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 ...

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 ...

Tourism-related businesses should make adjustments for the additional Chinese tourists that the government expects will visit this year, a leading business figure says.Vice President of the Lao National Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mr Daovone Phachanthavong, told Vientiane Times last week that hotels, restaurants, guesthouses and travel ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith met with his Vietnamese, Cambodian, and Thai counterparts on the sidelines of 34th Asean Summit in Bangkok, Thailand to strengthen relations and cooperation with neighbouring countries.Mr Thongloun joined a working breakfast with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan ...

Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith and his counterpart Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen agreed at a meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam, today to officially withdraw troops from a disputed area between Attapeu province in Laos and Stung Treng province in Cambodia.More ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Vientiane Center Lao Public Company (VCL) has officially opened share trading on Lao stock market, becoming the first state enterprise from Yunnan province, China and the tenth company on the list of Lao Securities Exchange (LSX).The launch of the first trading ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Government agencies have reviewed and followed up on the Disaster Risk Management Project after it began in August 2017.The project will receive a boost of US$30 million through a loan and control of a US$1 million fund from international organisations for ...

(KPL) Relevant authorities have paid over 76 billion kip as compensation for families affected by the Laos-China Railway Project in Luang Namtha. The amount equals 47 % of planned compensation.“Right now, the authorities have completed compensating 144 out of 317 families in four villages including Boten, Tintok, Bopeak and Natea which ...

(KPL) With the consent and at the invitation of the Government of Lao PDR (GoL), the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Mr. Philip Alston, visited Lao PDR on 18-28 March 2019. The objective of this visit was to assess and identify the ...

The 9.4 kilometre road running from the Tanmixay crossroads in Xaythany district to the Sikeuth junction on Road 13 North in Naxaithong district is undergoing an upgrade which is now 10 percent complete. The contractor, Tangchaleun Group Co., Ltd., says the project will be completed ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Protection of the country’s national parks and cultural traditions will be strengthened with the government’s commitment to the National Green Growth Strategy.The 2030 strategy, which was unveiled earlier this month, provides a pathway for the mainstreaming of environmentally-friendly policies into the ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Department of Radio Frequency under the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications continued discussions on a roll-out of the 5G network in Laos with internet service providers yesterday.Telling of their ongoing preparations for a 5G network, internet providers said 5G would ...

(KPL) Mobile outreach and activities promoting sexual reproductive health aim to reach more garment factories in Vientiane Capital.Vientiane Youth Clinic (VYC) working with Lao Women’s Union (LWU) organized a consultation meeting with factory owners and managers in Vientiane Capital on Jun 7 to discuss expansion ...

Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith has told the National Assembly (NA) that his government will do more to improve the business environment after Laos’ global ease-of-doing-business ranking fell 13 places.More ...

(KPL) Two World Bank projects, currently helping the Lao PDR to build climate resilient infrastructure and respond to flood-affected areas of the country, will receive additional financing totaling USD$50 million.Financing will become available through a special Crisis Response Window allocation from the International Development Association ...

Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith will lead government officials on an official visit to Brunei from February 16-17. The two-day visit by Mr Thongloun and his delegation is in response to an invitation from His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah.The purpose of the visit is to further ...

Progress in implementing the government’s eight measures to stimulate economic growth and rescue and relief efforts in flood-hit provinces dominated the biannual meeting of the government cabinet, the Vientiane Mayor and provincial governors.More ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Laos and the Republic of Korea are keen to set new heights for expanding their energy ties after becoming strategic partners in the hydropower sector.The Laos-Korea Energy Experts Joint Workshop, with the theme “Cooperation in the Power Sector”, was held in ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Authorities have confiscated property involved in legal cases that is worth many billions of kip, according to a Deputy Prime Minister.The property includes 58 plots of land, 42 houses and other buildings, 17 guesthouses, a hotel, a warehouse, a market, 157 ...

A Chinese-owned firm drew fire from animal conservation activists when it brought in 10 elephants from the north of the country to entertain tourists in a special economic zone in the Lao capital Vientiane during Visit Laos-China Year 2019.The year-long promotional campaign officially encourages tourism ...