USASCP Support Enables Plastics Recycling Company Growth

Ms. Viengvilay Phimmasone, co-founder and director of Patihoub, stands with three employees and USASCP Program Manager Ms. Helen Santiago Fink, at the Patihoub factory. The walls enclosing the factory are made of Patihoub's primary product, recycled plastic boards. USASCP Program Manager, Helen Santiago Fink, visited Patihoub, a plastics recycling company, in Luang Prabang, Lao PDR.…
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Media Note: Digital Innovations for Female Entrepreneurs in ASEAN Meeting

The U.S. Department of State hosted the Digital Innovations for Female Entrepreneurs in ASEAN Meeting (DIFEM) in Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) on September 11-12, 2024, as a part of the U.S.-ASEAN Connect Digital Economy Series. The DIFEM event supports Lao PDR’s ASEAN chair year efforts to meet 2024 priority economic deliverables by making progress…
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Highlights: 2024 Symposium on Smart Cities Innovation, Biotechnology, and Circularity

The 2024 Symposium on Smart Cities Innovation, Biotechnology, and Circularity organized July 17-19, in Vientiane, Laos, built upon the Symposium on Accelerating Science, Technology, and Circular Innovation in Southeast Asia, held during the 2023 EAS Leaders’ Summit in Jakarta.  The 2024 Vientiane Symposium attracted over 160 participants and partners across the ASEAN region, including universities,…
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USASCP Semi-Annual Newsletter – August 2024

The U.S.-ASEAN Smart Cities Partnership marks new achievements in the first half of 2024. Read our newsletter to learn about our activities and achievements through August 2024. Thank you to all of our partners and implementers for supporting our programs! August newsletter
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