This section focuses mainly on the production, distribution and use of electrical energy in Laos. In Laos, electricity is a key source of energy for domestic economic activities and its export provides revenue from neighboring countries.1After an economic shift to an ‘open door’ policy in 1986, economic ...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare and involved government bodies yesterday held a brainstorming session on a draft rural employment strategy which is being drawn up to ensure all ethnic groups have access to work. The session was organised to encourage all the authorities ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has issued a new regulation that enables authorities to check the quality and safety of pesticides before they are used on crops in Laos.Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Dr Lien Thikeo on September 17 signed ...

President Bounnhang Vorachit and President of the Council of State and Council of Ministers of Cuba, Miguel Mario Diaz-Canel Bermudez, yesterday agreed to deepen the traditionally friendly relations between the two countries during bilateral talks in Vientiane.More ...

The committee in charge has postponed the third nationwide agriculture survey, known as the Laos Census Agriculture 3 (LCA3), but has promised that the results of the survey will be made known before the Ninth National Socio-Economic Development Plan (NSEDP) is drawn up.More ...

The governments of Laos and China are set to approve cooperation projects to be financed with Chinese assistance, the Lao Prime Minister’s Office has announced.More  ...

The value of stocks traded on the Lao Securities Exchange saw rapid growth last year, according to a report from the Bank of the Lao PDR. The central bank released its annual report recently, providing an overview of the economic development of Laos last year ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – A delegation of the Communists of Russia (KR) led by Chairman of the Central Committee of the KR and Vice Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of Ulyanovsk Oblast, Maxim Suraykin is visiting Laos on the invitation of the Lao People’s Revolutionary ...

The Trinon Collegium Practicum of Germany is providing about US$1 million (more than 8 billion kip) to Laos from 2018 to 2021 to improve dental health services. A signing ceremony for Phase 3 of the dental upgrade project took place in Vientiane on Monday.More ...

(KPL) The Lao Techmart 2018 will be held at the Lao ITECC in Vientiane Capital between October 12 and 21 to promote ICT industry in Laos.More ...

The first ever International Jet Ski Championship in Lao PDR will kick off from 1-3 June 2018 @ Dansavanh Nam Ngum Resort. The competitions are of national and international rounds by leading Jet Ski teams.More ...

Building a huge dam just upstream from a legendary UNESCO World Heritage site in an earthquake prone region poses serious risk to the local population and the town of Luang Prabang, warns a leading Thai earthquake specialist. Dr. Punya Churasiri, formerly the earthquake expert at Chulalungkorn University’s geology ...

The Radio and Television Professional Association in Phetchabun province, Thailand, in cooperation with the Institute of Physical Education Phetchabun Campus Stadium, is extending its assistance to Lao National Radio and Lao National Television for personnel training. A tripartite Memorandum of Understanding on the initiative was ...

The government has given the green light to Tadsakoi Power Company Limited to build the Tadsakoi hydropower project in Sepon district, Savannakhet province. A concession agreement for the project was signed recently in Vientiane between Minister of Planning and Investment, Dr Souphan Keomixay, Deputy Minister of ...

Earlier this week, authorities in Laos announced the seizure of a record haul of methamphetamine, the latest indication of the massive amounts of illegal narcotics now flowing through the lower Mekong region. As per the state-run Vientiane Times, an official at the Public Security Office reported that ...

Delegates from Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos discussed the ASEAN Economic Community’s effects on transnational natural resources at an annual international conference on cross-border economic co-operation. Speaking at the meeting in Da Lat, chairman of the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, said Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia should ...

Neighboring countries have called on Laos to consider the cross-border environmental impacts of a hydropower plant it plans to build on the Mekong River. Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand expressed concern after the Mekong River Commission (MRC) completed a six-month consultation process for the Luang Prabang Dam project ...

Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith has called on the government and businesses to convert the success of the ASEAN Summits hosted by Laos last year into productive outcomes, to maximise the benefits brought to the nation. Mr Thongloun made the comment at a ceremony held on ...

The establishment of Special and Specific Economic Zones and untapped tourism potential is expected to drive economic growth in Champassak province, a senior official has noted. Deputy Governor of Champassak province Mr Buasone Vongsongkhone told Vientiane Times on Tuesday that more entrepreneurs from China, Japan ...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF), represented by the Department of Forest Inspection (DoFI) signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the World Wide Fund for Nature Laos Office (WWF-Laos) today at an event at the Vientiane Plaza Hotel.The MoU was signed by ...