President of the Lao Women’s Union, Mrs Aly Vongnobountham, and government officials deliver consumer goods and cash worth a total of 311 million kip to a border army unit stationed in Champasak province.                                       --Photo Pathetlao

Asia-Potash International Co., Ltd. executives on Monday give 1.2 billion kip to Khammuan province officials to finance a ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of the battle of Thakhaek district, which took place on March 21, 1946, and also fund an event to celebrate the naming of Hin Nam No National Park as a world heritage site.
--Photo Vientiane Mai

A government official responsible for rural development and poverty reduction, Mr Thongchan Thepthany; the President of a Rotary Club in the Republic of Korea, Mr Kang Moon-ok; teachers and children at Nongda village primary school in Sikhottabong district, Vientiane; and Rotary Club members gather following repairs to the school and to accept a donation of educational supplies. The repairs and donated items were worth US$7,000 in total and were funded by the Rotary Club, which plans to carry out further renovation of the school next year.

Australian International School Student Council members on Saturday donate 20 beds worth 145 million kip to staff at Botaen district hospital in Xayabouly province, to support the improvement of healthcare.                                                                 --Photo Pasaxon