Businesses urged to improve services for Chinese tourists
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 ...
Siladda Souliyong
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
Blind students in Laos ably joining in NUOL studies
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Blind students are currently joining other classmates to pursue studies at various faculties of the National University of Laos (NUOL) following the provision of suitable educational equipment.A total of 25 visually impaired students are enrolled at the Faculty of Letters, Economics ...
Sangkhomsay Bubphanouvong
http://annx.asianews.network/content/blind-students-laos-ably-joining-nuol-studies-104981
Lao Authorities review results and progress toward SDGs implementation
More than 70 government officials gathered in Vientiane yesterday to review results, progress and challenges in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the 2018-2019 fiscal year.The annual meeting of the National Steering Committee for Sustainable Development Goals Implementation in Laos until 2030 ...
Siladda Souliyong
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 ...
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Laos urged to speed up energy transfer to Cambodia
Cambodia has asked Laos to speed up the transmission of energy to the kingdom under a deal signed earlier this year.In March, the Electricite du Cambodge (EDC) signed an agreement to purchase 200 MW from Laos from 2019 to 2021.Cambodian Commerce Minister Pan Sorasak urged ...
Khmer Times
https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/1734339/laos-urged-to-speed-up-energy-transfer-to-cambodia
Laos strives to improve ease-of-doing-business ranking
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Laos is hoping that its ranking in the global ease of doing business (EODB) index will improve after the government rolls out measures to drive the economy forward by simplifying business operations.In 2019, only Myanmar ranked lower than Laos amongst the ...
Bounfaeng Phaymanivong
http://annx.asianews.network/content/laos-strives-improve-ease-doing-business-ranking-98164
Laos aiming to end use of asbestos by 2020
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The government is finalising a National Action Plan aiming to eliminate asbestos-related diseases among the population by putting an end to the import and use of the hazardous material across the country by 2020.Laos, like many other countries in the Asean ...
Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth
Lao officials, business operators learn about FTA rules of origin
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Government officials and representatives from the private sector have attended a workshop to learn about the rules and benefits of using “Declaration of Origin” under the Asean-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area (AANZFTA) Rules of Origin for Laos.More ...
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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
Comply with regulations, satellite receiver dealers warned in Laos
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Authorities have warned dealers selling satellite receivers for radio and television to observe the relevant regulations after learning that some have imported receivers illegally.Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Prof. Dr Bosengkham Vongdara, recently issued new guidance setting the conditions that ...
Souksakhone Vaenkeo
http://annx.asianews.network/content/comply-regulations-satellite-receiver-dealers-warned-laos-105512
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
Laos, Vietnam seek funding for Vientiane-Vung Ang railway
The governments of Laos and Vietnam have vowed to seek financing to build a railway connecting Vientiane with the Vung Ang seaport in Vietnam’s central Ha Tinh province.The two sides signed an agreement in Vientiane on Sunday, pledging to work together to realise the planned ...
Souksakhone Vaenkeo
Lao PM Thongloun Pays A Successful Visit To Germany
(KPL) Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith paid an official visit to the Federal Republic of Germany in response to the invitation of his German counterpart Angela Merkel between Mar 12 and 13.The visit is the first visit ever made by such a high ranking official of ...
KPL
Agro-biodiversity initiative helps northern fish conservation
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Agro-Biodiversity Initiative (TABI) is continuing to encourage rural people in three northern provinces to expand their fish preservation efforts at designated conservation reservoirs.The project, which was launched in 2009, has increased the number of conservation areas to 262. Fishing is ...
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More than a thousand projects implemented unlawfully, Lao inspector says
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – As many as 1,225 state investment projects have been implemented unlawfully over the past years, the Government Inspection Authority (GIA) reported this week.In 2017, the State Auditing Organisation (SAO) recommended GIA to inspect the projects after learning of irregularities.More ...
Souksakhone Vaenkeo
FAO is working for climate change adaptation in wetland areas of Lao PDR
FAO is working for Climate Adaptation in Wetland Areas of Lao PDR. Lao PDR is intimately associated with one of the world’s major wetlands with the Mekong River system. The Mekong basin covers 88% of the country. More ...
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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, Russia joint effort to clear UXO in Borikhamxay
Lao and Russian military personnel are joining forces to combat the unexploded ordnance (UXO) threat in Khamkeuth district of Borikhamxay province. Their mission will begin this month and last until March 2019, according to the official in charge of the Ministry of National Defence’s Humanitarian UXO ...
Times Reporters
Laos’ trade deficit increases in first quarter of 2019
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The value of Laos’ combined exports and imports in the first quarter of 2019 amounted to 1.53 percent less than during the same period last year, excluding the value of electricity imports and exports.Total trade value in the first three months ...
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