Govt awards friendship medal to departing WHO rep
The government has awarded a Friendship Medal to World Health Organisation (WHO) Representative to Laos, Dr Juliet Fleischl, in recognition of achievements during her mission in Laos.More ...
Times Reporters
Southeast Asia May Be Building Too Many Dams Too Fast
The disaster has brought into focus the ambitious agenda of Laos, one of the region’s poorest countries, to turn itself into “the battery of Southeast Asia” by building dozens of hydroelectric dams on the Mekong River and its tributaries and selling power to neighboring countries. ...
Borikhamxay route favoured for Vientiane-Hanoi highway
Laos and Vietnam have approved plans to build a Vientiane-Hanoi highway passing through Laos’ central province of Borikhamxay and Vietnam’s central province of Nghe An, over a distance of about 700 kilometres. An official from Borikhamxay province, who did not wish to be named, told Vientiane ...
Khonesavanh Latsaphao
PNPC Dam Collapse Survivors Reluctantly Accept Lowball Compensation Offers
Nearly one year after the collapse of a saddle dam that caused a disaster described as Laos’ worst flooding in decades, struggling survivors are reluctantly accepting compensation for about 50 percent of their total property losses.The disaster occurred on July 23, 2018, when a saddle ...
RFA’s Lao Service
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/laos/laos-pnpc-compensation-50-percent-07102019134051.html
SME service centre opens in Luang Prabang
LUANG PRABANG, Laos (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Lao National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LNCCI) has opened a branch of its Small and Medium Enterprises Service Centre in Luang Prabang province to strengthen the capacity of SMEs in the eight northern provinces of Laos.The first ...
News Desk
Rebuilt dam near site of devastating collapse releases water, scaring residents
The company responsible for Laos’ worst ever dam collapse more than three years ago announced last week that its rebuilt dam would begin releasing water, scaring downstream residents, including survivors of the disaster. Keep reading ...
Eugene Whong
Lao National Single Window to ease imports, exports at international borders
The Lao National Single Window (LNSW) – a unique computerised platform – is now fully in force to simplify and streamline the import, export, and transit of all goods and cargo at all international borders and airports in Laos.The Ministry of Finance recently issued a ...
Souksakhone Vaenkeo
Poverty reduction programme makes impressive progress
About 150 thousand people from four provinces have benefited from a Local Development Programme known as ‘LAO/030’ thanks to funding through the Luxembourg government’s poverty reduction initiatives in Laos.That was the message from the Programme Steering Committee Meeting of the ‘Local Development Programme for Bokeo, ...
Times Reporters
Public Welcomed To Join S2N Charity Run For Hospitals In Attapeu And Luang Prabang
(KPL) General public members are encouraged to join South to North (S2N) Laos Charity Run to raise funds for the Attapeu Provincial Hospital and the Lao Friend Hospital in Luang Prabang.More ...
KPL
Golden Triangle Casino Baron Bankrolls New Mekong River Port
A sanctioned Chinese casino magnate is backing the construction of a new international port on the Mekong River in Laos, adjacent to his Golden Triangle gambling and tourism complex. Zhao Wei, the chairman of the Kings Romans Group, broke ground on the $50 million port development ...
Sebastian Strangio
Centre opens to promote Langcang- Mekong cooperation
The Global Centre for Mekong Studies of Laos (GCMS-Laos) in Vientiane officially opened to the public on Wednesday, to promote cooperation among the six countries of the Lancang-Mekong region. Keep reading ...
Pakxong tea plantation offers visitors a refreshing break
CHAMPASSAK, Laos (Vientiane Times/ANN) – If you would like to sample authentic organic Lao tea, there may be no better place to go than Pakxong district in Champassak province.More ...
Phouthong Sivongsa
Laos Wins Case Against Foreign Investors in Casino Arbitration
Laos has won over foreign investors in the latest arbitration of an international court case involving the casino industry.The International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) tribunal has dismissed a case lodged by Dutch firm Lao Holdings NV (LHNV) against the Lao government ...
The Laotian Times
https://laotiantimes.com/2019/08/23/laos-wins-case-against-foreign-investors-in-casino-arbitration/
More than 200 photos exhibited for public at Vientiane Center
A photo exhibition themed “The Art of Light: Lao Contemporary Photography Exhibition (LCPE)” was launched on Dec 16 at Vientiane Center, Vientiane to promote Lao contemporary photography.The exhibition is open to the public for free from Dec 17-22.More information ...
KPL
Khammuan to have exciting new tourist attraction
KHAMMUAN, Laos (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Adventure activities for tourists are planned for Phou Phamarn hill in Khounkham district, Khammuan province, with the project to be undertaken by Green Discovery Laos.Member of the Board of Directors of the Guide Association, Mr Inthy Deuansavanh, who owns Green ...
Siladda Souliyong
Northern Bus Station Increases Bus Fleet For Passenger Flow During Pi Mai
(KPL) The Northern Bus Station has got itself prepared in all aspects to better handle the flow of passengers traveling to home towns in northern part of the country during the celebration of Pi Mai Lao or Lao New Year B.E. 2562.More ...
KPL
Post office, LAOSAT join forces in major telco tie-up
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – In a significant development for the telecoms sector, Enterprise des Poste Lao (APL) and Laos-Pacific Satellite Co., Ltd. (LAOSAT) have agreed to cooperate in distributing telecommunication services around the country.More ...
News Desk
SDG 2 Zero Hunger
Sustainable Development Goals 2 (SDG 2) – ‘Zero Hunger’ aims to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture.1 SDG 2 includes 8 targets, with 14 measuring indicators. Targets 2.1-2.2 focus on eliminating hunger and ensuring access to sufficient and nutritious ...
Sustainable Development Goals
In September 2015, the UN General Assembly released the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). They were designed to build on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)45 and intended to drive action in important areas by 2030, leaving no one behind. These goals were ...
Vientiane Enters Lockdown Following Covid-19 Outbreak
The Prime Minister of Laos has ordered a 14-day lockdown for Vientiane Capital in the wake of a surge of coronavirus cases, while other provinces are urged to consider intensifying prevention measures.The nation’s capital announced over twenty new cases of Covid-19 today following an outbreak believed ...
Latsamy Phonevilay