Vientiane Administration Office officials give 50 million kip, 100 T-shirts, 100 hats and 100 packs of drinking water worth 36 million kip to members of a youth project who spend one day last week picking up garbage in Vientiane. The Young Entrepreneurs’ Association also provided 12 million kip to support the project. The initiative aimed to encourage young people to protect the environment and play a part in reducing the amount of rubbish that litters the city’s streets.                              --Photo Vientiane Mai   

Xayabouly authorities provide a  vehicle, drinking water and other supplies to military personnel deployed to Border Guard 159, to make their work and daily lives a little easier.                                                                                                                      --Photo Pasaxon

Students, teachers from secondary schools in Xekong province, Red Cross staff, and officials from the province’s Public Works and Transport Department last week take part in a training session on the treatment of injured people following a road accident. The session also included lessons on road safety, the meaning of various road signs, and the importance of complying with safe driving rules.                                 --Photo Pathetlao

Officials from the Clean Agriculture Centre, the Champasak provincial Agriculture and Environment Department and the Pakxong district office on Friday teach growers in Huayseth village about environmentally-friendly tomato cultivation and clean agricultural processes.  --Photo Champamai newspaper