SAN FRANCISCO AND VIENTIANE, LAOS – The Asia Foundation, the premier non-profit organization devoted to Asia’s development since 1954, today announced the opening of the first safe shelter in the Lao ...

Numerous children continue to be deprived of the joys of childhood while also missing out on an education that could help them improve their lot later in life. Ask the country’s prime minister, though ...

VIENTIANE: The Ministry of Education and Sports is intensifying efforts to improve student learning outcomes, centering on ...

A Lynn man was sentenced to 12 years in prison for sexually exploiting minors to whom he was teaching English in Laos, according to the US Attorney’s Office for Massachusetts. Michael Sebastian, 56, ...

In an effort to contain the Covid-19 pandemic, UNICEF and government partners distributed hygiene and recreational kits to more than 1,000 children in residential care institutions and shelters in ...

The Lao PDR today launched the second Reducing Rural Poverty and Malnutrition Project, bringing additional resources to improve nutrition and raise incomes in 25 of the country’s poorest districts, ...

Immunisation remains the most effective shield against life-threatening diseases and is a top government priority. - UNICEF.org VIENTIANE: The government is working with the United Nations Children’s ...

High food prices in Laos are contributing to child malnutrition, according to two policy notes released by the World Bank today. The notes, Food Inflation in the Lao PDR: Trends, Drivers, and Impacts, ...

Poverty is driving numerous children in the communist nation of Laos to drop out of school and start working full time to help their families, according to experts and media reports. Although the ...