Naypyidaw: The ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting recently convened to review progress in community-building efforts within the association, emphasizing that 2026 will mark the beginning of implementing the ASEAN Community Vision 2045 and its strategic ...

Vientiane: Europe Day, marking 76 years of peace, unity, and solidarity, was celebrated with a significant event in Vientiane, highlighting the enduring legacy and principles of Robert Schuman's 1950 proposal. Schuman's declaration, just five years af...

Vientiane: During the meeting, the two prime ministers expressed satisfaction with the longstanding friendship and cooperation between Laos and Malaysia over the past six decades. They noted that the strong relationship has been reflected through regu...

Vientiane: On May 5, 2026, in Vientiane, the Department of Water Supply under the Ministry of Public Works and Transport reported that Laos now operates 238 water supply plants nationwide with a combined production capacity of 883,000 cubic meters per...

Vientiane: On May 6, 2026, a pesticide residue monitoring campaign was conducted at Lao Aussie Fresh Market, with laboratory results confirming that vegetables sold at the market are safe for consumers. The testing was carried out by the Department of...

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...