The Lao Women’s Union and the Association for the Development of Women and Legal Education hold their annual meeting last week to report the results of their activities. The report enables members of the Association, partners in the public sector, social organisations and donors to gain insight into and appreciate the work carried out by the Association over the past year.

Minister of Education and Sports, Associate Prof. Dr Thongsalith Mangnomek; Head of the Institute of Politics and National Administration Dr Anouphab Tounalom; officials from various ministries; and representatives from the National University of Laos, Souphanouvong University in Luang Prabang province, Savannakhet University, Champasak University, and other entities attend a national higher education executive meeting at the National University of Laos to discuss the direction of higher education going forward.

Representatives of NTP Trading Petroleum Company Limited on Tuesday give 500 million kip in cash and equipment worth 500 million kip to Khammuan province officials to finance an event to mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Thakhaek District, which took place on March 21, 1946, and also fund an event to celebrate the naming of Hin Nam No National Park as a world heritage site.                             --Photo Khammuan News

Lao and Russian dignitaries attend an international patriotic event titled "Garden of Memory" at the National University of Laos. Organised by the Russian House, the event brought together Russian diplomats, the leadership of the country's largest university, and the Lao military elite. The ceremony was attended by Sergey Zhestkiy, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Laos; Alexander Radkov, Head of the Rossotrudnichestvo Representative Office; the Rector of the National University of Laos; and leaders of the K. Phomvihane Military Medical Academy. As a sign of unbreakable friendship and shared historical memory, students and faculty of the university, along with distinguished guests, planted mango saplings along the university's paths. In Laos, the mango is a symbol of life, prosperity, and the unbreakable bond between generations.