(KPL) ASEAN journalist from Laos, Malaysia, Cambodia, Thailand, and the Philippine early this month visited Gulong Soy Sauce Cultural Park which is one of the most popular industrial tourism sites in Xiamen, Fujian, China.

(VNA/KPL) Vientiane Authorities will soon commence imposing ten-fold fines on drunk drivers and speeding motorists in the capital, in a bid to reduce the frequency of road-related accidents, injuries, and fatalities.

(KPL) RDK Group, a Vientiane-based translation and marketing consulting firm, together with Lao Airlines hosted a one-year anniversary event celebrating a successful year-long print run of the latest iteration of Champa Meuanglao, the latter’s official inflight magazine at Kualao Restaurant, Vientiane on July 13, 2018.

(KPL) Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith has urged the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and its agencies nationwide to continue to attach importance to rural development and poverty reduction to ensure better living conditions of local people and national graduation from the list of least developed countries.

(KPL) RDK Group, a Vientiane-based translation and marketing consulting firm, together with Lao Airlines hosted a one-year anniversary event celebrating a successful year-long print run of the latest iteration of Champa Meuanglao, the latter’s official inflight magazine at Kualao Restaurant, Vientiane on July 13, 2018.

(KPL) According to the Lao Social Indicator Survey (LSIS II) launched in June this year, the use of modern contraceptive method among married women aged 15-49 increased slowly from 42% in 2011 to 49% in 2017.

(KPL) The Lao PDR has been ranked as the 42nd most vulnerable country to climate change. This is due to the country’s proneness to climate-related hazards.

(KPL) Rangers burned over 200 kg of smuggled wildlife animal parts seized from local markets in Xay and Lar districts, Oudomxay Province on Jul 5.

The government and UNDP are working together to find solutions for provision of electricity to off-grid communities. (KPL) “I sometimes I think, if we had electricity, we could power a light bulb. Then my children could study when we arrive back from the field and it’s dark already,” says Ard Saimanyphong, mother of ten, villager of Kabong in Nakai district, Khammuan Province.

(KPL) The BCEL One Heart team of Banque pour le Commerce Exterieur Lao Public has won the Lao ICT Awards 2018 and will represent Laos at the ASEAN ICT Awards in Bali, Indonesia.