The Sector Working Group (SWG) meetings provide an inclusive forum for discussing and exchanging views on the implementation of the Round Table Meeting recommendations. As such, on Friday, September 16th 2022, the first Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) SWG of the year was
A High-Level Consultation was convened on last Friday with those that have been technically engaged to discuss the advanced draft of the Financing Strategy for the 9th NSEDP containing concrete policies and actions to ensure the sustainable financing of national
Laos has reported 57 new daily Covid-19 cases and one dead over the past 24 hours with the total caseload reaching 215,505 and total 665 deaths, according to the Ministry of Health today. Vientiane recorded the highest numbers of Covid-19
Since arriving in Laos in August 2020, I have met outstanding, inspirational individuals wherever I traveled in the 18 provinces of the Lao PDR to see the impact of UNICEF’s work on the ground. During my recent travel, I met
A solidarity bicycling to celebrate Lao-Vietnamese friendship will be held in Vientiane on Sept 24. The event aims to enhance the great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between the two parties, the two states and the people of the
The Power Construction Corporation of China – POWERCHINA – is a group of companies owned by the Chinese government. It was established in 2011 by merging 14 electric design and survey, engineering and equipment manufacturing enterprises, formerly affiliated to Sinohydro Group,
Hollywood actress and U.N. humanitarian Angelina Jolie made a surprise visit to one of the worst flood-hit areas in southern Pakistan on Tuesday, officials said, as the death toll from months-long deluges rose to 1,559. TV footage showed Jolie arriving
For the first time in India, a domestically-made vaccine that provides protection against cervical cancer—the second-most common type of cancer afflicting women in the country—will be accessible to the majority of the population, including the poorest, according to leading healthcare
