Laos' PM urges labour officials to improve workforce skills
Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith yesterday advised labour and social welfare authorities to carry out the country’s labour skill development policy to meet the needs of the job market.He made the comment at the national labour and social welfare sector meeting which took place on Tuesday ...
Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth
Laos’s biggest ever marathon to attract 4,000 runners
Hanoi (VNA) – More than 4,000 runners both domestic and foreign will participate in the first Vientiane International Marathon slated for December 8, making it the biggest ever marathon in Laos.Held by Events for Goods and the Lao Amateur Athletics Federation, the marathon will take runners through ...
VNP News Desk
Singapore NGO to support child education project in Laos
A Singapore non-governmental organisation (NGO), Radion International, will support child protection and development in Laos. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the project was signed with Laos’ Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare in Vientiane recently, according to the Singapore Embassy. More ...
Times Reporters
Laos Releases, Deports US Citizens Accused of Unauthorized Missionary Work
UPDATED at 3.45 P.M. EDT on 2019-04-18Three U.S. citizens held in Laos since last week on suspicion of disseminating bibles and Christian material without government approval have been released and deported to neighboring Thailand on Thursday, their organization told RFA’s Lao Service.The volunteers for the ...
RFA’s Lao Service
Student job seekers explore opportunities at Lao university fair
Tertiary students and graduates from across the country are making the most of opportunities being offered at a national job fair taking place in Vientiane.Registering with big corporations and receiving advice from industry professionals about career pathways are just some of the opportunities that are ...
Sangkhomsay Bubphanouvong
Govt to begin dam safety checks next year
The government will begin inspecting the safety standards applied to the construction of all hydropower dams in Laos next year in a bid to prevent further accidents. This information was revealed during a recent meeting in Vientiane on the safety standards of the nation’s many hydropower ...
Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth
Labour ministry mulls mechanisms for setting minimum wage
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare is working with the Lao Federation of Trade Unions and representatives of the labour sector to draw up recommendations for establishing the minimum wage.The setting and raising of the minimum wage aims to boost ...
Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth
http://annx.asianews.network/content/labour-ministry-mulls-mechanisms-setting-minimum-wage-105664
Switzerland increases employment opportunities for local disadvantaged in Laos
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The government of Switzerland has provided a budget of US$8.6 million to assist vocational training and employment support for disadvantaged people in Laos.Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment, Dr Kikeo Chanthaboury and Regional Director for Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), ...
Times Reporters
Laos, Vietnam tighten financial cooperation
Laos’ and Vietnam’s finance ministries recently signed a cooperation agreement for the period 2017-2020. The agreement was signed in Vientiane by Lao Ministry of Finance Office Head Mr Somboun Inthapatha and Deputy Director General of the International Cooperation Department of the Vietnam Finance Ministry Mr ...
Environmental services enhanced with ADB assistance
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a grant of US$48 million to help improve urban environmental services and enhance economic connectivity in Pakxan district of Borikhamxay province and Thakhaek district of Khammuan province in Laos.More ...
Times Reporters
Govt sends emergency supplies to flood-hit south
Officials and military personnel last week used aircraft and trucks supplied by the Lao People’s Army to deliver emergency supplies including drinking water, food, boats, tents and household essentials to six provinces devastated by floods. Tropical depression Podul and other weather systems that have passed over ...
Phomphong Laoin
Govt, JICA recommit to restoring Lao forest cover
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will continue supporting the Lao government in expanding the goal of restoring national forest cover to 70 per cent by 2020 through the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) Support Project.JICA in cooperation with ...
News Desk
Lao Trainers get lessons in tourism management, hospitality
The government, Temasek Foundation (TF) – ITE Education Services (ITEES) urban management tourism and hospitality/specialists programme has been strengthening the management skills of Lao personnel in this field. The initiative is a collaboration between Laos and Singapore and is supported by the TF and ITEES to ...
Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth
FEATURE: Reading Elephant Laos inspires rural schoolchildren in Bokeo
BOKEO, Laos (Vientiane Times/ANN) – With the school year coming to an end next month, Reading Elephant Laos is making a hurried round of visits to schools in Huayxai district, Bokeo province to engage children in inspirational activities, especially reading, and donate educational materials.Reading Elephant ...
Patithin Phetmeuangphuan
Medics advocate more support for breastfeeding mothers in Laos
Health authorities admit that many parents still don’t know that early initiation of breastfeeding (within the first hour) improves the health and longterm wellbeing of a baby, because colostrum, or first milk, is rich in nutrients and protects a baby against disease. Infants who are exclusively ...
Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth
South Korea pledges US$500 million for Lao development
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The government of South Korea (ROK) has offered US$500 million for Laos to finance development projects in the country in the coming years, a South Korean news agency reported last week.The Yonhap News Agency reported on September 5 that Laos and ...
Ekaphone Phouthonesy
http://annx.asianews.network/content/south-korea-pledges-us500-million-lao-development-103703
Room to improve for Laos in global corruption index
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Laos scored 29 points and maintained the same position as it did in 2017 in Transparency International’s 2018 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), which was released on Tuesday.Scores on the index range from 0 to 100 where 0 represents extremely corrupt and ...
Souksakhone Vaenkeo
Raft of exciting events planned for Lao New Year
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Several organisations and companies are arranging colourful forms of entertainment to celebrate Lao New Year, which will be observed from April 14-16.The festivities usually involve people splashing water on each other, which helps reduce the effects of the hot weather experienced ...
Sisouphan Amphonephong
Laos, China lift ICT cooperation to new heights
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Laos and China are extending their cooperation in Information Communication and Technology (ICT) to pave the way for information communication system development in Laos.Officials from Laos’ Ministry of Post and Telecommunications led by the minister, Dr Thansamay Kommasith, last week met ...
News Desk
Lao Govt takes steps to tackle six urgent issues
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The government has called for the sectors responsible to shoulder more responsibility in finding solutions to six pressing issues that are affecting socio-economic development.The issues were tabled at the government’s monthly meeting held in Vientiane on July 23-24 when cabinet members ...
Somsack Pongkhao
http://annx.asianews.network/content/laos-takes-steps-tackle-six-urgent-issues-100895