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
http://kpl.gov.la/En/Detail.aspx?id=48525
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 ...
News Desk
Live Pangolins Smuggled from Laos Seized in Vietnam
Pangolins are the world’s most trafficked mammalDozens of live pangolins smuggled from Laos have been discovered “dehydrated and weak” in a box on a bus in Vietnam.The Vietnamese police arrested the driver and his wife on suspicion of trafficking the animals from Laos, AFP reported ...
The Laotian Times
https://laotiantimes.com/2019/08/02/live-pangolins-smuggled-from-laos-seized-in-vietnam/
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
More aid from Vietnam reaches survivors of Lao dam collapse
The National Committee for Disaster Response and Search and Rescue has asked the Ministry of National Defence to join disaster relief efforts for victims in the collapse of the Sepien-Senamnoi hydropower dam in Laos following the instruction of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc. Keep reading ...
China-Laos Railway opens new horizons for fruit growers in Southwest China’s Yunnan
As the section of the China-Laos Railway that is within Chinese territory, the Yuxi-Mohan railway will serve as a significant link for China to reach land-locked Laos. In addition to helping promote the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area (CAFTA), the railway will also greatly benefit the local economy and ...
Zhang Dan in Yuxi
Commission resolves to produce a competent workforce
The National Human Resource Development Commission is planning to build human resources in the fields of natural science and technology to advance socio-economic development and match regional and international standards. With the ever quickening pace of development in science and technology, the commission and its ...
Laos to Develop Solar Power for Export in Champasack Province
The LaotianTimes- The Government of Laos has signed an agreement with Muang Khong Clean Energy to build a solar power plant at Khong District, Champasack Province. The project has now completed a feasibility study, and will become the first installation in Laos to export solar ...
Phayboune Thanabouasy
Bridge crossing nets 98 million kip from Value Added Tax
Customs checks at Lao-Thai Friendship Bridge in Vientiane have netted the country over 98 million kip via the 10 Percent Value Added Tax since implementation of stricter controls in late 2016. Deputy Head of the Customs International Checkpoint under Lao-Thai Friendship Bridge, Mr Soutchai Inthavong ...
Laos And China Sign MoU to Research Development of Artificial Intelligence
The Research Institute for Smart Technology, Ministry of Technology and Communications (MoTC) of Laos together with the Chongqing College of Electronic Engineering in China signed an MoU to discuss the possibility of further developing AI and Big Data.On 24 February, an online conference was held ...
Jonathan Meadley
Tiger Cubs Trafficked from Laos Confiscated in Thailand
After months of questioning the husband following initial suspicions, the police managed to arrest the couple red-handed and seized four baby tigers from them that were allegedly trafficked from Laos. The Thai police had been investigating the husband since September, and authorities eventually arrested him ...
Phontham Visapra
Villages inundated as heavy rain lashes two provinces
River levels have increased and flooded crops, rice fields, gardens, fishponds and villages after heavy rain in the two northern provinces over the past three days. Two districts and the Boten Special Economic Zone in Luang Namtha province are the worst affected areas, with Nam ...
Times Reporters
Attapeu Villagers to be Compensated For Losing Land to Dam Construction
The villagers will receive at least LAK 3.8 billion, according to a report stated by the Deputy Governor of Attapeu province, Thanouxay Bansalith during a visit to the under-construction dam. It is estimated that during the first phase of construction, 22 households will lose 14 hectares ...
Phontham Visapra
Hydropower vs Heritage: Will Laos Lose Luang Prabang?
The Lao government’s high-risk plan to install a massive dam on the Mekong River, perilously close to the renowned UNESCO World Heritage site of Luang Prabang, shows a disregard for its legal obligations to protect the renowned site, according to conservation experts.Keep reading ...
Tom Fawthrop
Laos' trade deficit reaches US$78mil in December 2020
Laos recorded a trade deficit of US$78mil in December 2020, according to the latest information from the Lao people’s Democratic Republic Trade Portal website.Laos’ export during December were worth US$468 million, while the value of import was US$546 million, said the report.Keep reading ...
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