As part of the Vietnamese New Year celebrations, Party Central Committee member and Party Secretary of Attapeu province, Mr Bountheung Douangsavanh (right), on Tuesday donates one tonne of rice and 150 million kip to a representative of Quang Ngai province in Vietnam for distribution to local residents who suffered losses during storms that hit the province in October and November last year.  --Photo Pasaxon

Officials from the Savannakhet provincial Education and Sports Department and Health Department, 14 districts, Kaysone Phomvihane city and other government agencies on Tuesday gather to discuss the rollout of polio immunisation for children aged 0-59 months. The meeting was supported by UNICEF. --Photo Pathetlao

Residents of Naxay and Sapon villages in Salavan provincial capital on Tuesday lay concrete to create a weather-proof road surface over a distance of 581 metres. The price tag of 1 billion kip was covered by various government bodies, with full construction of the road estimated to take two years.    --Photo Pasaxon