Typhoon Talim is expected to move across Laos. The storm is anticipated to bring intense rainfall. Department of Meteorology and Hydrology has issued a cautionary notice. Residents of Laos have been advised to prepare for the potential effects of typhoon Talim, which is expected to move across the country until Tuesday. The storm is anticipated … Read more
The 117th Mekong River joint patrol was launched on Tuesday by law enforcement officials from China, Laos, Myanmar, and Thailand. According to the provincial public security bureau, two Chinese warships left Jingha Port in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, around 9 a.m. The four nations will conduct non-contact activities around the river … Read more
HANOI: Border guard authorities in Vietnam’s Ha Tinh province apprehended a guy for trafficking 5 kg of crystal methamphetamine, according to Vietnam News Agency. According to the news agency, a 50-year-old man from the central Nghe An province was captured red-handed transporting the substance from Laos to Vietnam on Tuesday. He claimed to be paid … Read more
VIENTIANE – Laos registered 1,508 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, exceeding the 1,000 mark for the first time since Jan. 19, bringing the national tally to 150,639. Latsamy Vongkhamsao, deputy director general of the Department of Communicable Disease Control under the Lao Ministry of Health, told a press conference in the Lao … Read more
VIENTIANE – Laos has confirmed a total of 27 cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, including the first local transmission and 26 imported cases, since the beginning of 2022, the National Taskforce Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control said on Wednesday. Sisavath Soutthaniraxay, deputy director-general of the Department of Communicable Diseases Control under the … Read more
VIENTIANE – The Lao government has vowed to expedite a nationwide vaccination program for children aged 6 and over against COVID-19, starting on Monday. The program is part of the government’s efforts to ensure that people of all ethnic groups are immunized against COVID-19 and are protected against the Omicron variant in particular, as the … Read more
VIENTIANE – The Lao government will begin a nationwide rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations for children aged 6 to 11 in March in a bid to reopen schools safely, local media reported Wednesday. Local daily Vientiane Times quoted Deputy Manager of the National Immunization Program Chansai Pathammavong as saying that a total of 957,000 children in … Read more
VIENTIANE – The Lao Ministry of Health hopes to vaccinate 80 percent of the population in every district and province by the end of 2022 before the country can reopen for tourism to revitalize its economy. Local daily Vientiane Times on Monday quoted Rattanaxay Phetsouvanh, director-general of the Department of Communicable Disease Control under the … Read more
VIENTIANE – The eighth batch of China-donated COVID-19 vaccines has arrived here and has been handed over to Lao authorities. Chinese ambassador to Laos Jiang Zaidong, when handing over the 1.5 million doses of vaccines Tuesday to Lao Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh, said the anti-epidemic work in Laos has made positive progress, as the country … Read more
VIENTIANE, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) — Lao health authorities have called on the public not to stigmatize people who have contracted COVID-19, but to rally round in a show of support and unity. Sympathy and understanding is necessary on the part of everyone to ensure that communities survive and people live in harmony during these challenging … Read more
VIENTIANE: Lao Ministry of Health on Friday recorded 1,644 local COVID-19 transmissions, the highest daily infection ever, taking the total tally to 86,148. The National Taskforce Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control reported 1,644 locally transmitted cases and one new imported, Deputy Director-General of the Department of Communicable Diseases Control under Lao Ministry of Health … Read more
BANGKOK: Laos is set to open a $6 billion Chinese-built railway on Friday, with debt concerns balanced against hopes it could boost the reclusive nation’s struggling economy. The 414km (260 mile) route took five years to construct under China’s trillion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative. Analysts have acknowledged the potential economic boost, but have questioned how … Read more
