India is poised to include Laos in plans for a global electricity grid, in response to an evolving energy security architecture. The country will present proposals for the grid at the second general assembly of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) to be held in New Delhi from October ...

With the concrete beam of the last span over Mekong River put in place, the main section of Luang Prabang cross-Mekong River railway bridge has been completed on Sunday, seven months ahead of schedule. The closure of the Luang Prabang Mekong River Super Major Bridge, one ...

The Lao Women’s Union member committee and development partners met on March 7 to discuss women’s economic empowerment and gender equality as well as sustainable environmental protection. Meanwhile, the meeting was also timed to celebrate the 107th International Women’s Day on March 8. Participants from several ...

The Lao Securities Commission Office is advising people considering making deposits with financial institutions to make a careful assessment before going ahead. Various financing companies in Laos are encouraging people to deposit with them by offering a higher rate of interest than that provided by banks ...

An aerial view from the China-Laos border to the capital Vientiane reveals a ruled, comparatively straight line embedded into northern Laos, laid among the foothills, crossing gullies, rivers and fields, and with small arcs bypassing villages. It’s the China-Laos railway project, a landmark construction project in ...

NEWS flow on the construction of the China-Laos railway is giving confidence that the mega infrastructure will be on track for completion in December next year, and Laos will reap vast economic benefits from the project. Last month, the Laos-China Railway Company announced that the boring ...

Up to 30 Lao workers building a nearly completed railway project that will connect landlocked Laos with China say that they have not been paid in three to four months, because their Chinese employers left the area and went home early this year amid the ...

The Ban Ladhan Mekong River Super Major Bridge on Wednesday (April 1) achieved its main section closure over the Mekong River, and thus, major engineering works on both cross-Mekong bridges along the railway have been completed. According to the Laos-China Railway (LCRC), a joint venture in ...

Laos has started building a railway station in Vientiane to service rail links with China slated to being operating next year. Laos and China hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for the project in the Lao capital on Friday, the Vientiane Times reported. The station is a main hub for the ...

The power supply project for the China-Laos railway, which was fully carried out on Wednesday (March 18), lays foundation for its scheduled operation in 2021. Along all the four bidding sections of the project in northern Laos, Chinese and Lao engineers cast concrete to cement the ...

Construction of the Laos-China railway was 89.43 per cent complete as of the end of May with Lao authorities calling for the project developer to progress work according to plan. General Manager Xiao Qianwen of the Laos-China Railway Co, Ltd. (LCRC), a joint venture based in ...

The Laos-China Railway Co., Ltd. (LCRC), a joint venture based in Lao capital Vientiane in charge of the construction and operation of the railway, told Xinhua on Thursday that, all its beams of the two cross-Mekong River bridges have been installed. With the last 24-meter prestressed ...

Most of the stations on the Laos-China Railway are now complete ahead of the planned opening of the railway in December. Kasy Station in Vientiane province was the most recent to be completed and was officially unveiled on Sept 27. The station was built by the China ...

Lao Airlines will schedule an additional two flights daily on the Vientiane-Luang Prabang route for the five day Lao New Year holiday, a Lao Airlines marketing official said. This year, we plan to add two more flights for Vientiane-Luang Prabang, increasing the number of flights ...

ບາງກອກ, 24 ຕຸລາ 2018: ກະຊວງຖະແຫຼງຂ່າວ, ວັດທະນະທຳ ແລະ ທ່ອງທ່ຽວ ສປປ ລາວ ຮ່ວມກັບຫ້ອງການປະສານງານການທ່ອງທ່ຽວແມ່ຂອງ ເປີດຕົວ Inspiring Laos, ເວັບໄຊໃໝ່ເພື່ອສ້າງແຮງຈູງໃຈສຳລັບດຶງດູດນັກທ່ອງທ່ຽວໃຫ້ເຂົ້າມາທ່ຽວ ສປປ ລາວ. ໃນບັນດາຫົກປະເທດໃນອະນຸພາກພື້ນແມ່ນ້ຳຂອງ, ລາວມີຈຳນວນນັກທ່ອງທ່ຽວຫຼຸດລົງໃນຊ່ວງສອງປີຜ່ານມາ.ອ່ານຕໍ່ ...

Lao state media reported Tuesday that a woman who was arrested in Laos last week for criticizing the government on Facebook has confessed to her crime. In a Facebook Live video last week, Houayheuang Xayabouly, known by her nickname Mouay, had slammed the Lao government’s slow ...

The Lao government has renewed a policy that rewards veterans who excelled in the revolutionary fight for national liberation, with targeted groups to be awarded under the new system. Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong last month inked the eight-page governmental decree to replace the previous one promulgated ...

Laos has started releasing around 1,136 cubic meters of water per second from its dams to the Mekong River to help Vietnam’s southern region cope with severe drought and saltwater intrusion, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The country planned to keep doing so ...

The government has granted approval for the development of the Champa Nakhone Specific Economic Zone in Pakxe district within the Special Economic Zone of Champassak province. The signing ceremony was attended by Deputy Prime Minister Dr Sonexay Siphandone, Company President Mr Laty Sisouphannavong and other provincial ...

Deputy Prime Minister Somsavat said SEZs still had strong potential for growth and called on the associated sectors to discuss detailed plans to advance the sector and not only contribute to overall development but also help to boost the growth of the industry and service ...