Delegates attending the first National Media Congress held in Vientiane from July 14-15 discuss the proposed 2026-2030 media development plan and a draft Politburo resolution aimed at guiding the long-term development of the media. Photos show activities during the two-day conference.

Secretary General of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party Central Committee and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith, Politburo member and Head of the Commission for Information and Education of the Central Committee, Mr Khamphanh Pheuyavong, Standing Member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat, General Vilay Lakhamfong, ministers and government officials on Wednesday gather after the close of the first National Media Congress.

President Thongloun Sisoulith and Mr Khamphanh Pheuyavong view a display of photos depicting the development of the media over the past seven decades.

President Thongloun Sisoulith views a display of materials produced by media organisations.

President Thongloun Sisoulith talks to producers and presenters at Lao National Television.

Mr Khamphanh Pheuyavong signs a book provided by Lao Press in Foreign Languages for delegates to make comments.

Editor-in-Chief of Lao Press in Foreign Languages, Ms Phonesavanh Thikeo, presents Secretary General of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party Central Committee and Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith, with a photo of a page in the Vientiane Times showing the book “Letters to My Grandchildren”, written by the President, during his visit to the Vientiane Times booth on July 15.

Editor-in-Chief of Lao Press in Foreign Languages, Mrs Phonesavanh Thikeo, gives a souvenir to the Deputy Head of the Commission for Information and Education of the Central Committee, Mr Vansy Kuamua.

Secretary of the Khammuan provincial Party Committee and President of the Provincial People’s Council, Mr Xaysana Khotphouthone, and his staff give 100 classroom desk sets worth 115 million kip to the lower seondary school in Nongbok district.       --Photo Pasaxon

A group of 28 officials from the Agriculture and Forestry Departments of Champasak and Xekong provinces, as well as district-level representatives, attend a five-day training course on Capacity Building for Training Organisers and Assistants at the Lao-Korea Agricultural Techniques and Rural Development Service Centre, ​supported by KOICA. The course covered essential skills for professional training management, including training plan development, budgeting, participant orientation, and activity facilitation. Participants engaged in intensive sessions designed to improve their coordination capabilities and understanding of their roles as organisers. 

KOICA Laos and the Department of Livestock and Fisheries of the, Ministry of Agriculture and Environment host the Livestock Product Safety Workshop for provincial and district officials on Wednesday. The event, part of the Project for Improvement of Livestock Product Safety Management System in Laos, took place at the Laos-Korea Agricultural Techniques and Rural Development Service Centre in Vientiane. The workshop was chaired by Deputy Director General of the Department of Livestock and Fisheries, Dr Phanthavong Vongsomphanh, and attended by around 30 central and local government officials. Dr Hyeong-sik Kim, a Director of the Korea Institute for Food Safety Management Accreditation and a PMC expert from the Hankyong National University Consortium, along with the Director of the Feed and Quality Analysis Centre of the Department of Livestock and Fisheries, Mr Khanha Simmala, and an alumnus of KOICA’s Global Fellowship Programme, CIAT (Capacity Improvement & Advancement for Tomorrow), gave presentations on livestock product safety management systems and field operations in Korea and Laos. Following the presentations, they discussed future directions for improvement with workshop participants.