The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) provided a grant of over LAK 525 million (equivalent to US$54,768) to the Lao Bar Association (LBA). LBA will use the grant to operate 17 Legal Aid Clinics, opened with support from USAID, in Vientiane and other ...

The Chaleun Sekong Energy Co Ltd (CSE) has awarded Pöyry with the owner’s engineering services assignment for the Nam Kong 3 Hydro Power Plant (NK3 HPP) project located in Attapue, Laos. The 54 MW green fields project is expected to be completed by May 2020.  []This ...

the 10th Session of NA’s 8th legislature will approve several issues (October 27 to November 17)the 10th Session of NA’s 8th legislature from October 27 to November 17Govt achieved 10 key development tasks in 2019PM stressed Govt bodies to be transparent and sincere to support ...

According to the Social Welfare Department of Lao PDR, emergency response teams from the military, police, and health sectors, equipped with trucks, boats, vehicles, helicopters, tools, and other equipment, have been deployed to the affected provinces for emergency response.National Government leaders of Lao PDR visited ...

Even six months after the collapse of the Xe Pian-Xe Namnoy hydropower dam, which washed away numerous homes in southern Laos, the victims are still having to live in temporary shelters with no certainty about their future. The camp residents are suffering from a severe ...

Syan Technologies of Hong Kong have struck a deal with the government of Laos PDR to begin preparations regarding the deployment of a hydroelectric-powered cryptocurrency mining facility on the Mekong River, close to the border with neighbouring Thailand.Discussions have been underway now for a number ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Lao National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LNCCI) has signed an agreement with eight commercial banks to support efforts to strengthen business operators in Laos through access to finance.The cooperation agreement was signed recently in Vientiane between LNCCI and representatives ...

Gender inequality underscores the lives of women all over the world. At the Open Development Initiative, we wanted to understand how this impacted women in the Mekong countries of Cambodia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Myanmar, and Vietnam (CLMV) in their access to open data. In ...

Open Development Laos (ODL) publishes tw0 new topic pages on ‘Sustainable Development Goal#15 -Life on land’ and ‘Ethnic minorities and indigenous people’, which are available in Lao and English. The former explores the localization of SDG 15 into national policies along with the implementation. Meanwhile, ...

Open Development Laos published new topic pages on Land affairs in Lao PDR. Those two topics can be found as the following links below:(1) “Land“(2) “Land transfer and public land leases” in Lao PDR.   ...

A country’s success largely depends on how well it employs its workforce and develops the knowledge and skills of its citizens. The World Economic Forum’s Global Human Capital Report measures the quantifiable elements of how well a country is developing this ‘human capital’. The report ...

Authorities should address issues that are a source of annoyance for tour operators and tourists, to ensure better conditions for visitors during Visit Laos-China Year 2019 and beyond, tour operators say.Lao and Chinese authorities have agreed to launch the Visit Laos-China Year 2019 programme following ...

Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith has told a regional meeting in Japan that the Laos-China railway, which is part of the China-led Belt and Road Initiative, will greatly benefit Laos’ economy and overall development, Japan’s Nikkei reported yesterday. Given Laos’ goal of graduating from Least Developed Country ...

BOKEO, Laos (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The official handover ceremony of the renovated Technical and Vocational Training (TVET) School in Bokeo province took place recently. The school’s modernisation and extension was financed by grants from the Lao government and the German government through KfW, amounting to nearly EUR ...

Human trafficking is where individuals are placed or maintained in an exploitative situation for economic gain.53 The most common form of human trafficking (79 percent) is sexual exploitation, with victims predominantly being women and girls. The second most common form is forced labor (18 percent).54 ...

a. On 29 August (Thursday) and 02 September (Monday) 2019, the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology (DMH), Ministry of Natural Resources, Lao PDR reported potential affected areas in the central and southern part of Lao PDR due to the existence of a Low Pressure Area ...

Open Development Initiative (ODI) under the East-West Management Institute (EWMI) in partnership with Recoftc Laos launched the Data Literacy Training program in Laos which is funded by EU to enhance database awareness, data analysis and visual storytelling skills for participants from CSOs, local media, especially ...

A meeting on the subject discussed the need to harness vital statistics in Laos through the UNFPA and the Lao Statistics Bureau for strengthened collaboration in producing updated vital statistics aligned with international standards.UNFPA will work closely with the Lao Statistics Bureau to use the ...

The main laws and policies that govern the electricity supply in Lao PDR are: The Electricity Law 1997, amended in 2012. This governs electricity generation and distribution in Lao PDR. It sets standards for the administration, production, distribution, transmission and imports/exports of electricity.101The Power Sector ...