Another Mekong River dam in Laos begins review process
Lao officials will soon submit plans for the Phou Ngoy Dam and hydropower plant to the Mekong River Commission for review, but villagers whose livelihoods would be hurt by the construction worry they will be left out of the process. Thailand’s Charoen Energy and Water Asia ...
Laos merely a bystander as China pushes Belt and Road ambitions
An ambitious $6 billion high-speed railway project in Laos that would link China with the Laotian capital of Vientiane on the Thai border is meant to be a symbol of cooperation under Chinese President Xi Jinping’s flagship Belt and Road Initiative. But with Beijing calling ...
Marimi Kishimoto
Japanese equipment to help Laos cope with natural disasters
The Japanese government has agreed to offer equipment to Laos to help strengthen the country’s capacity to prepare, handle and respond to natural disasters, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.The ministry’s Press Department announced yesterday that the Japanese State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr ...
Lao MSME fair helps operators access sources of funding
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Lao National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LNCCI), in collaboration with the International Labour Organisation (ILO), organised the MSME investment fair 2019 to provide opportunities to micro, small and medium enterprise operators to access sources of finance.The fair, held at ...
Phetsamone Chandala
http://annx.asianews.network/content/msme-fair-helps-operators-access-sources-funding-99037
Lao Front rallies Xayaboury support for national development
A delegation from the Lao Front for National Development (LFND) recently visited Xayaboury province to promote its role, which contributes to the national socio-economic development plan.More ...
Times Reporters
Laos, R. Korea exchange lessons on E-government
(KPL) The E-government Centre, Ministry of Post and Telecommunications of Laos in cooperation with the Ministry of Interior and Safety of the Republic of Korea held a workshop on E-government development in Laos and the Republic of Korea in Vientiane, Lao PDR on Dec 5.This ...
KPL News Desk
Red tape slashed to ease business operations in Laos
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The number of procedures and the time taken to process them has been significantly shortened in a bid to ease business operations, as the government forges ahead with its policy to better facilitate businesses and attract more investment to drive growth.Concrete ...
Souksakhone Vaenkeo
http://annx.asianews.network/content/red-tape-slashed-ease-business-operations-101330
Japan lends support to flood recovery effort in Laos
The government of Japan will provide 850 million yen (about US$7.6 million) for Laos in support of activities to help communities around the country that were hit by floods last year.Heavy rain between July and September, including two tropical storms, resulted in widespread damage around ...
Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth
Laos govt planning to spur economic growth in 2020
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times) – Laos needs about 27 per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for development in 2020 to ensure the country’s steady economic growth.Of this amount, 4,750 billion kip, or 10.2 percent of the total, will be taken from the domestic budget, Deputy ...
News Desk
Laos, Australia extend partnership in human resource development
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The government is closely cooperating with Australia on human resource development and implementation of the development strategy in this field.The topic was discussed at the third annual National Human Resource Development (HRD) Dialogue in Vientiane recently.Attended by about 60 participants from government ...
Phomphong Laoin
Lao, Japan women entrepreneurs exchange knowledge on business
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Enterprises headed by women have made significant contributions to the socio-economic development of Laos, creating employment opportunities and business leadership.To make greater contributions in the economic arena, Lao women entrepreneurs need skill development and lessons in managing and expanding their businesses ...
News Desk
http://annx.asianews.network/content/lao-japan-women-entrepreneurs-exchange-knowledge-business-99326
Laos, Thailand seeks ways to improve land management
Representatives of the Lao and Thai governments are meeting in Vientiane to discuss land management with the aim of strengthening the regulations and preventing the misuse of land in Laos.More ...
Phomphong Laoin
Laos to Develop Localized Office Software with Korean Support
South Korean software developer Hancom has announced that it will support Laos to develop localized office software.Currently, Microsoft’s MS Word and MS Office, as well as Google’s Google Docs suite of office software are widely used in Laos.With a memorandum of understanding signed between Hancom and Laos’s ...
The Laotian Times
https://laotiantimes.com/2019/08/09/laos-to-develop-localized-office-software-with-korean-support/
Lao Party delegation visits DPRK for 70th anniversary celebrations
A delegation from the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) visited the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) this week to attend the celebrations to mark the 70th anniversary of the country’s founding on National Day.More ...
Times Reporters
UN Migration Agency, Lao Immigration Department, Cooperate to Tackle Human Trafficking and Smuggling
Vientiane – The UN Migration Agency (IOM) and the Department of Immigration (DoI) of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic have launched a first training by DoI Master Trainers for police and frontline border guards to increase the country’s capacity to tackle human trafficking and people ...
International Organization for Migration
Lao medics partner with Thai university to battle bile duct cancer
A new project is underway at the Lao Tropical and Public Health Institute to improve the treatment of bile duct cancer in Laos and reduce the number of fatalities. More ...
Vientiane Times
Lao-made products fail to find favour with consumers
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Laos produces several well-known items, but local people have little interest in buying these products and eschew them in favour of imported goods.It will be a challenge to persuade people to change their ways as they have become accustomed to seeing ...
Editorial Desk
World Bank urges Laos to let kip follow market
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The World Bank has recommended that Laos let its currency follow the market as other nations cut interest rates in the wake of the US-China trade dispute.World Bank Senior Economist, Mr Somneuk Davading, gave the advice during the launch of the ...
Somsack Pongkhao
http://annx.asianews.network/content/world-bank-urges-laos-let-kip-follow-market-102043
Lao delegation attends Indonesian president’s swearing-in ceremony
Minister of Foreign Affairs Saleumxay Kommasith last weekend led a Lao delegation to attend the oath of office ceremony of Indonesian President Joko Widodo, who was sworn in for a final term in the post.Mr Saleumxay attended the event as a special envoy of Prime ...
News Desk
Laos' Factory workers may be offered sexual health advice
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Vientiane Youth Clinic and the Lao Women’s Union met with factory owners and managers last Friday to discuss ways to improve the sexual health knowledge and practices of factory employees.The meeting is part of the two organisations’ ongoing agenda to ...
Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth
http://annx.asianews.network/content/factory-workers-may-be-offered-sexual-health-advice-98246