Cooperation urged to reduce country’s malnutrition rate
Nutrition officials under the Ministry of Health have been advised to boost cooperation with development partners and local administrations to reduce the malnutrition rate in the country.More ...
Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth
Progress in Laos-China refinery project delayed
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – A Lao-Chinese fuel refinery has postponed its production plan for the second time since 2017 due to problems by investors in obtaining capital from China to complete construction. The refinery, to be operated by the Laos-China Dongyan Petrochemical Co., Ltd., has ...
News Desk
Japan Team to Support Lao Table Tennis
Japanese professional table tennis team, Okayama Rivets, has donated table tennis gear to the Laos Table Tennis Federation, saying it will continue to support Laos improve its table tennis industry.Okayama Rivet, established in 2018, is Okayama-based table tennis team that plays in Japanese professional table ...
Taejun Kang
Laos’ economic growth robust, but at risk due to high public debt: WB
Economic growth in Laos has seen robust expansion compared to regional peers but the country is still at risk due to high public debt, with growth in the share of debt on less concessional terms, according to the latest edition of the World Bank’s Lao ...
Vientiane Times
South Korea pledges more support for Laos
President Moon Jae-in of the Republic of Korea told Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith in Singapore this week that Korea will extend further support and assistance to Laos, the Lao Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.More ...
Souksakhone Vaenkeo
New ambassadors appointed to overseas missions
President Bounnhang Vorachit on Friday appointed two new Lao ambassadors to head the diplomatic missions in Cambodia and Germany.More ...
Times Reporters
Laos needs digital technologies to drive development
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Laos needs to urgently capture the powers of digital technologies to stimulate economic development and to be adequately equipped to rise above challenges as they arise in the future.This was the message from the Deputy Minister of Science and Technology, Mr ...
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Ministry publicises law on Laos' overseas representatives
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a meeting on Friday to explain the Law on Overseas Representative Agencies of the Lao PDR to its civil servants. Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr Saleumxay Kommasith presided over the meeting.The National Assembly approved the law at its ordinary session ...
Times Reporters
Laos heading for half year trade surplus
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Laos is likely to enjoy a trade surplus of about US$121 million for the first six months of the year, even as the government is predicting an overall trade deficit of around US$259 million for 2019.Projected exports for the first six ...
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http://annx.asianews.network/content/laos-heading-half-year-trade-surplus-99327
Laos - Canada to further political consultation cooperation
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Laos and Canada have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on political consultation and cooperation between Laos’ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development.More ...
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Laos’ Government Commits To Tackle Illegal Wildlife Trade During Greater Mekong Transboundary Meeting
(KPL) WWF today (September 6) congratulated the Government of Laos for hosting a key regional meeting on transboundary illegal wildlife trade and for its commitment to tackling wildlife crime that threatens endangered species such as the elephants, tigers, bears and pangolin.More ...
KPL
Laos, Vietnam cooperate in tropical ecology
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Ministry of Science and Technology will continue collaborating with the Vietnam-Russia Tropical Centre in the field of tropical ecology research, to advance the good relationship between the three countries.The message was delivered by the Minister of Science and Technology, Prof. ...
Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth
http://annx.asianews.network/content/laos-vietnam-cooperate-tropical-ecology-101964
Vietnam extends scholarship programme for Lao students
The Vietnamese government is continuing its support programme by providing 1,273 scholarships for Lao students and officials to study in Laos and Vietnam this year.The details were revealed in an official report tabled at a meeting in Vientiane yesterday to highlight achievements in cooperation and ...
Times Reporters
Laos, Vietnam enhance financial cooperation strategies
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Finance ministries of Laos and Vietnam have committed to further enhancing the implementation of strategic cooperation in the finance sector with both sides having signed for 2016-2020 and settling on several focuses for improvement.This year, Vietnam is also set to ...
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Lao, Vietnamese business associations ink pacts
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Lao and Vietnamese business associations are set to cooperate with each other to promote stable and sustainable growth of the Lao economy as part of their shared goal to achieve prosperity.The Young Entrepreneurs Association of Laos (YEAL) and the Vietnam ...
Bounfaeng Phaymanivong
Business training seeks to boost Lao productivity
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Hundreds of business sector representatives from five provinces of Laos have benefited from a training course on professional employee development aimed at boosting efficient management in their workplaces.Since 2016, more than 500 participants from various companies in Laos have been professionally ...
Bounfaeng Phaymanivong
http://annx.asianews.network/content/business-training-seeks-boost-lao-productivity-102734
VN implements biggest mining project in Laos
VIENTIANE — The Lao Government and Việt Phương Group (VPG) from Việt Nam on Tuesday signed a contract for exploiting and processing bauxite ore and building an alumina factory in Laos’ Sekong province. With total investment of about US$650 million, this will be Việt Nam’s biggest ...
VNS
Laos initiates reform of public investment management
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Government officials gathered with representatives of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Japanese Embassy to Laos in Vientiane on Friday to discuss improvements in the field of public investment management (PIM).Participants discussed the structure of the proposed committee to lead ...
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http://annx.asianews.network/content/laos-initiates-reform-public-investment-management-101013
Laos receives FAO Model Farmers Award
Laos was one of five countries in the Asia-Pacific region to receive a 2018 FAO Model Farmers Award, with the awards ceremony held at the FAO regional office for Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok on October 19.The award recipients for 2018, which are given ...
Times Reporters
Laos attends supreme audit congress in Russia
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – More than 600 participants from 168 institutions which are members of the International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) attended the International Congress of Supreme Audit Institutions (XXIII INCOSAI) XXIII in Russia recently.The Lao delegation attending the meeting was led by ...
Times Reporters
http://annx.asianews.network/content/laos-attends-supreme-audit-congress-russia-105752