Turkey Inaugurates Embassy In Laos
ANKARA, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News, app – 7th Nov, 2018): Turkey on Wednesday inaugurated its embassy in the capital of Lao People’s Democratic Republic.More ...
Faizan Hashmi
Japan grants 107 billion kip for education improvement in Laos
The Japanese government and people have provided grant aid for the Project for Improving Secondary School Environment in the central and southern provinces of Laos, to develop education and improve the secondary school environment.More ...
Times Reporters
Remarkable period achieved in Laos-China relations, departing Ambassador says
Relations between China and Laos have entered the most remarkable period in history with the powerful Asian country becoming the largest investor in and second biggest trade partner to Laos.More ...
Times Reporters
Laos, Russia boost business cooperation
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Siberian Association of International Cooperation from the Novosibirsk region of Russia plans to set up an office in Laos to improve business coordination and cooperation.The plan was unveiled by the association’s President, Mr Pavel Ostroverhov, when he led business operators ...
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Cambodia-Laos border fisheries management plan aimed to realise a 10% increase in fish stock
Targeting a 10-percent increase in fish abundance in the Mekong and Sekong Rivers by 2021, fisheries experts from Cambodia and Lao PDR shared today the progress in fish monitoring activities that set a baseline, and continued discussions on the formation of a joint fisheries management ...
Mekong River Commission
WFP injects more than US$85m to support sustainable development
The World Food Programme has granted more than US$85 million (682 billion kip) to help the Lao government achieve the Sustainable Development Goal targets, as well as middle-income country status. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed on Friday by Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment, ...
Lao, Japanese experts discuss city bus transport system
Transport officials and senior experts from the Japan International Cooperation Association discussed how to improve the efficiency of the Vientiane State Bus Enterprise Project’s Phase II on March 23. During the meeting the group also reviewed lessons learnt from Phase I, suggesting that the positive ...
Social security fund to increase payments for health services
The National Social Security Fund will pay more to hospitals for health services following a new agreement reached between the fund and participating hospitals yesterday. The money will be paid in a lump sum, with some hospitals receiving as much as 130,000 kip to allocate ...
Nation’s visitor shortfall put down to multiple causes
Annual visitor arrivals are expected to reach just 4 million, well short of the government’s target of around 5 million to mark its Visit Laos Year 2018, a minister has told the National Assembly.Causes of the visitor shortfall included natural disasters across many provinces and ...
Times Reporters
Laos-China railway 78 percent complete
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Construction of the 414-km Laos-China railway from the Chinese border to Vientiane is progressing well and is now 78.2 per cent complete.According to a report issued on September 30 by the project management committee, all of the main structures such as ...
News Desk
Korea upgrading IT skills at Lao Youth Union
Young people are receiving training in Apple-based iOS application development as part of IT capacity building at the Lao Youth Union (LYU) supported by the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA).More ...
Vientiane Times
Webinar: Investigating Organized Crime in the Golden Triangle
Date/Time: December 1, 2022 at 7.00 pm (Thailand time) The Golden Triangle, where the borders of Myanmar, Thailand, and Laos intersect, is one of the world’s renowned centers of criminal activity. The region’s underworld economy turns over billions of dollars annually in narcotics production, human trafficking, ...
Laos, Malaysia and Thailand Agree to Expand a Trilateral Power Deal
Laos, Malaysia and Thailand have agreed to expand a trilateral power deal, under which Lao electricity will be sold to the Malaysians via the Thai grid, Thailand’s minister of energy said Thursday. “Thailand, Laos and Malaysia achieved a new purchase deal, raising the capacity from 100 ...
Lao agriculture atlas to help decision-making towards SDGs
A new first of its kind atlas detailing data on changes in agricultural production across the country was launched in Vientiane on Thursday. The ‘Atlas of Agriculture in the Lao PDR – Patterns and Trends between 1999 and 2011’ is intended to serve in planning, decision-making, ...
Singapore hopes to be part of Laos’ growth story: PM Lee
Laos’ leaders have ambitious plans for the country, and Singapore hopes to be part of Laos’ growth story, Prime Minister Lee HsienLoong said on Tuesday. Speaking at an official dinner at the Istana for visiting Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith, Mr Lee noted that Singapore ...
Agriculture ministry, FAO, WFP ease COVID-19 food insecurity impacts
Food Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations, the World Food Programme (WFP) are cooperating with the Lao Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry to draft a response plan and provide direct assistance to farmers continuing to produce food for their communities. FAO, WFP now are completing ...
Times Reporters
Govt attempts to rebuild flood victims’ lives amid budget constraints
The government estimates that about 3 trillion kip is needed to repair the damage caused by recent flooding and to restore flood-hit communities to normal. The impacts of disasters are a major challenge for Laos in working towards poverty eradication, with many families now lacking housing ...
Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth
Lao, Thai discussions advance ICT cooperation
Lao and Thai government representatives met in Vientiane on Friday to review and discuss the development of the information and communications technology (ICT) and digital innovation sectors.More ...
Vientiane Times
Benefits flow as nation, World Bank join hands on water management
The World Bank has approved more than 207.2 billion kip (US$25 million) of additional financing for the Mekong Integrated Water Resource Management Project (MIWRM) in Laos. This additional support will continue to improve the country’s national water resource management systems. The Ministry of Finance and the ...
Vietnam offers aid to victims of dam collapse in Laos
Deputy Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung on July 26 handed over 200,000 USD in aid relief from the Vietnamese Government to Lao Ambassador to Vietnam Thongsavanh Phomvihane in order to help the country in the aftermath of the collapse of the Sepien-Senamnoi hydropower dam. Keep reading ...