UN Expert Says Lao Government Policies Make Life Worse For Poor, Marginalized
The Lao government’s economic policies have worsened the living conditions of the nation’s poor and marginalized populations, while widening the gap between the haves and have-nots, a United Nations rights expert said Thursday, at the end of an 11-day official visit to the country.In a ...
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Mekong River Levels See Slight Increase, Monsoon Rains to Begin Earlier
Water levels in some sections of the Mekong River have increased slightly over the last seven days, the Mekong River Commission (MRC) Secretariat said today.According to MRC’s observed water level data, the outflow at Jinghong hydrological station rose from 786 cubic metres per second (m³/s) ...
Latsamy Phonevilay
Vietnam to provide new hospitals for Huaphan, Xieng Khuang
Huaphan and Xieng Khuang provinces will soon have much-needed modern hospitals funded by the Vietnamese government. Deputy Director of the Planning and Investment Department in Huaphan province, Mr Mayleuy Phimmasone, told Vientiane Times the Vietnamese government had agreed to grant an estimated US$24 million to ...
The steps toward 2025’s logistics transformation
Vietnam has unveiled a new plan to transform the country into a regional logistics hub by 2025. The new plan draws attention to the importance of logistics in Vietnam’s positioning as an international trade hub Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc recently sanctioned the action plan to enhance ...
Lao local authorities aim to make newly-listed world heritage site more visitor friendly
VIENTIANE, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) — Xieng Khuang provincial authorities in Laos plan to install more facilities at the Plain of Jars to make the area more visitor friendly, in anticipation of a tourist influx following its listing as a World Heritage Site this year.During a ...
Shi Yinglun
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-08/05/c_138285828.htm
Lao Authorities Allow Chinese Firm to Plant on Land Promised to Dam Collapse Survivors
A Chinese-backed firm is growing bananas on land promised by the government of Laos as compensation to survivors of a 2018 dam collapse that that has been described as the country’s worst flooding in decades, RFA’s Lao Service has learned.The disaster occurred last July, when ...
RFA’s Lao Service
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/laos/laos-bananas-on-survivor-land-05292019154355.html
Germany, Australia help open doors to finance for low-income groups in Laos
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Germany and Australia have provided US$4.5 million to develop locally-run systems that enable impoverished people to more easily access finance.Representatives from the Lao government, Germany and Australia met on May 9 to launch Phase V of the US$4.5 million Access to ...
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Embrace 5G cloud future - Huawei’s wonderful debut at LAO ICT EXPO 2019
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications (MPT) joined hands with Huawei, LTC and other operators to organise the Laos ICT EXPO 2019 which officially opened on Tuesday at Don Chanh Palace hotel, Vientiane.Prime Minister of the Lao PDR, Mr Thongloun Sisoulith ...
Thai Railway Delegation Visits Laos for Transportation Discussions
The delegation was led by Athipu Chitranukroh, Deputy Director-General of the Department of Rail Transport (DRT), and Kitjaluck Srinuchsart, Deputy Director-General of the Thai Customs Department. Representatives of Thailand’s Railway Technology Development Institute also participated in the visit, according to a DRT news update. The two sides ...
Latsamy Phonevilay
China Remains the Largest Foreign Investor in Laos
China remains the largest foreign investor in Laos, undertaking a total of 813 projects worth USD 16 billion. “China also plays a significant role in special economic zone investments, with the Lao government having authorized 89 projects worth over USD 215 million,” Mr. Sonexay Siphandone ...
Phayboune Thanabouasy
Govt to cease search operations in Sanamxay
The government is set to cease search operations in Attapeu’s Sanamxay district where many people are still missing following flash floods caused by the collapse of a dam in the southern province in July.An announcement to end the more-than-two-month-long search operations is being prepared and ...
Souksakhone Vaenkeo
China Donates US$100,000 For Relief Efforts In Flood-hit Provinces of Laos
(KPL) The Chinese government has donated US$ 100,000 to support relief and recovery efforts in Khammuan, Savannakhet, Saravan, Xekong, Attapeu and Champassak which have been severely flooded.The flooding caused by storms between late August and early this month is the worst for the six central and southern ...
KPL News Desk
http://kpl.gov.la/En/Detail.aspx?id=48301
Bicycle ride, cultural events add to Luang Prabang tourist attractions
Authorities in Luang Prabang province are organising a bicycle ride and cultural events for tourists in the middle of December. These activities will close out the city’s programme for Visit Laos Year 2018. More ...
Times reporters
Thailand, Laos to study on new cross-border railway between Ubon Ratchathani and Pakse
BANGKOK, May 21 (Xinhua) — Several cooperation projects on the connection between Thailand and Laos, including a new cross-border railway in southern Laos, have been discussed by the two countries’ transport ministers.Thai transport minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith on Monday held a meeting with Laos’ Public Works ...
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S Korea Criticized for Failing to Protect Children’s Rights over Laos Dam Collapse
South Korea has been criticized for failing to protect children’s rights after a dam collapse in Laos caused dozens of deaths last year. The United Nations has advised the country to “closely look into” its overseas projects for possible violations of such rights.The United Nations ...
IAEA Signs Practical Arrangements for Triangular Cooperation with Cambodia, Lao PDR and Viet Nam
Following the signature of two separate but complementary Practical Arrangements (PAs) on 17 September, the IAEA has established a new framework for south-south cooperation involving three Member States in the Asia and Pacific region alongside with the IAEA.The Arrangements provide a framework for collaboration in ...
Mykola Kurylchyk
https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/iaea-signs-practical-arrangements-for-triangular-cooperation-with-cambodia-lao-pdr-and-viet-nam
Thailand to Sign Pact with China, Laos on Bridge for High-Speed Railway
Thailand, China and Laos will sign a memorandum of cooperation on a new bridge for a railway across the Mekong River during Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha’s Beijing visit this week, a Thai foreign ministry official said Tuesday.The bridge would link Thailand’s northeastern Nong Khai province ...
BenarNews
Chinese-Owned Factory in Laos Causes Health Scare, Foul Smells in Nearby Villages
A Chinese-owned factory in Laos that recently started operations is causing noise and air pollution that affect the health of nearby residents in the country’s Bolikhamxay province.The factory, which produces packing foam for use in transporting bananas, is made up of one building situated on ...
RFA’s Lao Service
Laos' fish stocks get huge boost on National Wildlife and Aquatic Animal Conservation Day
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Around 50 million fish fingerlings will be released into rivers and lakes across the country to sustain and replenish fish stocks and maintain the equilibrium of ecosystems.Some 250,000 fish were released during an official event held at Namxuang Lake in Vientiane’s ...
Somsack Pongkhao
http://annx.asianews.network/content/laos-fish-stocks-get-huge-boost-wildlife-and-aquatic-animal-conservation-day-100121
Vientiane Capital Signs Off On Flood Protection Project and Public Park
The second phase of a flood protection embankment along the Mekong River in Vientiane Capital is to commence next month. The eight-kilometer embankment will commence in Sisattanak District and continue into Hatsayfong District, with a public park to be constructed during the final stage of ...
Phayboune Thanabouasy