Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone, Secretary of the Champasak Provincial Party Committee, Mr Alounxay Sounnalath, and other high-ranking officials on Tuesday attend the opening ceremony of a new building for use by the Champasak Provincial People's Council. The construction cost amounted to almost 20 billion kip.         --Photo Pathetlao

Military personnel in Bokeo province and members of a river patrol from Yunnan province in China on Tuesday inspect the progress of construction of a logistics and technical office for the Bokeo Military Command, which is currently 70 percent complete.                                                                                       --Photo Lao People’s Army News 

Ambassador of Singapore to Laos, Ong Siew Gay, recently attended a Baci ceremony hosted by the Head of the Organisation Committee of the Party Central Committee, Sisay Leudedmoun-sone. Singapore has extensive collaboration with the Lao PDR in the areas of capacity building and human resource development. The Ambassador expressed his gratitude for the support from the committee.

Secretary of the Champasak Provincial Party Committee, Mr Alounxay Sounnalath, senior provincial officials and other individuals on Tuesday assist with the laying of concrete on a 1,493-metre road in Xok-amnuay village, Pakse city. The cost of construction is about 500 million kip, funded by the government and the public. --Photo Champamai Newspaper

Xayabouly provincial authorities and Kaenthao district officials on Tuesday monitor the progress of construction of an embankment along the Heuang River in Phuan village. The embankment is being built in two sections, 590 metres and 300 metres long respectively. Construction work is now 87 percent complete, with the price tag expected to reach 17 billion kip.                                                                                      --Photo Pasaxon