Representatives of Deseret International Charities (DIC) on Monday give 300 tonnes of rice worth more than US$248,000 to the Lao Front for National Development for distribution to households in Savannakhet and Champasak provinces suffering from the effects of recent flooding.  --Photo Vientiane Mai

Members of the Central Disaster Management Committee, the Bolikhamxay provincial Disaster Management Committee, and Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare officials inspect flood damage to National Highway 8A. –Photo Lao Economic Daily

Participants from ASEAN countries, including Laos, Thailand, Myanmar and Cambodia, join representatives of the China Radio, Economic and Technological Cooperation Centre (CBIC) at the start of a course organised by the CBIC titled “New Media Empowering High-Quality Industrial Development for ASEAN Countries”. The course is taking place in Beijing from September 15-28. The Lao delegation is led by the Deputy Director General of the Propaganda Department of the Commission for Information and Education of the Central Committee, Mr Bouavong Phommachack.

Mounlapamok district authorities in Champasak province and residents of May and Veun villages clear debris from a bridge linking the two villages following flood damage.  --Photo Champamai newspape