Laos joints Oslo Convention banning cluster munitions

(KPL) Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Thongloun Sisoulith, on Wednesday signed Oslo Convention to ban the use, production, transfer and stockpiling of cluster munitions.
The conventions is also to bind state parties to clear and destroy stockpile, and to assist the

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Laos mourns late Indian PM

(KPL) Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr Phongsavath Boupha and his delegation on behalf of Lao Government, on 3 November, at the Indian Embassy in Vientiane, wrote on the condolence book to mourn the late Prime Minister of India Mr V.P Singh. The late Prime Minister of India Mr V.P Singh passed away

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Luang Prabang Hmong celebrates Hmong New Year

(KPL) The Hmong people in Luang Prabang province are now celebrating their New Year at Khockva village, Luang Prabang province and it commences on 30 November.
For this year’s celebration the distinguished guests were the Governor of Luang Prabang province,

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Kuasa Siruko needs employing 2,000 people for planting rubber trees in Phin and Sepon

(KPL) Kuasa Siruko said it needed to employ almost 2,000 people to ensure in investing in planting rubber in two districts of Savannkhet province—Phin and Sepon.
The workers will be employed for planting and maintenance on a total plantation of 5,938 ha.

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Friendship Medal awarded to WHO high ranking official

(KPL) Minister of Health, Dr Ponmek Dalaloy, on behalf of the Lao government on Wednesday awarded a Friendship Medal to Dr Shigeru Omi, Director of World Health Organisation for Western Asia-Pacific Region, in an honour to his contribution to developing the health sector of Laos.

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The tournament debuted in 1996, under its former name, Tiger Cup. Suzuki, as the tournaments new sponsors have had the cup renamed. The tournament is organised by the Asean Football Federation. Previous Asean champions are Thailand (1996, 2000 and 2002) and Singapore (1998, 2004 and 2006). 15 ASEAN journalists read course on ASEAN integration

(KPL) Fifteen journalists from ASEAN nations faced the challenges of reading a tough course on reporting news in Jakarta from 17-28 November and all of them passed with flying colours.

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RoK company funds road construction in Laos

(KPL) A company from the Republic of Korea has pledged to fund the construction of a road in Sanasomboun district, Champassak province.
An agreement to this effect was signed in Champassak province last week between the Director of the

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PRP to spend 1.7 billion kip on infrastructure construction

(KPL) The Poverty Reduction Programme is planning to spend 1.7 billion kip on the construction of infrastructure and organizing vocational training courses for local authorities in community of Champassak province.

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