The Executive Committee of the Women’s Union of the Commission for Information and Education of the Central Committee (CIECC) on Thursday organised an event to celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8. The event took the theme “Rights, Justice, Action for All Women and Girls”, during which documents were presented by the Deputy Head of the CIECC, Ms Vilavone Phanthavong, who also chaired the gathering.

A 13-member delegation from the Ministry of Education and Sports, led by the Director of the Centre for Community Education Development in Southeast Asia, Ms Silinthone Saklokham, attended a regional conference in Jakarta, Indonesia, on March 2-3 to strengthen links with other countries in the region, education development partners, and donors, encouraging them to assist in the development of education in Laos.

Personnel from the Department of Tourism Promotion and Marketing under the Ministry of Culture and Tourism are participating in the ITB (International Tourism Fair) in Berlin, Germany. Some 170 countries are represented at the trade fair, which includes 5,800 exhibitors, with 100,000 attendees expected.

Lao media personnel and Tourism Malaysia staff gather for the Dinner Ramadan Buffet at the Pernada Hotel in Kuala Lumpur. The event was part of MEGA FAM 2026 and the Visit Malaysia 2026 tourism promotion programme, organised by Tourism Malaysia, which is running a far-reaching publicity campaign aimed at both international and domestic travellers.

Participants in the MEGA FAM 2026 Malaysian tourism programme, including three media personnel from Laos, visit Seri Negara - a grand villa that once hosted dignitaries, great minds, and the leaders who shaped Malaysia’s future. What began as a colonial guesthouse would one day become the backdrop of nationhood. Opened in 1913 as the official guesthouse for British administrators, Seri Negara, first known as Government House, was later renamed King’s House, followed by Istana Tetamu, before receiving its current name of Seri Negara.