Leadership development programme to promote successful business
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Business leadership development is one of the priority programmes aimed at making business operations in Laos stronger, successful and sustainable in order to contribute to socio-economic development.Administrative officials from the government, enterprises and the private sector yesterday attended a seminar in ...
Eight die in pleasure boat capsize on Sunday
Eight people drowned when a pleasure boat capsized on Sunday morning during a trip on Nam Ngum Lake – a popular tourist spot in Vientiane province, which borders on the capital Vientiane. The boat was carrying 39 people and capsized at about 9 am after ...
Times Reporters
Tests, treatment for coronavirus free for general public: authorities
Tests for Covid-19 and treatment for people who have contracted the virus are free for the general public but charges will be made for people engaged in certain areas of business.“Charges will be imposed on businesspeople and foreign nationals in Laos who are here for ...
Souksakhone Vaenkeo
Livestock company inks deal for more land in XiengKhuang
Lao-Jagro Development XiengKhuang Co., Ltd. on Thursday signed an agreement with the government to expand investments in pasture planting, cattle farming, slaughterhouses and milk production. Under the agreement with the Ministry of Planning and Investment, land concessions totaling 3,552 hectares will be granted to the company ...
Times Reporters
Illegal logging found in Savannakhet as to Prime Minister’s Decree No15
Over the last two years, Savannakhet authorities has discovered a number of illegal logging cases which infringed the laws and regulations on governance of timbers and logging entrepreneurship. Provincial forest inspection authorities have investigated 279 cases violating Lao Forestry Law and Wildlife and Aquatic Law ...
Laos Update
Infrastructure restoration underway in flood-hit Sanamxay district
ATTAPEU, Laos (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The restoration of roads and construction of a waste water treatment facility in flood-affected Sanamxay district of Attapeu province is progressing as planned.A progress report was presented to the Deputy Minister of Public Works and Transport, Mrs Vilaykham Phosalath, and ...
Somxay Sengdara
Free border pass for Songkran returnees
Workers from Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia can return to their countries for the Songkran festival without having to pay a border pass fee, according to a policy committee on tackling migrant worker problems and human trafficking. The waiver was announced at a panel meeting on ...
Public officials urged to set road safety example in Vientiane
Vientiane policymakers have proposed that Party and state officials should set an example in adhering to traffic regulations and that those breaking the rules should be subject to an additional penalty.The policymakers listed this proposal in the draft of an administrative order from the Vientiane ...
Ekaphone Phouthonesy
Rising Mekong No Cause for Alarm: Engineer
A state engineer Thursday dismissed panicked reports in the media and online that the Mekong River is about to flood. Water released upriver from Thailand by a Chinese dam has caused levels to rise downriver between Thailand and Laos, but despite local news and social ...
Japan and Mekong countries to boost economic cooperation
Japan agreed to deepen cooperation with countries in the Mekong region, as Tokyo aims to maintain its influence in Southeast Asia with more and more countries falling under the sway of China. Ahead of a Japan-Mekong summit on Tuesday in Tokyo, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held ...
Women in Open Data
What keeps Mekong women from accessing open data?Mekong Women in Data: Understanding barriers to women’s access to open data in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, and VietnamPhoto by Mimi Thian on Unsplash. Licensed freely on Unsplash.Gender inequality underscores the lives of women all over the world. ...
Forum on financing of Mekong dams: Fri 2 October, Bangkok
A free public forum on 'International financing of dams in the Mekong: Responses to ten years of banking on Nam Theun 2'. 10am, 2 October, Bangkok. ...
Global Data Barometer
Global Data BarometerOpen Development Laos is supporting the Open Development Initiative who, with Sinar Project, through the D4D Asia Hub, has partnered with the Global Data Barometer to develop a new resource on data for the public good.The Global Data Barometer is expected to fill ...
18 Chinese Nationals Caught Crossing Mekong into Chiang Rai
Immigration officials in Chang Saen, Chiang Rai have arrested 18 Chinese nationals for illegal entry after crossed the Mekong from Laos. Immigration police said the Chinese Nationals were found taking refuge at a local restaurant. Chiang Rai Immigration police said they were tipped off about the ...
CTN News
Science Shows Chinese Dams Are Devastating the Mekong
Eleven massive dams straddle the mighty Mekong River before it leaves China and flows into Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and on into Vietnam. Yet I have long been skeptical that China could use those 11 upstream dams, massive as they are, to turn off the ...
BRIAN EYLER
Record-breaking floods in northern Thailand intensify scrutiny of Mekong dam project
In the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi, communities in northern Thailand’s Chiang Rai province are taking stock of the toll wreaked by heavy rains and rising rivers. At least 33 people lost their lives in the country since mid-August amid hazardous conditions that devastated riverside homes, businesses and ...
Carolyn Cowan
Thailand's stock exchange plans to promote the Mekong region
The Stock Exchange of Thailand is planning to launch a board that lists securities from its less-developed neighbors — Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam. By mid-2018 it will also introduce an index of Thai-listed companies that have exposure to the so-called CLMV countries, allowing investors to ...
YUKAKO ONO
Chinese vice premier meets ASEAN leaders
Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli on 17 September met with leaders from Thailand, Myanmar and Laos ahead of an annual expo and business summit between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in southwest China. They will attend the 12th China-ASEAN Expo and the China-ASEAN Business and Investment ...
Meth trade rises as opium output dips
Record number of methamphetamine drugs has been seized recently raising concern of a new menace as the opium trade – which haunted the country for decades – appears to be on the decline, a senior police official said Sunday. He said the government has been ...
Htoo Thant
China, Mekong nations agree on over 100 projects
Leaders of China and Southeast Asian nations along the Mekong River have agreed to proceed with more than 100 projects that receive financial support from Beijing. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang joined leaders from Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam in Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh on ...
NHK Reporter