VIENTIANE, LAO PDR — The U.S. Embassy to the Lao PDR Chargé d’Affaires, Ms. Joy Sakurai, joined Dr. Snong Thongsna, chairman of the Vice Minister of Health, at a commencement ceremony for eight graduates of the Field Epidemiology Training (FET) program cohort 13. The graduation was held at the Crowne Plaza hotel, in presence of ... Read More»

Vientiane, 29 June 2022 – Today, the United States through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) officially handed over cold chain and IT equipment worth around U.S. $150,000 to the Ministry of Health (MOH) to further expand COVID-19 vaccination coverage in Lao PDR, especially in hard-to-reach communities. The handover of the equipment, which was ... Read More»

VIENTIANE, LAO PDR — On June 14, U.S. Ambassador to Lao PDR Dr. Peter M. Haymond joined Director, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), Mr. Kelly K. McKeague, on key engagements with senior Lao leaders from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of National Defense concerning the bilateral U.S.-Lao government effort to resolve the ... Read More»

VIENTIANE, LAO PDR – Isobel Coleman, Deputy Administrator (DA) for Policy and Programming for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), visited Laos on May 13-14, 2022.  This visit reaffirmed USAID commitment to the U.S.-Lao Comprehensive Partnership, inaugurated by former President Barack Obama and President Bounnhang Vorachit in 2016. The U.S.-Lao Comprehensive Partnership is ... Read More»