President Thongloun Sisoulith, President of the National Assembly Dr Sonexay Siphandone, Prime Minister Saleumxay Kommasith, and current and past National Assembly members stand for the national anthem at the opening of the 2nd Ordinary Session of the National Assembly on Monday. The session runs from October 5 to 21.

Acting President and vice presidents of the National Assembly stand for the national anthem at the opening of the parliamentary sitting on Monday.

Lao neonatal health specialists receive training in Türkiye as part of the Laos Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Programme, carried out in cooperation with the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) and the Turkish Neonatology Association. The trainees consisted of seven doctors and seven nurses.

Some 30 participants, including trainers and trainees from Pakxong and Thataeng districts, and farmers from ten villages across Champasak and Xekong provinces, attended the closing ceremony of the first cattle-rearing techniques training course at the Southern Agricultural Training Centre in Champasak province. The five-day course, which ran from September 28 to October 2, covered herd health and farm hygiene, cattle breeding and nutrition, pregnancy diagnosis, care of pregnant cows, common diseases, calving, milking, vaccination scheduling, parasite and disease control, basic first aid and emergency care, and farm waste management and bio-fertiliser production. It was held by the Lao-Korea Agricultural Techniques and Rural Development Service Centre. Organisers said the training aimed to strengthen farmers’ skills so that they could apply improved techniques to raise cattle more efficiently.