(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 ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Laos and Chile are aiming to strengthen business and trade cooperation following the local business community’s official welcome for the Ambassador of Chile to Laos, Mr Jaime Chomali, in Vientiane on Tuesday.Vice President of the Lao National Chamber of Commerce and ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The value of mineral exports and domestic sales increased in the first quarter of this year despite lower commodity prices on the world market.In 2018, annual domestic mineral sales achieved US$66.2 million compared to 2017, an increase of 38.79 percent, while ...

The Lao government is to provide information on the job market through a new partnership with the country’s largest employment website operator, 108 Jobs, in a move to tackle growing unemployment issues.Under the agreement signed on June 27, the Employment Service Center under the Ministry ...

Lao academics, teachers, ministry officials and Japanese experts met in Vientiane on Friday to discuss sustainable development in Laos.Talks focused on ways to strengthen SMEs so they could contribute more to Laos’ development.More ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The National University of Laos’ faculty members, researchers and students as well as professionals in economic policy and economic development benefited from a lecture by Nobel Laureate Finn Erling Kydland last week.Professor Kydland, who was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in ...

A Lao woman arrested on Sept. 12 on charges of defaming the country is still being kept from seeing family members until completion of a police investigation into her activities, sources told RFA’s Lao Service on Thursday.Houayheuang Xayabouly, 30, was arrested on Sept. 12 after ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Timor-Leste highly values the support shown by Laos for the country’s application for Asean membership and is also seeking to broaden cooperation with Asean members in the Mekong sub-region.The country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Mr Dionisio da Costa Babo ...

Recently, the society is paying attention to the Nam Theun 1 hydroelectric dam and there is concern about the subsequent problems regarding the various dam breaks because there is news that people have found that Nam Theun 1 dam has seeped water. In response to ...

VIENTIANE, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) — Lao Minister of Energy and Mines Khammany Inthirath told the National Assembly that inspection teams have completed checks on 20 dams with another 50 yet to be carried out, and the teams plan to finish their work at all dams ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Several provinces are suffering in the wake of prolonged downpours, with many houses, smallholdings and farms partially submerged under floodwater.Xekong province in particular has been affected and the level of the Nam Xekong river has risen to 12 metres, just below ...

Vientiane (VNA) – The Lao Government will strive to complete 12 hydropower dam projects in 2019 with a total capacity of 1,950MW, reported local media.A story run by the Socio-Economic Newspaper of Laos said that 80 percent of electricity produced by the plants, or 1,570MW, will ...

The Lao Securities Exchange (LSX) has designated Phousy Construction and Development Public Company (PCD) as an “Unfaithful Disclosure” Corporation, after PDC failed to disclose its semi-annual and annual 2018 reports via LSX disclosure portal.The “Unfaithful Disclosure” warning signal will be displayed on the symbol of ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Laos is continuing its cooperation with South Korea in the expansion of the Saemaul Undong development project in five provinces.Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Dr Lien Thikeo, recently told Korean media that the Saemaul Undong project will expand its operations in ...

As the only landlocked country in South East Asia, Laos depends on neighbouring countries’ infrastructure to import and transport its goods. As a result, the success or failure of Laos depends on the efficiency of these countries’ infrastructure networks. Laos’ international logistics system largely depends ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Many provinces in central and southern Laos are struggling to cope with floods after days of heavy rain unleashed by a tropical depression, with Saravan province being the hardest hit.Champassak, Saravan, Xekong, Savannakhet, Khammuan and Attapeu provinces have all suffered varying ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The government has prohibited state departments from employing contracted and volunteer staff because the public services is viewed as being already overloaded with employees and officials.Addressing a question raised by members of the National Assembly (NA) last week, Prime Minister Thongloun ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Some 153 land titles have been found to be duplicates as a result of the National Assembly’s recent inspection, a senior lawmaker has confirmed.Landholders attempted to use the duplicate land titles as collateral to obtain loans from banks and other financial ...

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 ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Horticulture Research Centre at the National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute is using new techniques to produce quality seeds to help vegetable growers cope with climate change.Director of the Centre, Dr Bounneuang Douangboupha, said the facility was studying new ways ...