Asia Laos The government granted amnesty to a total of 1.824 prisoners, including 238 women and 16 foreign nationals, in a gesture to promote peace and social order on the 48th anniversary of Laos National Day
Asia Laos The Vientiane Capital Tourist Information Centre and Exhibition Hall of handicrafts and traditional products made under the 'One District One Product' initiative officially opened to the public
Asia Laos Members of the National Assembly expressed concern about the rising dropout rate and acute teacher shortage plaguing both Vientiane and rural areas; it has also doubled in some places due to economic hardship of families struggling to cover school fees
Asia Laos Curated by artists Tiao David Somsanith and David Cheah, the exhibition 'Lightness of Being' and the pop-up 'Cabinet of Hand-Crafted Curiosities' are open to the public at the Great House at Rosewood Luang Prabang from tomorrow 24 October to 7 November
Asia Laos Lymphatic filariasis, commonly known as elephantiasis, a painful and debilitating tropical disease, has been eliminated in the country, the WHO declared
Asia Laos The Lao Ministry of Industry and Trade will facilitate the production, supply and use of electric vehicles, as well as support the establishment of a charging station network across the country
Asia Laos A better transport system will be developed to ease traffic in the heavily congested capital Vientiane
Asia Laos Wolbachia bacteria project under the Ministry of Health succesfully concluded its five-month experiment earlier this month and will now carry on to its next phase of result evaluation until 2025, showing promise for future mosquito population control
Asia Laos To boost domestic production and counter current economic challenges, the Bank of Laos has allocated 4,5 trillion Lao kroner (around €200 million) for a credit policy to support local businesses
Asia Laos Vang Vieng district authorities have made improvements to several facilities and services ahead of the Visit Laos Year 2024
Asia Laos Laotian doctors at the Mother and Child Central Hospital have extracted a 20 kg cyst from a pregnant woman, in the first operation of its kind in the capital Vientiane
Asia Laos Lumpy Skin Disease, a viral infection affecting cows and buffaloes, is not a cause for concern this year, as Laos has observed very few cases in 2023
Asia Laos Residents of Vientiane Capital are still waiting for compensation for the 308 plots of land they had to give up for its construction, two years after the completion of the Laos-China railway