Bolikhamxay: The Bolikhamxay Provincial Public Security Department has confirmed a fatal traffic accident involving a long-distance sleeper bus traveling along National Road 13. According to Lao News Agency, the incident occurred at approximately 4:...

Vientiane: A meeting to review and approve the content of the Lao Language Dictionary is being held from April 22-24, 2026, at the Research Institute for Educational Sciences (RIES): The event is attended by Dalavone Kittiphan, Deputy Minister of Educ...

Vientiane: Laos' inflation rate reached 7 percent in the first quarter of 2026. The figures were presented during a meeting on Tuesday aimed at reviewing progress on the national socio-economic development plan and the state budget. The meeting was ch...

Vientiane: The Lao Front for National Development (LFNC) convened a meeting on April 21, 2026, to review the progress of its Subcommittee for Security and Health Care. According to Lao News Agency, the meeting was chaired by Siphachanh Nanthavongsa,...

Vientiane: The programme brings together outstanding participants aged 27 to 35, offering a platform for cross-border collaboration, leadership development, and policy engagement on key regional challenges. Recognised as a leading initiative for nurtu...

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....

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...

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...