Minister of Culture and Tourism Mrs Suanesavanh Vignaket and her staff, together with Soukhouma district Party Committee members in Champasak province, last week visit the ancient Sam Pang Stupa, which is being promoted as a tourist attraction.
--Photo Champamai Newspaper

Officials from the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment and the Vientiane Administration Office on Friday clear weeds at Chao Anouvong Park in Chanthabouly district to mark World Environment Day and National Environment Day. In addition to the unsightly litter found on every street, Vientiane generates 600-700 tonnes of household and commercial waste per day, demonstrating the clear need for better waste management.       --Photo CMG FM93

Officials from Yunnan province in China and representatives of the Yunnan-Laos Friendship Scholarship Programme last week present 20 scholarships to Phongsaly province’s Education and Sports Department. The scholarships will be awarded to students from deprived backgrounds who have performed well this academic year. --Photo Pasaxon

Staff from the Confucius Institute and Lao National Radio on Friday deliver educational and sports supplies and consumer goods worth 60 million kip to students and teachers at a school for ethnic children in Vangvieng district, Vientiane province. The school has 601 pupils.  
--Photo Lao National Radio