Press releases

Reduce Investment Barriers to Boost Provincial Development

Small-Scale Irrigation Improvement for Bolikhamxay Province

Norway Renews Its Support to reduce the impact of Cluster Munitions in Laos

Reaching out to people of Houn and Namor, in Oudomxay through community radios

United Nations Observes Human Rights Day

The United States and UNDP Support Lao PDR’s Efforts to Improve Access to Justice in the Lao PDR

The Round Table Implementation Meeting 2014 Reviews Progress in National Development

More than 200 representatives from the Government and the development partner community took part in today’s Round Table Implementation Meeting (RTIM) to review the country’s development progress and cooperation.

Textbook launch marks new learning opportunity on human development for Lao students

Lao students will be able to study human development as an academic subject thanks to a new textbook launched at the National University of Laos (NUoL) today.

UN Day celebrated in Laos

The 69th anniversary of the United Nations was celebrated today at a reception hosted by the UN Country Team in Lao PDR.

Governance partners gather for annual sector review

The recent developments in the governance sector as well the Sam Sang initiative were key items on the agenda in today’s Governance Sector Working Group meeting at the National Convention Center in Vientiane.

Legal frameworks for public administration to be improved

Legislative and institutional provisions will be strengthened to allow for more efficient and effective public administration and service delivery in Lao PDR.

Progress on Food and Nutrition Security action plan reviewed in Saravane consultations

Food and Nutrition Security, among other off-track Millennium Development Goals, continued to be on top of the discussion agenda at this year’s provincial Round Table consultation meeting, held in Saravane from 15th to 17th of September.

Alexandra Bounxouei teams up with UNDP for UXO documentary

One Day at a Time – Alexandra on the Bombie Trail is produced by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Lao PDR in collaboration with the National Regulatory Authority for the UXO/Mine Action Sector (NRA), the Lao National UXO Programme (UXO Lao) and the Lao New Wave Cinema Productions. The film is being launched today in Vientiane as part of an event to mark the fourth anniversary of the Convention on Cluster Munitions entering into force in 2010.

Maintaining human development requires reducing risks and building resilience

Vientiane –The 2014 Human Development Report titled “Sustaining Human Progress: Reducing Vulnerabilities and Building Resilience” shows that the overall global trend in human development is positive, including in the Lao PDR. However, persistent vulnerability threatens human development worldwide, and unless the risk is systematically addressed, progress will be neither equitable nor sustainable.

New project to strengthen National Assembly

Vientiane, 30th June 2014 – The legislative, oversight and representational role of the National Assembly will receive a boost over the next year through a new support project launched today in Vientiane.

United Nations Resident Coordinator presents credentials to the Deputy Prime Minister

United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative, Ms. Kaarina Immonen, presented her credentials to the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, His Excellency Dr. Thongloun Sisoulith, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 18 June, 2014.

Climate change conference brings together agricultural experts from the region

An international conference on adaptation to climate change in the agricultural sector opened today in Vientiane. The event, hosted by the National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute (NAFRI), will bring together participants from various scientific and research institutions as well as other organisations working in the field of agriculture and rural development from the Southeast Asia.

Outgoing UN Resident Coordinator: Impressive achievements in development

Lao PDR has demonstrated impressive achievements in development over the last few years, says the United Nations Resident Coordinator and United Nations Development Programme Resident Representative Minh Pham.

Community radio coverage doubles, evaluation highlights challenges

Vientiane 5th February 2014 – The community radio coverage has doubled in the past year in Lao PDR, with four stations now broadcasting to more than 110,000 people in Xieng Khuang and Sekong provinces. However, a recent evaluation has raised concerns about the quality of the current programming.

Legal sector capacity and access to justice to be improved

Vientiane, 31st January 2014 – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and its partners including the European Union, France and the United States will assist Lao PDR on its journey of becoming a rule of law -state with a comprehensive support programme to the legal sector.