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Vientiane prepares dengue prevention
Vientiane authorities are seeking measures to prevent dengue at the initial stages as the disease may return following the severe outbreaks in the country from 2010 to 2013. The authorities held a meeting last week to learn lessons from previous years in controlling the epidemic and ...
More Lao students study business administration
Business administration and law are the most popular subjects chosen by Lao students to further their studies abroad, according to the Ministry of Education and Sports. The ministry unveiled its latest survey in regards to which subjects Lao students chose to study overseas, through both scholarships ...
Armed Chinese threaten Lao banana workers
Armed Chinese guards are forcing Lao workers in the country’s northern Oudomxay province to labor in banana plantations contaminated with dangerous chemicals, local sources tell RFA’s Lao Service. A chief of the Nongbouadeang village in the province’s Houn district told RFA that 50 Lao workers in ...
Vietiane declaration on Laos development cooperation signed
The Vientiane Declaration on Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (VD II or Vientiane Partnership Declaration), a result of joint efforts between the government and development partners to shift from effective aid to effective development cooperation, was signed late last week in the Laotian capital. Keep reading ...
Lao education officials confer on higher education strategy
Lao Ministry of Education and Sports’ senior officials and involved sectors gathered on 5 February to discuss national higher education development and strategic planning from now until 2025. The meeting’s major goals were to draft a strategy and development plan for the higher education sector for the ...
Lao officials discuss preparations for ASEAN meetings
Preparations for the 20th Senior Official Committee for ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (SOCA) and the 15th ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Council (ASCC) were on track, according to the concerned authority. Lao Senior Officials for SOCA and ASCC led by Mass Media Department Director General of the Ministry of Information, Culture ...
Lao election candidate numbers announced
The total number of candidates standing to be potential members of Laos’ National Assembly (NA) and Provincial/capital Assemblies (PAs) has been announced for the March 20 election. But a list of their names has yet to be declared with all details of candidates for the NA and ...
Put Don Sahong Dam on U.S.-ASEAN agenda, say campaigners
Civil society groups are calling for Laos’ Don Sahong hydropower dam project to be discussed when Southeast Asian leaders meet with U.S. President Barack Obama next week. Leaders of the 10 Association of Southeast Asian Nations member states will converge on the Sunnylands estate in California ...
FYI Resources : MoU for potential potash production in Laos
Board of Directors of Perth-based FYI Resources’ are pleased to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Yuntianhua Group, headquartered in Yunnan China, for a potash project collaboration and potential resource development and production opportunities in Laos. Keep reading ...
Lao hydro: wind to ease ASEAN energy shortage
Laos, often called the “Battery of ASEAN”, will live up to its name by supplying ASEAN power at a critical time, when energy demand in the region’s fast growing economies threatens shortages amid several infrastructure and urbanisation projects, pledged Laos Vice Minister for Energy Viraphonh Vilavong. Thailand, which ...
