The Public Prosecutor’s Office has signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with the AIF Group to allow the company to conduct a feasibility study into the modernisation of the database on the prosecution monitoring, organisational and personal affairs, plan…
Chapter 1: Key developments in the country and regional contextIn 2021 the COVID-19 pandemic has presented further challenges across development efforts and has to some extent stalled the promising advancements made in recent years. Following a rapid c…
Economic growth and changing lifestyles in the Lao PDR over the past 20 years mean that people are now generating twice as much household waste, much of which is not properly disposed.A new World Bank report tracks where waste comes
Council Concludes General Debate on Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Forms of IntoleranceThe Human Rights Council this morning opened its agenda item 10 on technical assistance and capacity building, holding an enhanced interactive…
On Mar 29, more than 70 journalists from Mekong-Lancang Cooperation (MLC) member countries attended a training session themed “Role of Journalists on the Shared River and Shared Future” hosted by the Ministry of Information of Cambodia via a video conf…
On Mar 25, Lao Red Cross Society presented ambulances to its provincial branches in Attapeu, Saravan, Luang Prabang and Bokeo to be used for rescue purposes in the provinces.The handover took place between President of the Lao Red Cross Phouthone
Continues Interactive Dialogue with Special Rapporteur in the Field of Cultural RightsThe Human Rights Council this morning began its annual full-day meeting on the rights of the child on the theme of the rights of the child and family reunification,
In the first three months of the year, as of March 3, the Laos-China railway has carried more than 1.7 million passengers, including 1.55 million passengers carried on the rail section in China, and 1.1 million tons of goods.The
