A senior official from Attapeu province’s Foreign Affairs Department (left) and a representative of the Foreign Affairs Department of Quang Ngai province in Vietnam display agreements on Vietnamese funding for the construction of a dormitory at the Phukeua international checkpoint costing 5 billion dong, an office at Chantha Secondary School costing 6.8 billion, and 500 million dong to support local communities. --Photo Manivone

Representatives from the Champasak Provincial Administration Committee, Sahmyook Health University, the Korea-Laos Industry and Cultural Exchange Association and other officials attend the opening ceremony of the Pakse King Sejong Institute at the University of Champasak province on Tuesday. The Institute will be used to build links between southern Laos and the Republic of Korea in the fields of education, industry, culture and tourism.      --Photo Champamai newspaper

Personnel from the Army General Logistics Department of National Defence on Tuesday give 546 million kip to Luang Namtha province’s disaster management committee to assist with flood recovery efforts.                      --Photo Logistics Department News

Secretary of the Bokeo Provincial Party Committee, Brigadier General Paenkham Boutchanpheng (second right), and his staff  on Tuesday give 100 million kip to the Secretary of the Oudomxay Provincial Party Committee, Mr Bounkhong Lachiemphone, to help finance the cost of repairs following recent flooding in Bokeo. --Photo Bokeo Provincial Office  

President of the Lao Women’s Union, Mrs Aly Vongnobountham, along with Australian Ambassador to Laos, Ms Megan Jones, and UNFPA Representative Dr Bakhtiyor Kadyrov on Tuesday provide 318,500,000 kip to fund 1,400 emergency dignity kits for women and girls affected by recent floods in Khammuan, Luang Namtha and Bolikhamxay provinces.