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The Butte-Silver Bow Zoning Board of Adjustment will vote in mid-February about whether to grant a permit for a proposed convenience store near the Silver Bow Drive-In.

VIENTIANE – The Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare today announced an expansion of its activities to improve community and government capacities in disaster risk reduction in the north of the country. Nearly 16,000 people in four districts of Oudomxay and Phongsaly province will benefit from this cooperation implemented by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), under the leadership of the Ministry and with support from USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance.

USAID will concentrate on reversing democratic backsliding and help its partners strengthen democratic institutions and norms.

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN): The United States has provided US$700,000 to Population Services International in support of the Ministry of Health and the Strengthening Surveillance to Accelerate Malaria Elimination project in Laos. The grant will be a significant boost to the project, which is part of the Impact Malaria Programme taking place in Laos from 2021 to 2023. A grant agreement was signed on Wednesday by the Director General of the Department of Communicable Diseases Control under t...