New laws revealed to strengthen Lao tax collection
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Tax Department of the Ministry of Finance in cooperation with the World Bank on Thursday revealed new laws on taxation which will take effect at the beginning of next year after they were approved by the National Assembly in June.Tax ...
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Gov’t Officials Have English Skills Enriched Thanks To Singaporean Government Funding
(KPL) The Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs funded a three-week training course on “Basic English Language and Communication Skills” for 31 Lao government officials from 13 to 31 August 2018.More ...
Boten economic zone launches Visit Laos-China Year
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Boten Beautiful Land Specific Economic Zone in Luang Namtha province promoted Visit Laos-China Year 2019 activities and a cross-border cooperation conference at the zone.The Visit Laos-China Year campaign is taking place nationwide and was officially launched by the two countries ...
Souksamai Boulom
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Lao Villagers Refuse to Yield Land for SEZ, Now Contend With Access Road
At least 140 families from eight villages in the Khong district of southwestern Laos’ Champasak province are refusing to sell their land or relocate to make way for a special economic zone planned for their area.Despite this, developers have begun the hasty construction of an ...
RFA’s Lao Service
Vietnamese language course boosts bilateral boffin banter
The Ministry of Science and Technology ended a six month Vietnamese language course for 50 Lao government officials in Vientiane recently, to improve communication between Laos and Vietnam. Director General of the ministry’s Science and Technology Administrative Institute, Mr Phimpha Outhachak, told the training course closing ...
Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth
Mines Advisory Group celebrates 25 years in Laos
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Mines Advisory Group (MAG) has been applauded by the government for its work in Laos over the past 25 years, which has destroyed more than 257,000 bombs and made safe 73 square kilometres of land, helping over one million Lao ...
Somxay Sengdara
Laos expands farmland available for dry season crops
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry achieved its 2018 target by creating an additional 153,000 hectares of agricultural land that can be farmed in the dry season.This figure equals an 83 percent expansion of dry season farmland land.In a recent report, ...
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Laos vows to help track Thai fugitives
Thai political fugitives in Laos will be kept under strict surveillance to prevent them from engaging in lese majeste activities, the Laos government has assured Thailand. Keep reading ...
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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Laos to focus on funding existing development projects
The government has announced that new State investment projects planned for this year will be postponed until 2020, a move aimed at maintaining the country’s financial liquidity.As a result of a revenue shortfall, the government has moved to concentrate on financing existing development projects and ...
Somsack Pongkhao
Laos to conduct next population census in 2020
Laos will conduct a population census in 2020 to provide updated information for indicators, baselines and targets to be incorporated in the 2021-2025 National Socio-economic Development Plan. The population census is used to set targets in national development plans, and directly contributes to efforts to ensure ...
Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth
Civil servants in Laos surplus to requirements: survey
The number of civil servants employed in many state departments is far in excess of requirements, resulting in a heavy burden on the state in terms of expenditure on salaries, supporting allowances and related costs, a survey has found.Many departments and divisions were found to ...
Souksakhone Vaenkeo
LCS Assurance authorises sale of Laos' BCEL shares
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Banque pour le Commerce Exterieur Lao Public (BCEL), representing the Ministry of Finance, has obtained agreement from the Lao-China Securities Company Limited (LCS), as its financial advisor and assurance authority, for the sale of 19 percent of BCEL’s shares held ...
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Mission to clear UXO in Borikhamxay launched
A joint mission by the Lao and Russian militaries to remove unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Khamkeuth district of Borikhamxay province began on Friday.More ...
Times Reporters
Ministry mulls greater security for ICT sector
The Information and Technology Department under the Ministry of Science and Technology in cooperation with the AEK Group Co., Ltd. is studying the management of information and communications technology (ICT) using the CA-PKI security system. A seminar on information security using the CA-PKI system took ...
New project aiming to enhance child protection in Laos
The Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare and RADION International officially agreed on Friday to support capacity building for child protection and development in target communities in the central provinces. The “Child Protection and Development Programme” supported by RADION International is focusing on improving living conditions ...
Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth
Laos, Thailand bolster plans for food, drug quality control
Laos’ Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Public Health of Thailand yesterday convened the 3rd Meeting of Lao-Thai Cooperation on Food and Drug Control.More ...
Viengdavanh Banphahaksa
Laos intensifying efforts in agriculture climate change response
The government is accelerating efforts to boost farmers’ yields to meet national food security strategy and production targets by 2020 in response to global climate change.Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Dr Lien Thikeo made the statement during a recent address to mark World Food Day.He ...
Ounkham Pimmata
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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Lao Govt awards medal to outstanding UK researcher
The Lao government has awarded the Cross of Labour medal to a researcher from the United Kingdom in recognition of the outstanding contribution he has made to the quality of lab and data management systems at Mahosot Hospital Microbiology Laboratory in Vientiane.The medal was awarded ...
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