President of the Lao Front for National Development, Prof. Dr Kikeo Khaykhamphithoune, on Friday gives 100 tonnes of rice worth 1.86 billion kip to the Secretary of the Champasak Provincial Party Committee, Dr Alounxay Sounnalath, for distribution to people struggling to cope in the aftermath of recent flooding. The rice was purchased and supplied by Deseret International Charities.      --Photo Champamai newspaper

Thai Ambassador to Laos Ms Krongkanit Rakcharoen (fourth right) and representatives from Khammuan Cement Co., Ltd. give 450,000 Thai baht to the Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Youth Union, Mr Thongly Sisoulith (fourth left), to finance the renovation of Thongnamy Primary School in Pakkading district, Bolikhamxay province, under a cooperation project between the Lao Youth Union, the Thai Embassy, Bolikhamxay province and the local community. The school has more than 1,000 pupils. --Photo Lao Youth Mass Media

During a working visit to Attapeu province last week, members of Vietnam’s Da Nang Provincial Party Committee give 200 million Vietnamese dong to members of the Xekong Provincial Party Committee (right) to support activities intended to bolster solidarity between Laos and Vietnam. The donation follows the provision of 500 million Vietnamese dong by Da Nang province to Xekong province to assist local communities affected by recent flooding. --Photo Pathetlao

During a working visit to Attapeu province last week, Da Nang Provincial Party Committee members give 500 million Vietnamese dong to the Attapeu Provincial Party Committee to help families in need of support after floodwaters inundated houses and farmland. --Photo Vinath