An unhealthy haze of smog has descended upon the capital city of Vientiane and air pollution has been noted in several other provinces around Laos.Concerned local and international residents have been monitoring the situation, posting online their own amateur updates on the local levels of atmospheric ...

(KPL) Provincial officials and community leaders met with the World Wide Fund for Nature in Laos (WWF-Laos) in Phiang district, Xayaboury Province on Feb 7, 2019 to review the outcome of the survey and mapping of household land use and holdings, income, and other socio-economic ...

The Bank of the Lao PDR must introduce more concrete measures to keep the value of the kip stable, otherwise the country will face a big challenge in keeping the cost of living at an acceptable level, according to a report from the Lao National ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Lao economic growth will remain moderate in 2019 and 2020, as expansion in the industry and services sectors softened in the first half of 2019 due to fewer international visitor arrivals, according to a new Asian Development Bank (ADB) forecast.Additionally, the ...

Lao and Malaysian student volunteers will be serving the community in Laos for two weeks under the 7th Joint Students Volunteer Mission conducted by the Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa (YSS) Student Volunteers Foundation.Under the project, 70 Malaysian student volunteers from higher learning institutions in Malaysia and ...

The Lao and Vietnamese governments are continuing to strengthen their cooperation in efforts to combat environmental crime, which is on the increase in both countries.This is one of the main themes being discussed at the consultation and experience sharing meeting between Lao and Vietnamese environmental ...

Laos’ first official Biomass Technology Information and Learning Centre (BTILC) opened on Monday in Vientiane aiming to promote the production of solid bio-fuel for energy generation to replace fossil fuel usage.More ...

Laos could serve as an internet cable connector within the region in the future thanks to its geographic location, an internet policy maker has said.“It is possible that Laos could be a regional internet land link,” Director General of the Lao Internet Centre, Mr Keovisouk ...

SIX MONTHS AFTER the Xe Pian-Xe Namnoi hydropower dam in southern Laos triggered floods that swept them from their homes, survivors are now suffering from dengue fever and malnutrition.More ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Luxembourg will continue to support Laos in its socio-economic development targeting the graduation from least developed country status by 2024, and sustainable development.The confirmation was made by Minister for Foreign and European Affairs, Jean Asselborn as the high-ranking official of the ...

The government has projected that the country’s budget deficit for the first six months of this year could increase to as much as 1.16 trillion kip, intensifying budgetary tension against the backdrop of continuing revenue shortfalls.  If the money to pay the principal amount owed to ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Local garment manufacturers can potentially utilise loans from the Lao Development Bank to upgrade their machinery and production technology to remain globally competitive, according to a leading industry figure.More ...

Laos will continue to work with its development partners including the International Labour Organisation (ILO) for the ongoing protection of workers’ rights and benefits.This was the message at the national launch of the ILO’s “Work for a Brighter Future” report at an event on Wednesday ...

Space data gleaned from satellites has been used to create a hypothesis on the cause of the collapse of the saddle dam D at the Xe Pian Xe Namnoy project in Attepeu province.Bangkok-based professor Richard Meehan from Stanford University in the United States’ has been investigating the dam’s ...

Laos and China will launch a major campaign this week to boost tourism cooperation between the two countries throughout 2019.Officials from the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other agencies met in Vientiane this week to discuss the details of ...

An estimated 25,000 people are being evacuated from a northern Cambodian province following extensive flooding due to the collapse of a massive hydropower dam in neighboring Laos. Authorities in Stung Treng province are attempting to evacuate towns and villages downstream from the dam, which has ...

The media is struggling to find the right terms for a number of words used in daily broadcasting and publication and is calling for the establishment of an official body to study and approve correct usage. Recognising the problem, Lao language experts, editors and reporters ...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry reviewed its work over 2018 and outlined the agenda for the year ahead during an annual summary meeting for the sector held in Vientiane on Monday.The meeting heard about ongoing efforts to enhance rice production, encourage commercial livestock rearing ...

Government officials from Vientiane and Champassak province recently met in Luang Prabang and Champassak to discuss anti-money laundering efforts. More ...

SAVANNAKHET, Laos (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Despite the passing of many years, today’s Laos is the product of a fascinating history which continues to enthrall its citizens and visitors.With the events of the 1960s and 70s largely hidden from world view, the secret war of those ...