Members of the Khammuan Provincial Party Committee and the Party Committee of the Yunnan Provincial Rehabilitation Assistive Device Technology Centre in China, and officials from Khammuan International Hospital and  Khammuan provincial Health Department on Thursday attend the opening ceremony of a programme to assist elderly people and persons with disabilities through the provision of rehabilitation equipment. The project represents a dedicated effort to secure funding for medical assistance in Khammuan province. The aid package provided included 30 prosthetic legs, 30 prosthetic arms, 50 pairs of crutches, 30 wheelchairs, and 30 hearing aids, valued at 1 million yuan (3.3 billion kip).

Representatives of Lao Xinlong Mining Development Industry Co., Ltd. on Tuesday give 550 million kip to the Secretary of the Oudomxay Provincial Party Committee, Mr Bounkhong Lachiamphone, to support flood recovery efforts in the province.                 --Photo Pathetlao

Teachers and students at the Phongsaly province ethnic secondary school and technical-vocational school on Tuesday assemble to sample clean drinking water produced from local streams, funded by the Department of Ecology and Environment in Yunnan province, China.                                              --Photo Provincial Education and Sport News

Nongduang subdistrict authorities in Sikhottabong district, Vientiane, on Wednesday take part in a clean-up operation in Nongtha and Nongphaya villages in Xaythany district, in a bid to clear unsightly rubbish from alongside roads.                 --Photo Laophattana News