Xiengkhouang provincial authorities on Saturday deliver water tanks and pipes, household appliances, and consumer goods worth over 200 million kip to people in Namhuay and Kosane villages who are still trying to recover from damage caused by recent storms. The supplies were paid for by the families of the province’s top government officials and businesses.      --Photo Pasaxon

Completion of a 16-km road leading to Samkang village in Khoun district, Xiengkhouang province, is celebrated on Friday at a ceremony attended by district and provincial authorities and representatives of Seewell International Technology Energy Lao Co., Ltd., who built the road at a cost of US$600,000.      --Photo Pathetlao

A group from France on Sunday donates 11,000 Euro (200 million kip) to Khong district authorities in Champasak province to help fund the construction of dormitories for teachers and pupils at a secondary school in Khinak village. The school currently has 23 teachers and 463 students.  --Photo Pasaxon

Officials from the Ministry of Education and Sports and the Japan International Cooperation Agency gather in Vientiane for the International Conference on Science, Engineering and Innovation. The event was attended by the Chief Representative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Laos Office, Ms Miyako Kobayashi; Lao CCG Country Coordinator, Prof. Dr Khamphone Nanthavong; a speaker from the Institute of Advanced Energy, Prof. Dr Hara Tomijiro; and senior officials from the Ministry of Education and Sports and JICA. Participants discussed a broad range of scientific and engineering topics, including ASEAN-Japan STI coordination, biological control of coffee leaf rust, nutrient recycling from wastewater for sustainable agriculture, and bioelectrochemical systems for wastewater treatment and energy generation.