Cambodia ranked third-worst for illicit trade out of 17 countries in the Asia-Pacific region in a recently released index by the Economist Intelligence Unit that analysed governments’ abilities to combat illegal trade operations. The report, commissioned by the European Chamber of Commerce of Singapore, reviewed countries ...

Heavy rains and a bumper fish crop have improved life along the Mekong River after a nearly four-year drought, poor harvests and the pandemic took a heavy toll on some 65 million people who rely on the waterway for their daily livelihoods. According to the Laos-based ...

Thousands of vulnerable women and girls from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam are sold as brides each year, according to a new study. Keep reading ...

A shocking video and new intelligence suggest that legal and illegal captive tiger facilities fuel Asia’s tiger trafficking—with brutal efficiency. Keep reading ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Lao Buddhist Fellowship Organisation will start circulating its regulations on the use of social media by monks at the end of this month.The committee responsible will visit selected parts of the country to explain the regulations which were issued in ...

Water and environmental ministers from Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam laid out their agenda for 2018 at the 24th Mekong River Commission Council in Pattaya.Keep reading ...

Soukhoungheuang company plans to sell 12,000 tonnnes of bananas harvested from its farmland concession in Savannakhet province to Russia. The Vietnamese company plans to invest US$38 million in growing fruit trees on about 5,500 hectares in Nong district, Savannakhet province, and has cleared 1,900 hectares ...

Over the last two decades, the countries of the Lower Mekong Basin have all experienced economic development and social transformation. While results are encouraging over all, the improvements across development indicators are not always equal, and as the disparity between the growing urban classes and ...

Call for national researchers to join the Global Data Barometer – Asia RegionOpen Data for Development Asia Hub (D4DAsia) is currently seeking independent, country-level researchers for the following 14 countries: Indonesia; Philippines; Singapore; Cambodia; Lao PDR; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam; Sri Lanka; India; Nepal; Bangladesh; Taiwan; and Japan.More ...

Wildact Vietnam announce that we are joining force with the Saola Working Group to provide a small grant to support capacity building of women in Vietnam and Laos for biodiversity conservation and sustainability in the Annamite Mountains.Recognizing that in Indochina ‘forest’ (i.e., conservation) work is ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times) – The Bank of the Lao PDR (BOL) last week appointed the former Director General of the International Cooperation Department, Mr Oth Phonxiengdy, as the new CEO of the Lao Stock Exchange (LSX).The former CEO of the LSX, Mr Vankham Voravong, will ...

Lao govt aims to reduce the unemployment in Vientiane Capital to under 2% of its labor force by means of promoting jobs to 35,000 people in the market in 2018.More ...

The National Taskforce Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control of Laos has announced that it has been monitoring 2,212 people across Laos.Some 2,212 people have been quarantined at 31 accommodation centers across the country, Deputy Director General of the Department of Communicable Diseases Control under ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Laos and China are set to boost cooperation and technical assistance in the construction of roads and bridges to facilitate the faster and safer implementation of high quality projects.Representatives of Lao and Chinese construction companies and Lao government officials gathered in ...

The Mekong River Commission has vowed to become one of the first paperless organizations in Laos as part of its efforts to protect environment and promote regional sustainable growth.More ...

Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-cha welcomes leaders of the Mekong countries to the Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (ACMECS) Summit in Bangkok, including Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam. Keep reading ...

Australian alumni are working to support the professional development of over 150 human resource managers in Laos, with the second National Human Resource Forum held recently in Vientiane.More ...

Coping with the COVID-19 Pandemic in LaosCOVID-19 has impacted all of the countries in the Mekong Region, including Lao PDR.The government has responded through a range of policy and legislative measures. Responses to COVID-19 has had economic impact, social impact, and environmental impact. In particular, ...

The remains of American service personnel missing in action (MIA) in Laos during the Indochina War were handed over to United States army staff on Tuesday.More ...

The United Kingdom’s Comic Relief charity is providing over US$700,000 from 2018 to 2020 to help prevent and control malaria in three provinces of Laos.More ...