Laos has been ranked as the 42nd most vulnerable country to climate change. This is due to the country’s proneness to climate-related hazards. Laos’ susceptibility to natural disasters manifested again last week with flooding in Phongsaly province. Several districts suffered from the loss of crops, breaking of ...

BEIJING (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Culture plays an important role in the process of socio-economic development and is fundamental to establishing and maintaining lasting friendly relationships, a Lao minister told a conference in Beijing last week.Speaking at the Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilisations in the ...

BEIJING, Dec. 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Trip.com Group CEO Jane Sun met with Lao Minister of Information, Culture, and Tourism Kikeo Khaykhamphithoune last Friday, to discuss possibilities for cooperation in the tourism industry, including the streamlining of visa applications as well as various cultural exchange projects.World heritage sites in Laos such ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – World Vision International to Laos (WVI) and their partnership will provide over EUR 11 million in assistance to Laos from 2019 to 2021 to improve nutrition in three southern provinces. A funding agreement was signed in Vientiane yesterday between WVI Country Programme ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Revenue collection in the first 11 months of 2019 reached 77.89 per cent of the annual plan, while domestic revenues touched 82.76 per cent or a 3 per cent increase compared to the same period last year.These figures were part of ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Lao government has set a target of reducing the trade deficit with Vietnam to about US$227 million this year, with the country producing more products for export.The value of imports from Vietnam to Laos is expected to touch US$985.3 million, ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Agricultural production authorities have confirmed that 1,500 tonnes of rice seeds are now available for distribution to farmers affected by the recent floods in six central and southern provinces.Head of the Division for Production Promotion, under the Department of Technical Extension ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The government is encouraging the private sector to pay attention to implementing obligations of the Convention on the Rights of the Child to promote children’s protection.The issue was discussed at a private sector consultation meeting in Vientiane on Wednesday. Vice President ...

Hundreds of thousands of cubic feet of muddy water have flooded eight villages in central Laos’ Xaysomboun province after the reservoir of a dam upstream burst its banks last week following heavy rain, damaging infrastructure, farmlands, and water supplies. Keep reading ...

An estimated 125 families from seven villages in Vienthong district of central Laos’ Bolikhamxay province, who would be displaced after construction of a new dam are refusing to accept compensation from the developer, saying what they have been offered is not enough.Construction on the Nam ...

Laos’ deputy prime minister has identified poor soil analysis for a fatal hydropower dam collapse, often described as the country’s worst flooding in decades.At a meeting last week on environmental policy, Deputy Prime Minister Bounthong Chitmany, who also heads the investigative committee tasked with finding ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Splurging on unnecessary luxury items and entertainment during Lao New Year will not create any positive lift for the Lao economy as the country is heavily dependent on imported products, a senior economist says.With Laos heavily dependent on imported products, it ...

TOKYO (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Upholding and strengthening existing international rules is the best way to overcome today’s challenges, while seeking a new world order can be an option in addressing emerging issues, Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith told an international conference in Japan on Friday.The conference ...

OUDOMXAY, Laos (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Oudomxay authorities are accelerating their attempts to put the province on the tourism map and improve the attractiveness of various locations so that the area features more highly on visitors’ itineraries.Deputy Director of the province’s Information, Culture and Tourism Department, ...

(KPL) The Customs Department, Ministry of Finance together with the World Customs Organization (WCO) on Aug 26 organized a training session on Authorized Economic Operators (AEO) Validation to develop the Lao PDR’s Custom Administrations’ capacities to effectively examine, validate and authorize the application for AEO ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Laos is developing a strategic plan to become the network centre for a regional electricity transmission system by 2025.Director of the Energy Management Department under the Ministry of Energy and Mines, Mr Sichard Boudshakittilath, recently detailed the plan during a workshop ...

The National University of Laos in Vientiane will accept about 8,100 students to study across its 13 faculties in the coming academic year, after they pass the entrance exams.The exams took place at the university on Saturday, with the Deputy Minister of Education and Sports, ...

Government officials and partners will continue cooperation to improve the quality of tourism products on the Mekong River in Laos.A workshop to review tourism activities on the Mekong took place in Pakbaeng district, Oudomxay province, on December 17-18 with the support of the RELATED Project ...

Health officials and local authorities need to provide more information about sexual and reproductive health services for young people in the hope of reducing the number of unwanted pregnancies.Unwanted pregnancies are one reason that women cannot get work outside the home and have limited prospects ...

(KPL) The Embassy of Malaysia in Vientiane, Lao PDR has encouraged Lao government officials to apply for fully sponsored short term training courses under the Malaysian Technical Cooperation Programme or MTCP.The fully sponsored training courses in Malaysia would enable Lao PDR Officials to experience and ...