(KPL) A meeting was held to disseminate the regulations on the usage of cosmetics.

(KPL) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs organised on 14 July at ICTC in
Vientiane a seminar to select and consider the UN conventions which Lao government to sign in the near future.

(KPL) Unexploded ordnances (UXO), totalling 128,598 items, have been cleared out of 7,000 ha of land nationwide over the past year.

(KPL) A local factory that produces cassava powder has recently exported 340 tonnes of its product to China. This is the country's first such a factory and it started production on June 19.

(KPL) Rungrod Company (Laos) in collaboration with the Esso (a global oil company) based in Thailand held a meeting in Vientiane on 15 July to discuss joint production of asphalt in Laos Several ke

(KPL) The Lao PDR is presently not ready to grant permit to any foreign investor to operate a media company in the country as the local media do not have strong experience in this area.

(KPL) The Government of Japan has provided grant assistance worth US$127,175 through the Shanti Volunteer Association (SVA) for the renovation of a primary education for ethnic children in Saravane

(KPL)The fifth session of the National Assembly, sixth legislature on its sixth day, discussed and considered the media law and the name of ethnic groups in the Lao PDR.

(KPL) An athletic dormitory for welcoming athletes of the 25th SEA Games in 2009, started building on 12 July, according to an official construction ceremony.

(KPL) On July 7-8, Mr.