Overseas Vietnamese with great contributions to the relief and fund-raising activities for Lao people suffering from natural disasters and diseases were honoured at a ceremony at Phat Tich pagoda in Vientiane on January 12.
The Ministry of Home Affairs reduced the number of civil servants nationwide by 10.1 percent in 2021, for the first time exceeding the Politburo’s target.
Hundreds of houses were built in the border district of Song Mai, northern Son La province, last year, under a project on mobilising resources to address housing problems for poor households.