VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Faculty of Environmental Sciences at the National University of Laos (NUOL) is reporting substantial progress in its project to build capacity in technical knowledge for environmental impact assessments (EIA). The project, running from 2018-2020, has been developing EIA training courses and textbooks ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Laos and Russia have agreed to work together in the areas of trade, economics, and scientific and technical cooperation to further their bilateral relationship.Lao Minister of Planning and Investment, Dr Souphanh Keomixay, and Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Ministry of Industry and Commerce is encountering hurdles in stabilising the prices of goods in Laos as most are imports from Thailand, according to a ministerial report.The commerce ministry unveiled the report on the administration of goods prices and imported ...

Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Industry and Trade (VietinBank) has inaugurated the headquarters in the Lao capital Vientiane, a move that comes amid increasing cooperation between Laos and Vietnam in the banking and finance sectors.VietinBank opened its first branch in Laos in 2012, which ...

For over a month now, a group of Hmong individuals residing in the jungle of Northern Laos has been living under attacks by the Lao military forces. The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) has been sharing updates about their struggle daily on its Hmong Timeline, ...

The government has discussed policies and approved priorities for this year as it attempts to steer the country on a path of sound economic growth.According to a media release from the Prime Minister’s Office, the monthly government meeting, which took place on January 24 and ...

VIENTIANE (Xinhua) — The concrete casting for the last pier understructure of LuangPrabang railway bridge has been successfully completed, laying down all the foundation construction work of the two cross-Mekong River super major bridges along the China-Laos railway.More ...

(KPL) Farmers in two villages of Hinboun district, Khammuan province, have taken control of a new irrigation system built by the Theun-Hinboun Power Company (THPC).Nateuy and Nongdong villages now each have 300 metres of upgraded irrigation facilities, servicing a combined area of 60 ha of ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Lao Furniture Association has asked authorities to do all they can to assist with the shipping of wood and furniture products purchased by foreign customers at exhibitions in Laos.Lao wood and furniture producers have been facing major challenges in exporting ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – A large number of Lao businesses that produce goods for the domestic market are at a disadvantage because nothing has been done to control the influx of illegally imported goods.“Many Lao firms are suffering from lost business because they can’t compete ...

Lao authorities have adopted measures that will allow easier access to credit and give added protection to minority investors in moves set to improve the country’s overall business environment.Accessing credit and protecting minority investors are two of the 11 indicators which the World Bank uses ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The injection of bank credit into the economy continues to slow despite government measures to improve the investment climate for the private sector. According to a recent government report, credit growth further moderated to 3.13 percent over the past three months of this ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Low rainfall and high temperatures are destroying the crops of Lao farmers across the country against the backdrop of an ongoing drought in the Southeast Asian region.Analysts say the lowest seasonal rainfall in decades will not only have a severe impact ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Lao government has agreed to work with an Australian company to conduct testing into the ability of the soil wetting agent “NSA Wilt Stop” to control fungal diseases in Lao banana plantations.The Department of Agriculture under the Ministry of Agriculture ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Investment Reform Map (IRM) is an important mechanism for the development of investment policies to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) and can assist countries that want to develop and attract investment.Speaking last week at the opening ceremony of a consultation ...

(KPL) Malaysian Ambassador to the Lao PDR Mr. Mohd Aini Atan met with Minister of Labour and Social Welfare Dr. Khampheng Saysompheng to inform the minister that the Malaysian government has provided USD100,000 as relief aid for flood victims in Laos.More ...

State employees are banned from circulating and distributing or even destroying classified documents of the nation as such acts could result in damaging national security and social order.The Minister of Home Affairs, Mr Khammanh Sounvileuth, presented a new draft documentation law for debate during the ...

The United States government has confirmed continued support of US$14.5 million for MAG Laos to conduct survey and unexploded ordnance (UXO) clearance operations in seven target districts of Xieng Khuang province.More ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Laos has vowed to continue cooperation with international partners in addressing challenges in wildlife law enforcement, with the country still at risk of illegal trading.More ...

Representatives from development partners, line departments of the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare and the provinces met on Thursday in Vientiane to review efforts on increasing employment opportunities in rural areas. The ‘Project Steering Committee Meeting on National Rural Employment Strategy in the Lao PDR ...