Laos to encourage moves toward achieving a global abolition of the death penalty, a government-sanctioned practice whereby a person is killed by the state as a punishment for a crime.More ...
The Laotian Times editor
Laos, Japan Highly Value Bilateral Cooperation
(KPL) Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe have highly valued the bilateral cooperation between the two countries under the Mekong-Japan cooperation framework, especially the implementation of the activities under Tokyo Strategy 2015 and Action Plan for Realising Tokyo Strategy 2016-2018.More ...
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Air safety committee meets to strengthen civil aviation
The National Committee for Civil Aviation Safety met in Vientiane yesterday to discuss ways of strengthening safety for the nation’s domestic and international air travellers.More ...
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Foreign owned hair salons face up to cuts as authorities act
Numerous hair salons operated or owned by foreign nationals in Vientiane have been ordered to shut down temporarily after authorities found them to be in breach of the related regulations.More ...
Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth
PMs of Laos, Japan agree to UXO clearance, medical cooperation
Japan has agreed to support unexploded-ordnance related projects in Laos at the cost of 900 million yen as well as facilitate cooperation between Mittaphab hospital in Vientiane and Kitahara Neurosurgical Institute of Japan.More ...
Times Reporters
Quality of education improved at all levels: Minister
The quality of education at all levels has been further improved due to important contributions from several sectors, particularly the contribution of teachers across the country.More ...
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