News Laos Sekong: Lao Mothers in Sekong Risk At-Home Births
Nearly three-quarters of pregnant women in one of Laos’s poorest provinces deliver their babies at home at great risk to their lives due to a scarcity of health centers and midwives in the area, ...
News Laos Sekong: Lao Official Confirms, Denies Sekong Village Arrests and Trial
Authorities in southern Laos’ Sekong province have released two underage detainees held with other villagers now being tried in a closed court for their involvement in a dispute over land granted by ...
News Laos Sekong: In Lao PDR’s Sekong Province, Over 50 Percent of the Population Get Free Access to Healthcare
Sekong province is among the poorest in Lao PDR, with an infant mortality rate of 70 per 1,000 live births and maternal mortality ratio of 357 per 100,000 live births according to 2015 statistics from ...
News Laos Sekong: Southern Lao province Sekong eyes more tourists during Visit Laos Year 2024
VIENTIANE (Xinhua): Authorities in southern Laos' Sekong province are preparing several events to attract more visitors and mark the start of Visit Laos Year 2024. Sekong will hold activities each ...
News Laos Sekong: Festival connects ethnics in Vietnamese, Lao border provinces
They come from Vietnam’s central and Central Highlands provinces of Thua Thien-Hue, Quang Tri, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, and Kon Tum, and the Lao provinces of Attapeu, Sekong, Savannakhet ...
News Laos Sekong: Lao nationals gain Vietnamese citizenship
Lao nationals living in Dak Glei district of the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum were granted Vietnamese citizenship certificates during a ceremony on May 21 The event was attended by officials ...
News Laos Sekong: Laos: EU must demand government address key issues during human rights dialogue
a Laos-born Polish citizen, who is serving a four-year-and-nine-month prison sentence for a Facebook post in which he criticized the government’s policies and actions; and 10 villagers in Ban Yeup, ...
News Laos Sekong: Child malnutrition rates still high in Laos despite best efforts
High rates meanwhile also persist in the country’s far north, with Phongsaly province—one of the seven poorest provinces in Laos, along with Sekong, Salavan, Attapeu, Xieng Khouang, Oudomxay, and ...
News Laos Sekong: Bomb-clearing efforts in Laos slow due to shortage of funds
Programs set up in Laos to clear unexploded ordnance left over from heavy ... recently that at least $1.5 million is now needed for work in southern provinces like Sekong, Salavan, and Attapeu. The ...
News Laos Sekong: New Military Facility Transfer Highlights Vietnam-Laos Defense Ties
The Quang Nam provincial military command handed over an office building to the Military Command of Thateng District, Sekong province, in Laos, in the latest visible sign of Vietnam’s support for ...
