Vientiane: The Bank of the Lao PDR (BOL) has agreed to reduce the base interest rate for the kip currency for the 7-day term by 0.5 percentage points, from 8.5% per annum to 8% per annum, following the 1st Monetary Policy Committee Meeting for 2026. ...

Vientiane capital: On Feb 20, 2026, Lao Telecommunications Public Company held its 2025 Annual Performance Review Meeting at its headquarters in Vientiane Capital, highlighting strong business results, nationwide network expansion, and a 2026 strategy...

Vientiane: Leaders of the Lao Red Cross and the International Committee of the Red Cross met in Laos to strengthen cooperation and expand humanitarian support nationwide. According to Lao News Agency, on February 19, 2026, Khamlavan Chanthalavan, Pr...

Vientiane: Authorities in Laos are stepping up coordination to ensure Lao workers and students overseas can fully exercise their voting rights in the elections for the 10th National Assembly and the 5th Provincial People's Councils. The Department of ...

Vientiane: The Ministry of Public Works and Transport has disseminated key guidelines to officials nationwide to support preparations for the elections of the 10th National Assembly and the 5th Provincial People's Councils. According to Lao News Ag...

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...