VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Lao-China Economic and Trade Promotion Association (LCETPA) is cooperating with the Lao People’s Revolutionary Youth Union and the Young Entrepreneurs Association of Laos (YEAL) to implement several projects.These projects cover Chinese language training, culture, agriculture and tourism.More ...

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Mr Somdy Duangdy, has called on health officials countrywide to continue their advocacy efforts to prevent an outbreak of measles-rubella. All children and women should be vaccinated against measles-rubella, especially those living in remote areas, he said. More ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The government has announced a new bond offering worth more than 1,287 billion kip ($142 million) for the Lao Securities Exchange (LSX) this month.Following the previous bond offering worth 1,700 billion kip in September, bonds worth 412.57 billion kip were sold ...

There are no almost safety barriers to protect road users along Road 13 South, which runs for about 847 kilometres from Vientiane to Attapeu province via Borikamxay, Khammuan, Savannakhet, Saravan and Champassak provinces. Along the route there are many sections of winding road where motorists ...

Technical officials from Laos’ Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs of the Republic of Korea on Wednesday finished verifying the quality of an irrigation reservoir in Sangthong district, Vientiane.Approval of the reservoir, which is located near Nhaynachaleun ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – While there has been steady growth in services, authorities are concerned the sector’s contribution to the economy is insufficient given that most of the supporting inputs are imports.This year the government had expected the service sector to grow at about seven ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – State-funded projects must be allocated through a bidding process when it comes to hiring consulting companies and firms to carry out feasibility studies, surveys and project designs, to ensure effective use of government money, a new regulation requires.Minister of Planning and ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) will encourage development partners to maintain their assistance to Laos for a while after the nation graduates from Least Developed Country status.“In fact, one of the things we are doing is to ...

Xinhua- In 2019, the export value from Laos to Vietnam in the first nine months was 757.4 million U.S. dollars, which increased to almost 758 million U.S. dollars, according to the Lao Ministry of Industry and Commerce. Vietnam remained Laos’ third-largest trading partner and third-largest foreign ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Farmers have called on the energy sector to quickly implement a planned cut in electricity rates to bolster agricultural production across the country.Authorities disclosed a plan to cut rates for certain forms of usage during the last National Assembly session in ...

XIENG KHUANG, Laos (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Vinamilk, Vietnam’s largest dairy company, has teamed up with Lao and Japanese businesses to build an organic dairy farm and resort in Xieng Khuang province.Construction of the project officially kicked off on the Xieng Khuang plateau last week. The groundbreaking ...

More than 300 young people from around the country met at the Lao Youth Union in Vientiane on Wednesday to celebrate International Youth Day (August 12) under the global theme of ‘Transforming education’.With support from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Lao Youth ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Oudomxay and Luang Prabang provinces are planning a raft of exciting activities for Lao New Year (Pi Mai Lao), to give visitors a memorable experience.Events in Oudomxay will take place from April 11-16, while Luang Prabang will have a longer programme ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is supporting the Lao government in logistics around distributing 500 tons of rice donated by South Korea through the Asean Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve (APTERR).The rice is helping communities recover from recent floods ...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and UN agencies in Laos on Wednesday kicked off events to mark World Food Day and International Day and National Week for the Eradication of Poverty at Lao-ITECC.The government, in cooperation with development partners, is marking the two important ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Savannakhet provincial authorities have announced the removal of all inspection checkpoints along main roads to speed the transport of freight and exports.Provincial governor Santiphab Phomvihane last week issued an executive order to remove the checkpoints – the latest move to improve ...

Laos and Asian countries look forward to increased opportunities in quality standards improvement for agricultural production and enhanced access to overseas markets.The Department of Small-Medium Enterprise Promotion (DOSMEP), under the Ministry of Industry and Commerce discussed the training of trainers on quality standards for agriculture ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry yesterday defended its decision to lower the rice production target for 2019, saying it was unavoidable because of the severe flooding that had occurred this year and last.At the same time, water shortages are currently ...

The Korea International Cooperation Agency will provide grant aid of over 40 billion kip (US$ 5 million) to facilitate skills development in Laos. The funding is in support of the Project for Improvement of Lao-Korea Institute for Skills Development from 2017 to 2020. A signing ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Lao government and two firms have signed an agreement for developing Xebangfai 1 (Keng Keo) hydro-power project.The project development agreement was signed in Vientiane on Friday by representatives of the Ministry of Planning and Investment, the Ministry of Energy and ...