(KPL) More than 140,000 people will benefit from efforts to make rice, maize, and vegetables more productive and profitable through the Lao PDR Agriculture Competitiveness Project.

(KPL) Pakse authorities in southernmost province Champassak are expected to celebrate the announcement of Pakse district as a city on May 31. Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith issued last month three decrees approving the upgrading of three districts to cities including Luang Prabang of Luang Prabang Province, Kaysone Phomvihane of Savannakhet Province and Pakse of Champassak Province.

(KPL) The 1st Lao International Jet Ski Championship will be held at Dansavanh Nam Ngum Resort, Vientiane Province from Jun 1-3 to promote the development of jet ski sector in Laos and create a welcoming atmosphere for Visit Laos Year 2018.

(KPL) European experts and South Korean peace activists have voiced their support for peaceful reunification of the Korean Peninsula at the 'Pan-European Peace Forum' held in Frankfurt. Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL), a Seoul-based peace NGO as in consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), organized the event to advocate international cooperation for global peacebuilding and support for the peaceful reunification of the two Koreas.

(KPL) On 11 May, Phu Bia Mining held its annual employee awards ceremony at the Crowne Plaza Vientiane to honour employees for their vital contribution to the company’s success in 2017.