Representatives of Lao Kaiyuan Mining Sole Company Limited give 4 billion kip to the Secretary of Khammuan province’s Party Committee Mr Xaysana Khotphouthone (third left) to repair the Kaysone Phomvihane monument in Thakhaek district. --Photo Pasaxon

Two garbage trucks are provided by the Urban Environment Improvement Investment Project to the City Management and Administration Office in Luang Prabang province on Tuesday. The trucks will support the removal of waste from residential areas, markets, industrial zones and public areas in the city to the landfill site, helping to speed up garbage collection and disposal.      --Photo Pasaxon

Lao Youth Union officials on Tuesday give two computers and 65 million kip to the Salavan province Youth Union and the district’s youth office for use in their daily work. --Photo Lao Youth Mass Media

Savannakhet provincial authorities carry out checks on illicit gold mining and logging in Phin, Vilabouly, Xepon and Nong districts. They detained 21 people comprising 11 Vietnamese, 7 Lao nationals, and 3 people from Myanmar.    --Photo Pathetlao