(KPL) Twelve Chinese medical workers and experts and necessary medical supplies arrived in Vientiane Capital today, Mar 29 to support the Lao PDR’s fight against Covid-19.

(KPL) The number of confirmed Covid-19 infection cases in the Lao PDR has reached 6 including three announced today, according to the Covid-19 Taskforce.

(KPL) Deputy Minister of Health Phouthone Meuangpak confirmed today another infection case, taking the total to 3. The latest case is a 26-year-old businessman who has had close contact with Silisack, a Covid-19 infected male staff at Crowne Plaza Hotel.

(KPL) In a joint ceremony held on Mar 18, IT equipment was handed over for Provincial People’s Councils at the National Assembly of the Lao PDR by Pamela Jawad, GIZ Programme Director of CEGGA. The equipment was received by Dr Bounthanh Bounvilay, Head of the National Assembly International Cooperation and Project Management Secretariat in the presence of German Ambassador to the Lao PDR, Jens Luetkenherm and Suanesavanh Vignaket, Standing Committee Member and Secretary General of the Secretariat Affairs Committee of the National Assembly together with Directors General and Deputy Directors General of the National Assembly and the Ministry of Home Affairs.

(KPL) Party Secretary General and State President Bounnhang Vorachit has delivered a speech on the 65th anniversary of Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (22 March 1955-22 March 2020). “Over the past 65 years, our Party has played a decisive role in the evolution of national liberation, launching a new era for the development of our beloved country,” said Secretary General Bounnhang Vorachit.