Lao officials gathered to review and discuss the progress of major development projects focused on infrastructure development and boosting agricultural production in the rural areas of northern ...

The Mekong River forms a large part of the country's western border with Thailand. Most children in Laos live in rural areas, where about 80% of families earn a living in agriculture. These rural ...

Lao PDR has met the Millennium Development Goal target of 54% access to improved sanitation but more than half of the rural population are without access. Urban access to sanitation facilities has ...