(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) A U.S. documentary filmmaker visited Vientiane from May 11-16 to show her film about entrepreneurship and discuss ways to promote small businesses in the Lao PDR.

(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.

(KPL) The Australian government announced renewed support of AU$ 1 Million funding for the World Food Programme (WFP) to support vulnerable communities in the Lao PDR in managing their own school feeding programmes and strengthening their resilience to the impacts of climate change.

(KPL) Honda unveiled in Vientiane on May 11 its latest model Jazz RS 2018 under the concept of “Perfect Life Perfect Jazz”.

(KPL) Vientiane Center held on May 13 a lucky draw to award its customers with prizes to celebrate its 3rd anniversary. Customers who have bought any consumer’s goods worth 500,000 kip between Mar 22 and May 1, 2018 were eligible to take part in the lucky draw. Prizes prepared for lucky customers included, among others, one MINOTA motorcycle, 3 three-baht gold jewelries from Khamphouvong Jewelry Shop, Bountem Jewelry Shop and Phoukhaophet Jewelry Shop.

(KPL) Domestic and foreign visitors are likely to head for Chengdu, Sichuan Province- Southwest of China to see pandas with their eyes.

(KPL) As part of its commitment to promoting women’s leadership in Laos, the Australian government has supported 10 high-achieving women from Laos to participate in the 2018 Global Summit of Women in Sydney, Australia, which brought together 1,000 women leaders from around the world between April 26 and 28 to discuss methods to accelerate women’s global economic progress.

(KPL) The ASEAN Writer’ Symposium and Literature Books seminar is being held on May 10-12, 2018 in Dongdok Campus of the National University of Laos, Vientiane Capital.