On 4 September 2023 Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kitti Sranacharoenpong, a faculty member at the ASEAN Institute for Health Development, Mahidol University was invited to provide a short training course on nutritional assessment and food consumption. The training course supported by USAID funded LASER-PULSE project Applied Nutrition Research Capacity Building in Lao PDR (ANRCB) is at Vangvieng district, Vientiane province, Lao PDR between 3 -12 September 2023.