Saturday, May 24, 2025

General

Vientiane People’s Council to Consider Proposal for Establishing Sub-District in Xaythany

Vientiane: The Vientiane Capital People's Council is set to hold its 1st Extraordinary Session of the second legislature to deliberate on a proposal to establish a sub-district in Xaythany District. The session, which aims to decentralize local admini...

Lao Ministry Bans Thai Meat Imports Amid Anthrax Outbreak

Vientiane: The Lao Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has imposed a temporary ban on meat imports from Thailand in response to an anthrax outbreak confirmed in Mukdahan Province, Thailand. The announcement was made by Mr. Souphavanh Keovilay, Deputy...

Geneva Hosts 78th World Health Assembly Focused on Global Health Resolutions

Geneva: The 78th World Health Assembly commenced in Geneva, concentrating on the approval of over 40 resolutions, prominently including the Treaty on future pandemics. The event is taking place at the Palais des Nations under the theme 'One World for ...

Laos and Cuba Strengthen Economic and Commercial Ties

Vientiane: Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce, Mr. Manothong Vongxay, recently welcomed Cuban Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Laos, Ms. Enna Viant Vald©s, and her delegation to discuss the advancement of bilateral economic and co...

Czech Republic Appeals Court Injunction Halting Nuclear Plant Deal with Republic of Korea

Seoul: The Czech Republic's energy authorities appealed a court injunction earlier this week that has temporarily blocked the signing of a multibillion-dollar nuclear power plant contract with Republic of Korea, industry sources in Seoul said Tuesday....

Government Policy

President Thongloun Hosts Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn in Strengthening Lao-Thai Relations

Vientiane: President Thongloun Sisoulith welcomed Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand during her official visit to the Lao PDR from April 21-24, 2025. The meeting underscored the enduring friendship and cooperation between L...

Education

DepEd makes education accessible to remote villages in Antique

Antique: The opening of two elementary schools and the conversion of 12 others into elementary, secondary and integrated schools made education more accessible to learners in far-flung barangays of the municipalities of Bugasong and Valderrama in Anti...

Industry

Human Services

PM calls to boost anti-tuberculosis efforts

Hanoi: Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh recently ordered efforts to be exerted to enhance the tuberculosis (TB) prevention and control efforts. His recent dispatch in this regard said TB prevention and control activities have achieved commendable resul...

Vietnamese blood donors save life of UK patient

HCM City: Three Vietnamese donors with a rare blood type have helped save the life of a 64-year-old British man with immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). The man was taken to Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City for emergency treatment on March 17....

Thai Binh province records fruitful health cooperation with Denmark: official

Thai Binh: A senior official of the northern province of Thai Binh highlighted the productive cooperation in healthcare with Denmark while meeting with a visiting delegation of the Danish Ministry of the Interior and Health on March 5. Providing a br...

Digital transformation in health care – irreversible trend

Hanoi: An official of the Ministry of Health has called digital transformation in health care an irreversible trend. Associate Professor, Dr. Phan Le Thu Hang, Deputy Director of the Department of Financial Planning, held that the Fourth Industrial R...

RoK pharmaceutical firm transfers technology of 7 products to Vietnam

Hanoi: Genuone Sciences, the Republic of Korea's leading pharmaceutical company, announced on February 26 that it signed a business agreement with Vietnam's Imexpharm Joint Stock Company (IMP) on the transfer of technology for seven products, includin...

Entertainment

2024 Ha Long Carnival to showcase parades at sea

Quang Ninh: This year, for the first time, the Ha Long Carnival will feature performances and parades on both the sea and sandy shores of the popular UNESCO-recognised bay, as heard at a quarterly press conference of the People's Committee of the nort...

HCM City Int’l Film Festival 2024 opens

HCM City: The Ho Chi Minh City International Film Festival 2024 (HIFF 2024) opened in the southern metropolis on April 6. Running from April 6-13, the festival includes three main competition categories, including Southeast Asian films, debut and sho...

French food festival 2024 opens in Hanoi

Hanoi: The French food festival 2024 named 'Balade En France' was opened in Hanoi on April 5 under the auspices of the French embassy in Vietnam and the municipal People's Committee. Taking place to April 7, the festival boasts nearly 80 pavilions, a...

Fun & Game

2024 Ha Long Carnival to showcase parades at sea

Quang Ninh: This year, for the first time, the Ha Long Carnival will feature performances and parades on both the sea and sandy shores of the popular UNESCO-recognised bay, as heard at a quarterly press conference of the People's Committee of the nort...

HCM City Int’l Film Festival 2024 opens

HCM City: The Ho Chi Minh City International Film Festival 2024 (HIFF 2024) opened in the southern metropolis on April 6. Running from April 6-13, the festival includes three main competition categories, including Southeast Asian films, debut and sho...

French food festival 2024 opens in Hanoi

Hanoi: The French food festival 2024 named 'Balade En France' was opened in Hanoi on April 5 under the auspices of the French embassy in Vietnam and the municipal People's Committee. Taking place to April 7, the festival boasts nearly 80 pavilions, a...

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