The World Health Organization has kicked off a campaign to cut millions of road traffic deaths and injuries by at least half by 2030.This follows the August 2020 adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of a Decade of Action for Road Safety.More…
Month: October 2021
Laos has confirmed 685 new Covid-19 cases and three new deaths over the previous 24 hours, bringing the total caseload to 40,271 including 65 deaths, according to the National Taskforce Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control.Of the new confirmed…
The global consumer goods industry’s plans for dealing with the vast plastic waste it generates can be seen here in a landfill on the outskirts of Indonesia’s capital, where a swarm of excavators tears into stinking mountains of garbage.These machines …
The Prime Minister’s Office on Oct 31 issued a notice stating that it is necessary to extend the lockdown measures through Nov 14 as the domestic infections of Covid-19 continue to rise and has been spreading to almost every province with more than 500…
Before the pandemic effectively closed Thailand off to the rest of the world in March of last year, Bangkok’s Kin & Koff Café was perfectly placed to catch the throngs of tourists traipsing past the city’s gilded Grand Palace and its orbit of opulent t…
The World Health Organization has written an open letter to the heads of state gathered in Rome for the G-20 meeting, urging them to increase vaccine supplies for the world’s poorest, ensure access to vaccines for all people on the move and support low…
Laos has logged 858 new Covid-19 cases and one new death over the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 39,586 including 6,672 active cases and 62 deaths, a press conference was told this morning.Deputy Director of the National Centre for Laboratory and…
The monthly meeting of the government for October was held on Oct 29 at the National Convention Centre in Vientiane under the presidency of Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh.The meeting approved in principle the report on the performance of the govern…