Director General of the Japanese Foundation, Mr Yosuke Kusakabe, officials from the Research Institute for Educational Sciences under the Ministry of Education and Sports, Vientiane’s Education and Sports Department, and 30 teachers from 12 schools in Vientiane attend a course on Japanese language teaching in secondary schools. The course is taking place at Vientiane College from October 12, 2026, to March 22, 2027.

The family of Ms Olathay Sonemanivong in Kangtha village, Hadxaifong district, Vientiane, donate a bed, food and medicine, a wheelchair, a toilet seat and other items worth 20 million kip to the Boro village health centre.

The Eye Health and Treatment Centre, run by the Ministry of Health in collaboration with international organisations, on provides free eye examinations and eyeglasses for elderly people, as well as free eyesight tests for individuals with vision problems. Tests were administered at the Hadxaifong district office in Vientiane.        --Photo Pathetlao

Souphanouvong University successfully conducted the 2026 UNESCO UNITWIN Women in Digital and Entrepreneurship (WiDE) Career Development Activity, providing eight female students from the winning team with valuable learning experiences and career development opportunities. The three-day programme was jointly organised by Souphanouvong University and the Asia Pacific Women's Information Network Center (APWINC) of Sookmyung Women's University, Republic of Korea, with support from the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Korea.

Laos trains farmers to attend a training course aimed at improving cattle farming techniques to boost livestock management and productivity. The course was organised by the Lao-Korea Agricultural Techniques and Rural Development Service Center (LKARSC). The five-day training course, held from October 5-9 at the Southern Agricultural Training Centre in Champasak province, brought together participants from Champasak and Salavan provinces. The second training course covered cattle nutrition, feed preparation, farm hygiene, breeding management, disease prevention, vaccination, calf care and waste management. Combining theoretical lessons with practical exercises, the programme aimed to equip farmers with the skills to improve cattle health, farm management and livestock production in their communities.