General11/20/2020 1:43:59 PM
(KPL) Senior officials, and media practitioners of Laos and China took part in a virtual launching ceremony for the Lao-Chinese media interview campaign on the “Belt and Road" cooperation projects on Nov 18 in Vientiane.
General11/20/2020 12:10:45 PM
(KPL) The Australian government has announced AU$ 1 million dollars to strengthen the national drug quality laboratories of the Lao PDR and Cambodia.
General11/20/2020 11:09:40 AM
(KPL) The United States has announced new funding of US$25 million over five years to feed children in schools across the Lao PDR.
General11/20/2020 11:05:12 AM
(KPL) The first co-financing investment under a new agreement between the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB) and Malaria, and the World Bank, will support the government of the Lao PDR’s goal of achieving universal health coverage by 2025.
General11/17/2020 9:14:44 PM
(KPL) To mark World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2020 (Nov 18-24), representatives of the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners gathered today to raise awareness of the importance of all people to use antimicrobial medicines wisely.
General11/17/2020 1:57:35 PM
(KPL) People’s concern about the fact that lottery is sold frequently was raised at the ongoing 10th Ordinary Session of the National Assembly with people’s representatives urged to seek possible solutions to the problem.
General11/17/2020 10:51:57 AM
(KPL) A plane carrying face masks and other medical supplies donated by the government and people of Cambodia arrived in Vientiane yesterday morning to support preventive and control measures against Covid-19 in the Lao PDR.
General11/17/2020 10:14:34 AM
(KPL) Last week the Australian government announced a new AUD500 million Regional Vaccine Access and Health Security Initiative for Southeast Asia and the Pacific.
“There is no higher priority for countries in our region than access to COVID-19 vaccines,” said Australia’s Foreign Minister and Minister for Women Marise Payne.
General11/17/2020 9:54:22 AM
(KPL) As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to take a heavy toll on the health and economies of countries around the world, governments, non-governmental organizations, international financial institutions and the private sector are stepping up political, financial and in-kind support for programmes that protect the health and rights of women and girls in developing countries.
General11/16/2020 3:23:27 PM
(KPL) Over 200 young women and men took part in the Lao Fashion Week Model Casting 2020 held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Vientiane on Nov 14.