South Korea lends helping hand to school reading programmes in Laos
Schoolchildren in the capital and Xayaboury province will get extra help with reading thanks to funding support from Good Hands, an international development NGO based in the Republic of Korea.Hundreds of students and teachers in Xaythany and Sangthong districts in Vientiane and Kaenthao district in ...
Keoviengkhone Bounviseth
Japanese govt further supports private sector, Japanese investment in Laos
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Japanese government has approved a new Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) project through the Laos-Japan Human Resource Development Institute (LJI) to support development of the private sector and Japanese investments in Laos.The new project for Capacity Development of Business Professionals ...
News Desk
Lao State Workers Go Without Salaries, Even After PM’s Directive to Pay Them Monthly
State employees in many provinces of Laos have not received their January salaries in violation of a recent government mandate that the workers be paid on the 25th of every month, indicating that the directive may be a toothless effort to resolve a longstanding problem ...
RFA’s Lao Service
Lao NA queries govt plan to return forest cover to 70%
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The National Assembly has queried the government’s plan to return the country’s forest cover to 70 per cent by 2020 after observing a huge loss of forested areas over past decades.Large trees have been felled and protected areas intruded upon and ...
Somsack Pongkhao
http://annx.asianews.network/content/lao-na-queries-govt-plan-return-forest-cover-70-98314
Arson suspected as cause of fire in Laos’ National Protected Area
BOKEO, Laos (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Arson caused the destruction of almost 1,000 hectares of forest after a fire raged through the Nam Kan National Protected Area in Bokeo province.An official from the protected area, Mr Khamlek Senkhamvang, told Vientiane Times that fires have destroyed almost ...
Phomphong Laoin
Research Ethics Books Presented To University Of Health Sciences
(KPL) Over 250 copies of research guidelines “Research Ethics in Laos and the Mekong Countries” have been presented to the University of Health Sciences (UHS) to be used as guidelines for conducting an ethical research that would allow hospital practitioners, teachers, students, researchers and organizational administrators ...
KPL News Desk
Spike in Chinese tourist arrivals in Laos, but overall total dips
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The total number of domestic and foreign tourists declined slightly in the first three months of this year compared to the same period last year, but the number of Chinese visitors increased significantly.More than one million people vacationed in Laos in ...
Siladda Souliyong
'Legalise your businesses or face fines', Lao ministry warns foreign operators
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Action will soon be taken against and fines slapped on foreigners who are illegally operating businesses in Laos.The Ministry of Industry and Commerce recently issued instructions with detailed guidelines on how to regulate such unlicensed businesses.Any business being operated without a ...
Souksakhone Vaenkeo
http://annx.asianews.network/content/legalise-your-businesses-or-face-fines-lao-ministry-warns-foreign-operators-99588
Laos: Central bank to circulate 2015 version of 500 kip note
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Bank of the Lao PDR has announced that it will issue a 2015 version of the 500 kip banknote. It is giving advance notice of the circulation of the new banknote in a bid to prevent doubts about the validity ...
Ekaphone Phouthonesy
http://annx.asianews.network/content/laos-central-bank-circulate-2015-version-500-kip-note-105205
New service charter planned to ease cross-border trade for Laos
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Ministry of Industry and Commerce plans to introduce a new service charter to reduce the time it takes to authorise imports and exports, as part of efforts to improve the business climate.The ministry’s Import and Export Department said in a ...
Ekaphone Phouthonesy
Lao ministry warns pig farmers over outbreak of blue ear disease
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has issued a notice warning farmers about the outbreak of ‘porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome’ (PRRS) in several northern provinces.The ministry also asked provincial authorities to take steps to prevent and control the disease to ...
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Laos, Thailand Sign New Cross-border Road and Rail Deal
Laos and Thailand have signed an agreement to extend road and rail connections between the two countries worth more than THB 3 billion (USD 98.2 million).Under the agreement, the two countries plan to improve the R11 road linking the Phudu border checkpoint in Uttaradit province ...
The Laotian Times
https://laotiantimes.com/2019/07/01/laos-thailand-sign-new-cross-border-road-and-rail-deal/
Laos, China ink US$4.5 million deal on cooperation projects
The Lao and Chinese governments have signed a funding agreement designed to finance a range of projects under the Mekong-Lancang cooperation framework.Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Thongphan Savanphet, and Chinese Ambassador to Laos, Mr Jiang Zaidong, on Friday signed the agreement on the Mekong-Lancang ...
Ekaphone Phouthonesy
Free Pet Vaccination For Sep 27
(KPL) Pet vaccination will be conducted for free of charge at the Chao Fa Ngum Park in Vientiane Capital on Sep 27 from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.The event will be organized by the Ministry of Health in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture and ...
KPL News Desk
http://kpl.gov.la/En/Detail.aspx?id=48382
Korea’s Kumho E&G to build energy self-sufficient town in Laos
Kumho E&G Co., a South Korean energy management solution provider, will lead a development aid project to create an energy self-sufficient town in Laos as it tries to recover from a dam disaster that has devastated the country. More ...
Lee Young-wook and Kim Hyo-jin
Laos-China catalyse science, technology cooperation on one belt, one road
Science and technology representatives from Laos and Guangxi of China met in Vientiane to discuss the strengthening of cooperation networks aiming to develop the sector between both nations.The cooperation aimed to enhance coordination and mutual support in implementing projects and provide a scientific basis for ...
Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth
Made in Laos fair postponed to July after fire damages venue
The 10-day Made in Laos exhibition, which was set to open on Friday morning, will now take place in July after a fire broke out at the Lao International Trade Exhibition and Convention Centre (Lao-ITECC) and engulfed over 20 stalls.Close to 400 stalls had been ...
Phomphong Laoin
IFC agrees $87.5M loan for Vietnam, Lao tourism
Bim Land Joint Stock Company, a property developer under BIM Group, has reached an agreement with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, for a loan of up to $87.5 million to develop tourism infrastructure in Vietnam and Laos.Tourism is ...
Vietnam News
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ifc-agrees-875m-loan-vietnam-lao-tourism
Lao-Thai-Australian friendship celebrated at bridge’s 25th anniversary
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – A raft of activities took place over the weekend to mark the 25th anniversary of the opening of the first Lao-Thai friendship bridge, which was funded by Australia, highlighting Australia’s continuing pivotal role in maintaining peace and prosperity in the Mekong ...
Ekaphone Phouthonesy
RECOFTC launches Voices for Mekong Forests in Phnom Penh
The Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC) has launched a new five-year, EU-supported project ‘Voices for Mekong Forests’ (V4MF) in Phnom Penh, aiming to “strengthen the voices of non-state actors (NSA), including civil society, Indigenous Peoples and local community groups, to improve forest governance, sustainable ...