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Online registration only road to uni entrance exams
Online registration is the sole avenue for students seeking to study at National University of Laos (NUoL) in the 2018-19 academic year.More ...
Vientiane Times
Lao Women’s Union readies anniversary celebrations
Free health checkups including checks of insulin and for hepatitis B and hepatitis C are among the extra special activities to celebrate the 63rd anniversary of the Lao Women’s Union this year. The Lao Women’s Union committee provided more details on activities including free health ...
Vientiane Times
Korean association’s 32 billion set to help the poor
The Sharing Culture Arts Association of Korea has provided clothes, shoes, desks and chairs to benefit the poor to the Lao government worth over 32 billion kip (US$3,894,720). It will also aim to assist in alleviation efforts for disaster victim and disadvantaged people in rural ...
Vientiane Times
Students tackle international schools science comp in Malaysia
A group of 13 students from Vientiane’s Kiettisack International School (KIS) will head to Malaysia next week to participate in the International Young Scientists Innovation Exhibition 2018 (IYSIE).While learning, participation and experience is a reward unto itself, students are also quietly hoping for a chance ...
Vientiane Times
Land use master plan gets NA approval
The National Assembly has approved a master plan for land allocation across Laos, defining different types of land plots to be allotted from now until 2030. The master plan, adopted during the 5th Ordinary Session of the National Assembly’s 8th Legislature, highlighted the need to ...
Somsack Pongkhao
Laos Places 132nd On Status of Children Report
Save the Children launched a new global report, ‘The Many Faces of Exclusion’ where it ranked countries based on a range of indicators related to childhood.More ...
The Laotian Times
UXO clearance an opportunity to unlock land, prosperity
Cooperation with local authorities and development partners aims to remove the threat posed by unexploded ordnance (UXO) including to increase access and benefits to people in Laos. At present, too many Lao people still live under threat from Indochina-War remnants in the form of UXO ...
Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth
Savannakhet upgrading three iconic tourist sites
Following Savannakhet’s declaration of Kaysone Phomvihane district as a city in May, the province is upgrading popular tourism sites in three districts in a bid to attract more visitors. The three sites earmarked for improvement are Dong Natad National Protected Area in Kaysone Phomvihane city, ...
Viengdavanh Banphahaksa
Self-sustaining, pushing nation’s performance, PM calls business
The private sector is a key bulwark for the government’s efforts and achievements in performing its task as a facilitator for business and socio-economic development, Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith told members of the business community at the 11th Lao Business Forum yesterday. The Prime Minister ...
Vientiane Times
Illegal vehicle import crackdown ordered as tax avoidance raises ire
The Ministry of Finance has warned that it will impose stronger legal actions against any owners of imported vehicles evading taxes and tariff payments to the government. The two-page notice highlighted the need to resolve illegal automobiles in the country seriously and was signed by Deputy ...
Somsack Pongkhao
