Luang prabang: A total of 68,126 visitors were recorded over the 10-day holiday, representing a 46 percent decrease compared to 126,846 visitors during the same period in 2025. Of the total, 27,251 were international tourists, down 42 percent, while 4...

Vientiane: The meeting was attended in person by Deputy Prime Ministers, government members, and the Mayor of Vientiane Capital, while provincial governors and deputy governors joined via video conference. The session aims to review key developments i...

Mounlapamok: Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone visited a commercial agricultural production base and met with local residents in Nong Nga village, Mounlapamok District, Champasak Province, during his working visit last weekend. According to Lao News ...

Vientiane: At the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Minister Suansavanh Vignaket welcomed Mel Barlow, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom to the Lao PDR, for a courtesy meeting focused on enhancing bilateral tourism coope...

Khammouane: Authorities in Hinboun District have officially announced the establishment of six new sub-districts, known locally as Ta Seng, during a ceremony held on April 21, 2026. The event was presided over by Xaysana Khotphouthone, Secretary of th...

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...

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: 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...

Hanoi: The Prime Minister on February 27 issued a Decision approving the Master Plan on the healthcare network for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050. The plan encompasses systems of healthcare facilities at regional, inter-provincial, and i...

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...