Lao morning news for August 23

Lao morning news for August 23
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Laos to expand energy trade with Vietnam
Laos is targeting an increase in electricity trade with Vietnam on a year-on-year basis after the two sides reached agreements on developing energy and mining projects and electricity trading contracts earlier this year, according to local media.
— Xinhua

Search suspended for six missing in Huaphan landslide
Lao and Vietnamese authorities have suspended their search for six people missing after a landslide in Huaphan province and whose bodies are presumed to be on the Vietnamese side of a river.
— Vientiane Times (paywall)

Lao ministers, officials visit, comfort injured Chinese tourists in recent car tragedy
Lao Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism Bosengkham Vongdara along with deputy ministers and ministry officials on Wednesday visited and encouraged Chinese tourists who were hospitalized after being injured in a bus accident on Monday.
— China.org.cn

Savannakhet urged to upgrade healthcare for expectant mothers
Local officials have been encouraged to improve quality and increase access to maternal health services in target districts of Savannakhet province in line with national policy.
— Vientiane Times (paywall)

Planning department boosts women’s leadership potential
The Department of Planning under the Ministry of Planning and Investment hosted a one-day training seminar on “Smart Leadership for Women” aiming to enhance the capacity of its female staff.
— Vientiane Times

South Korea backs efforts to improve newborn and child health
A funding agreement was signed in Vientiane on Tuesday by the Director General of the Department of Hygiene and Health Promotion under the Ministry of Health, Dr Bounpheng Philavong, and the Resident Representative of the KOICA office in Laos, Mr Sung-soo Oh.
— ANN/Vientiane Times

Ministry leaders comfort Chinese accident victims
The accident victims are receiving treatment at the Lao People’s Army 103 Central Hospital in Vientiane after the bus they were travelling in plummeted down a steep hillside in Luang Prabang province.
— ANN/Vientiane Times

Vientiane City Bus Moves Toward Cashless Payment
Vientiane Capital State Bus Enterprise (VSCBE,) which operates Vientiane City Bus Service, is implementing a cashless electronic payment system for some of its routes in the capital.
— The Laotian Times

Japan Reaffirms Support To Laos
Japan will continue making every effort to support the Lao PDR by promoting the connectivity, financial stability, human resources development, green Mekong and ASEAN economic integration.
— KPL

Laos out to spark use of electric cars next year
Laos expects to import electric vehicles next year to support the government’s move to minimise the use of fossil fuels.
— The Phnom Penh Post

Xi exchanges messages with Lao leader on bus accident of Chinese tourists
Chinese President Xi Jinping has recently exchanged messages with his Lao counterpart Bounnhang Vorachit on a bus crash in Laos on Monday that has killed 13 Chinese tourists.
— Xinhua

Where to Slow Down: Luang Prabang, Laos
A decade or so ago, I wrote about Luang Prabang, the spiritual capital of Laos, and how it felt like a place out of time. How a gentle holiness pervaded the small city with its orange-robed teenage monks in the streets and its giant Buddha atop a hill.
— Forbes

 

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