Laos seeks border market construction aid from Vietnam
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Laos has sought funding from the Vietnamese industry and trade ministry to build three strategic markets at borders with Vietnam in the north, centre and south of Laos.The proposed plan will help bolster cross-border trade. It will also be a step ...
Bounfaeng Phaymanivong
http://annx.asianews.network/content/laos-seeks-border-market-construction-aid-vietnam-102625
Laos Criminalizes Animal Abuse in Updated Penal Code
Laos has added a new section to its penal code that criminalizes animal abuse.This section appears in the latest version of the country’s penal code, which was promulgated by the Lao Government on November 18, 2018.Article 353 of the updated penal code states that individuals who ...
The Laotian Times
Visits to tourist sites strengthen Laos-China ties
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Cooperation through visits is one of main ways to broaden one’s experience and knowledge and to use the lessons learnt to improve your work and contribute to your country.This is the kind of cooperation envisaged by Laos and China through the ...
News Desk
http://annx.asianews.network/content/visits-tourist-sites-strengthen-laos-china-ties-105366
Blood transfusion centre appeals for more donors
The Lao Red Cross National Blood Transfusion Centre is calling for more people to donate blood in order to meet the increasing need for blood transfusions at hospitals around country.In recent years the centre has collected an average of 55,000 bags of blood annually, but ...
Sangkhomsay Bubphanouvong
Market to decide 5G service in Laos: telecom official
The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications will rely on market mechanisms to decide whether the country will launch a 5G service, according to a ministry official.The ministry’s E-Government Centre Director General, Dr Thavisak Manotham, told Vientiane Times last week that the ministry had no policy ...
Ekaphone Phouthonesy
R. Korean Companies Seek Trade Connection In Laos
(KPL) Representatives of South Korean companies met Lao entrepreneurs in Vientiane on Sep 30 to discuss opportunities for business cooperation and connection.The companies include ENTRA , NARAE Industry , DAEDO TEKRA , Exolube, DHC, Sunkyung Chemical and TAESUNG.The meeting with the Ulju-GUN Trade Delegation 2019 ...
KPL News Desk
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Laos, China strengthen ties in tourism, investment
Ten northern areas of Laos will further strengthen business cooperation with China’s Yunnan province, especially in the fields of tourism, trade, economics, and investment.Ahead of Visit Laos-China Year 2019, the Laos-China Cooperation Committee is meeting in China so that business operators from the two sides ...
Souksamai Boulom
Lao business leaders embark on Japanese management programme
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Laos-Japan Human Resource Department Institute (LJI) on Tuesday began a “keiei-juku” programme for the third batch of trainees to help improve the skills of Lao business executives in administration and management.The Japanese-developed keiei-juku training initiative is a specialised management skill ...
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Lao govt outlines forestry protection moves to lawmakers
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Preserving forests and promoting tree planting across the country are the main aims for amendment of the forestry law, a senior government official has said. Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Dr Lien Thikeo presented a draft amended forestry law for debate at ...
Somsack Pongkhao
http://annx.asianews.network/content/lao-govt-outlines-forestry-protection-moves-lawmakers-98462
Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar tackle migrant worker safety
Minister of Interior Sar Kheng met his Lao and Myanmar counterparts on Wednesday to discuss ways to strengthen the protection of migrant workers from each country. Speaking during a two-day technical-level meeting in Siem Reap province, Sar Kheng said after this second round of discussions to ...
Long Kimmarita
Laos drops 13 places in global ease-of-doing-business ranking
Laos has dropped 13 places to 154th in the global ease-of-doing-business (EODB) rankings despite the government’s efforts to improve the business environment.The country’s EODB score was 51.26 this year, up by 0.11 on last year, according to the World Bank’s latest annual EODB ranking index ...
Souksakhone Vaenkeo
Lao PM urges businesswomen to strive for greatness
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith has lauded the role of businesswomen in boosting economic development and advised them to use their strengths to benefit the whole nation.The prime minister made the remarks while addressing a meeting organised by the Lao Business Women’s ...
Visith Teppalath
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Lao workers under-represented in special economic zones
Only a third of the workers employed in special and specific economic zones (SEZs) are Lao, with a lack of skills being among the issues depriving local folk of job opportunities in industrial parks, a recent survey has revealed. As many as 12 SEZs have been ...
Souksakhone Vaenkeo
Laos, Hungary raise bilateral ties to strategic partnership
HUNGARY (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Visiting Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith and his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban have agreed to elevate bilateral relations between Laos and Hungary to a strategic partnership.The Lao premier and his delegation made a three-day official visit to Hungary from March 10-12 at ...
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Deputy PM advises on ICT development in Laos
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) — Deputy Prime Minister Somdy Duangdy yesterday advised the post and telecommunications sector to continue developing and expanding the nation’s information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure.He especially recommended the use of new technology to forge closer links with the region and countries ...
Phomphong Laoin
Dengue Claims 14 Lives in Laos this year
(KPL) The first six months have witnessed 14 people’s lives claimed by dengue fever with five casualties reported in Vientiane Capital, three each in Savannakhet and Champassak, two in Saravan and one in Bolikhamxay.The National Center for Laboratory and Epidemiology under the Ministry of Health ...
KPL reporters
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Tracking Progress Of Family Planning Programme
(KPL) The use of modern family planning (FP) methods is the best way to reduce unintended pregnancies and the risks associated with pregnancies and childbirth.In the Lao PDR, the use of modern family planning methods continues to increase slowly at the rate of 1% per ...
KPL News Desk
Laos Accused of Copy-Pasting Dam Impact Survey
VIENTIANE/PHNOM PENH — An official impact assessment for a controversial new Lao dam on the Mekong river has been directly copied and pasted in parts from a previous project, a coalition of groups fighting to protect the river has alleged.More ...
Hul Reaksmey & David Boyle
US launches programme to improve reading in Laos
The United States has agreed to support Laos with more than US$19.4 million to fund a comprehensive basic education programme to improve reading outcomes.The US Embassy to Laos formally launched the “Learn to Read” programme with the signing of two memorandums of understanding (MOUs) to ...
Times Reporters
ADB provides new loans for development
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has provided three new loans worth US$140 million to develop the agriculture and education sectors and for public finance management.The agreements were signed on Wednesday by the Deputy Minister of Finance, Mr Bounchom Oubonpaseuth, and ADB’s ...
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