Australia, partners boost food and alcohol safety in Laos

Garrett Young (left) and a representative of the Ministry of Health at the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding in Vientiane on Feb 20, 2026. - VT

BANGKOK: Food safety and alcohol surveillance in Laos is set to be strengthened thanks to grant support from the Australian government worth A$1.5 million (US$967,227).

A Memorandum of Understanding on the Strengthening Food Safety and Alcohol Surveillance, Prevention, and Response Project between the Lao Ministry of Health’s Food and Drug Department and the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) was signed in Vientiane on Friday (Feb 20).