VIENTIANE (Xinhua): Laos and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) have reaffirmed their long-term commitment to improving rural livelihoods, in alignment with Laos' Ninth ...

(KPL News) The development of the sustainable use of natural forest resources by Lao rural communities, particularly non-timber forest products (NTFP), has enormous potential to eradicate poverty and ...

Kham lives in Hatsaphei village, Ngoi district, Luang Prabang province. He plays the role as a friend and mother to take care of his younger brother when his parents are working in the fields, often ...

A cross-sectional study was undertaken to assess the nutritional status of children aged 3–15 y in remote villages of Lao PDR. Study sites were chosen from two provinces: Luang namtha (north) and ...

VIENTIANE, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- Chinese and Lao officials signed a document for carrying out China aid projects for poverty alleviation in Laos on Wednesday in Lao capital Vientiane. Wang Qihui, ...

The wife of missing Lao development expert Sombath Somphone on Tuesday marked eight years since his disappearance with no information on the case from the communist government in Vientiane whose ...

VIENTIANE: The mid-term review of a Korean-Lao Integrated Rural Development Project in Champassak, Xekong, and Saravan provinces highlighted significant progress, as raised at an event in Champassak ...

VIENTIANE, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- The primary school dropout rates in Laos increased in more than 70 districts, mostly in rural areas, local daily Vientiane Times reported on Monday. Overall, primary ...

LUANG PRABANG, Laos "'Lao people don't read,' that's what people said," said Khamla Panyasouk, commenting on the reaction of his countrymen back in 2006 when he started a publishing venture aimed at ...