Mittaphab Hospital opens nation’s first occupational health centre
The nation’s first occupational and health check centre opened at Mittaphab Hospital in Vientiane last week aiming to prevent work-related injuries and illness.Minister of Labour and Social Welfare, Dr Khampheng Saysompheng, Director of the Healthcare and Rehabilitation Department under the Ministry of Health, Assoc. Prof ...
Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth
Thailand says $11M seized in wildlife trafficking sting
Thailand s anti-money laundering authorities said Wednesday they have seized or frozen more than 330 million baht ($11 million) worth of assets in a sting operation against a suspected wildlife trafficking ring. The March 12 operation targeted Boonchai Bach, a Vietnamese and Thai citizen who was arrested in 2018 ...
AP news wire
66 more tour guides join ranks of professionals in Laos
A total of 66 newly qualified personnel are now ready to serve as tour guides, part of efforts to make a success of Visit Laos-China Year 2019 and bring Laos’ tourist attractions to life.The group has completed the government’s 26th national tour guide training programme, ...
Times Reporters
Floods Last Year Cause Rice Prices in Laos to Double
The price of sticky rice is skyrocketing in Laos, in the wake of massive floods in one of the country’s most fertile regions and various other causes, amid rising prices of food in general due to the African swine flu epidemic that has ravaged China ...
RFA’s Lao Service
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/laos/laos-sticky-rice-price-increase-09052019094704.html
Lao Govt considers tax to protect environment from industrial pollution
Industries that produce pollution may have to pay more taxes now that the government has embraced the National Green Growth Strategy.Under the strategy, which Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith endorsed on January 30, the Ministry of Finance will impose taxes to discourage industries from producing pollution ...
Ekaphone Phouthonesy
Lao Govt details measures to control, repay public debt
The government will reduce the budget deficit to zero by next year to ensure that the country’s high level of public debt can be repaid as p romptly as possible, Deputy Prime Minister Somdy Duangdy told the National Assembly (NA) last week.Mr Somdy, who is ...
Souksakhone Vaenkeo
After Relocating for Dam Construction Project, 1,400 Lao Villagers Face Difficulties
Around 1,400 people in Laos are finding it difficult to support themselves three months after relocating for a local dam construction project. Some even return to their old villages to tend rice fields during the country’s planting season.The Chinese-backed Nam Ou 4 dam is one ...
RFA’s Lao Service
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/laos/nam-ou-4-laos-relocation-07172019144359.html
Thai Firm Donates Relief Aid Of US$ 173,000 For Lao Flood Victims
(KPL) Thai company Banpu Power (BPP) has provided relief aid worth THB 5.5 million, approximately US$ 173,000, to help flood victims in Laos.More ...
KPL
NEDA sets up mountain area water supply for Lao villagers
Bangkok – As part of an assistance package given to neighboring countries, the Neighboring Countries Economic Development Cooperation Agency (NEDA) has joined hands with the Lao World Engineering & Construction Company Ltd to create a mountain tap water system, with a 500,000 baht budget, to ...
Laos public, business sectors build on understanding of CISG
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Government officials and representatives of the business sector gathered for a workshop aimed at building greater understanding of the contents and dispute resolution under the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sales of Goods (CISG).The workshop on CISG, held ...
News Desk
Thailand, Laos Agree to Strengthen Cooperation on Drug prevention and Suppression
BANGKOK – Thailand and Laos have agreed to strengthen cooperation on drug prevention and suppression to promote peace and cooperation in the border regions of the two countries. The two countries attended the 25th Thai-Lao General Border Committee (GBC) Meeting in Bangkok,More ...
Jettana Pantana
Laos, Thailand agree on digital tech cooperation for industry
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Laos and Thailand have agreed to cooperate in applying and developing digital technology for agriculture and industry as part of the transformational fourth industrial revolution – Industry 4.0.A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the cooperation was signed last week in Vientiane ...
Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth
http://annx.asianews.network/content/laos-thailand-agree-digital-tech-cooperation-industry-103704
Lao, Swiss cooperation sees progress in agro-biodiversity initiative
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Laos and Switzerland are continuing their cooperation in The Agro-biodiversity Initiative (TABI) to alleviate poverty and improve the livelihoods of upland communities through sustainable land management.TABI is a joint programme of the Lao Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and the Swiss ...
ADB Support to Improve Water Supply, Sanitation in 6 More Towns in Lao PDR
VIENTIANE, LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (14 September 2018) — The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Board of Directors has approved an additional financing of $30.5 million, in the form of a grant, to help the government improve water supply and sanitation in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic ...
ADB
Lao mainstream media serves as reliable source of flood information
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Local mainstream media has been actively covering and reporting the flood disasters in central and southern Laos, making it the most reliable source of facts, according to a senior information official.Information, Culture and Tourism Deputy Minister, Mr Savankhone Razmountry said on ...
Ekaphone Phouthonesy
http://annx.asianews.network/content/lao-mainstream-media-serves-reliable-source-flood-information-104727
Maternal death rate in Laos declines, but remains high for region
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The maternal mortality rate has decreased five-fold in Laos, and the number of midwives has risen to over 2,500 in the past 25 years, senior officials said yesterday.These were some of the significant accomplishments since the implementation of the action programme ...
Somsack Pongkhao
http://annx.asianews.network/content/maternal-death-rate-declines-remains-high-region-100020
Lao Dam Resettlement Village Out of Water Due to Drought
More than 100 Lao families who were moved to a resettlement village four years ago to make way for construction of the Nam Tha 1 Dam hydropower project in Luang Namtha province have run out of water amid a worsening drought, local sources say.Water sources ...
RFA’s Lao Service
Authorities in Laos continuing factory inspections to protect workers’ rights
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Local labour authorities will continue to inspect factories as part of efforts to protect the rights and benefits of all members of the national workforce.In Laos, workers’ rights protection is needed to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals and the socio-economic ...
Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth
Lao Govt agrees to lower electricity rates to promote productivity
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The government has agreed to lower the cost of electricity in a move to create more incentives for boosting investment and productivity while improving the livelihoods of low-income earners.The agreement was reached at a meeting of cabinet members, provincial governors and ...
Somsack Pongkhao
http://annx.asianews.network/content/laos-agrees-lower-electricity-rates-promote-productivity-99226
Condolences continue to flow in from friendly countries
Foreign leaders continued to express their sympathy to their Lao counterparts over the tragedy caused by the failure of the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy dam.More ...
Vientiane Times’ Reporter