(KPL) The Lao-China Science and Technology Exhibition, the first of its kind, will be held at the National Convention Centre in Vientiane Capital on Oct 11-16, 2019.
(KPL) U.S. Ambassador Rena Bitter announced on Sep 13 a Disaster Declaration, and the immediate release of US$ 100,000 in emergency relief in flood-affected areas in southern Laos.
(KPL) UXO, short for Unexploded Ordnance, is a term well known in Laos. One-third of the munitions that were dropped on the country between 1964 and 1973 failed to detonate on impact, posing a risk even today, many decades later.
(KPL) Flood water level remains high in Songkhone, Champhone and Sonnaboury districts in Savannakhet province with a number of people’s houses still inundated.
(KPL) Following the request by the National Disaster Management Organisation of the Lao PDR for humanitarian assistance, the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on Disaster Management (AHA Centre) agreed to render humanitarian assistance to the victims of the twi tropical storms Podul and Kajiki.
(KPL) After approximately five years in the making, the Nam Ngiep 1 Hydropower Project (Project) in Borikhamxay province started generating electricity for export to Thailand early this month. It becomes another Independent Power Producer fully in operation in Laos.
(KPL) A Night Party to kick off Lao Fashion Week 2019 and celebrate the 6TH anniversary of the sparkling event attracted a crowd of people involved in the fashion industry.
(KPL) The Ministry of Health with support from the United Nations Population Fund in the Lao PDR organised a four-intensive-day workshop to build capacity of healthcare professionals on the Minimum Initial Service Package (MISP) for reproductive health in emergency situations and how to implement MISP in the early phase of emergency.
(KPL) Minister of Labour and Social Welfare Khampheng Xaysompheng has urged individuals, organizations and all sectors in the society to extent relief aid to flood victims in central and southern provinces.
(KPL) Minister of Justice Xaysi Santivong officially presented the first enacted Lao Penal Code together with European Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development Neven Mimica and Luxembourg Minister of Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs Paulette Lenert on Sep 10.
