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Most Laotian workers who returned from Thailand and underwent quarantine are not infected with Covid-19, Laos’s Prevention and Control of Covid-19 Committee announced.

Hanoi — Trade co-operation was the highlight of Vietnam-Laos relations in the first ten months of the year, with revenue reaching US$940 million.

Lao PDR’s ambassador to Thailand Seng Soukhathivong will visit the three Lao workers who are receiving treatment at a hospital in Sa Kaew following the van accident on Sunday.

The families of each of 11 Lao migrants killed in a chartered van crash in Sa Kaew early Sunday morning will receive at least Bt700,000 compensation from insurance companies, a senior official said Monday.

The Lao government has thanked Thailand for sending disinfection equipment to help contain an outbreak of African swine fever in Salavane province.

Two Thai men and a Lao woman were arrested on Tuesday morning for allegedly felling protected Siam Rosewood trees in an Ubon Ratchani national park.

Three Thais and two Lao men were arrested on Thursday as members of a gang that smuggled stolen motorcycles from Thailand to sell in Laos.

PRIME MINISTER General Prayut Chan-o-cha has confirmed the government’s commitment to keep cracking down on human trafficking crimes as a national priority. His comment came as the Cabinet was yesterday updated on the progress made last year in preventing and suppressing human trafficking.

Two Thai men and a Lao man have been arrested and a total of 62,067 methamphetamine pills and 83.9 grams of crystal meth have been seized in Udon Thani's Muang district.

Ten Lao women working at a restaurant in Loei province were rounded up in a raid on Thursday night, following a tip-off of alleged prostitution and human trafficking.

A Lao man was severely injured after he turned a homemade pistol on himself following a quarrel with his Thai wife in Yasothon's Lerng Nok Tha district on Tuesday, police said.

The Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) has temporarily confiscated 43 assets worth Bt40.9 million belonging to Lao drug convict Xaysana Keopimpa, according to an order published on Tuesday on the agency’s website.