Investment
Investment policy and regulations
Improving ease-of-doing-business ‘progressing well’: minister
Strong action is being taken to improve Laos’ ease-of-doing business (EDB) climate, the Minister of Planning and Investment told a meeting last week.More ...
Souksakhone Vaenkeo
Centara to Open Three More Hotels in Laos in 2020
Centara, Thailand’s leading hospitality group led by Suthikiati Chirathivat, Chairman of the Board, has inked a management MOU with Asia Investment, Development & Construction Sole Co., Ltd (AIDC), a well-established investment and construction company in Laos. The agreement paves the way for Centara to enter into management agreements for three ...
The Laotian Times
Govt turns off pumps for new fuel importers, exporters
The government will not consider new investment proposals from businesses wanting to set up fuel import/export operations, a senior official at the Ministry of Industry and Commerce official has said.More ...
Times Reporters
Commerce ministry postpones new business registration system
The Ministry of Industry and Commerce has postponed the implementation of a new business registration system which Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith had requested in February.More ...
Ekaphone Phouthonesy
Major to open new cinema in Laos
SET-listed Major Cineplex Group Plc, the operator of the country’s largest cinema chain, has clinched a deal with TK Group in Laos to open its newest cinema abroad, strengthening its position as a regionalMore ...
Nanat Suchiva
Propose law to promote public private partnerships, NA instructs
The National Assembly (NA) has told the government to formulate legislation to manage and attract more investment in the form of public-private partnerships (PPP), and Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) projects to drive development.More ...
Souksakhone Vaenkeo
Self-sustaining, pushing nation’s performance, PM calls business
The private sector is a key bulwark for the government’s efforts and achievements in performing its task as a facilitator for business and socio-economic development, Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith told members of the business community at the 11th Lao Business Forum yesterday. The Prime Minister ...
Vientiane Times
South Korea Eyes Strawberry Farm Project In Xiengkuang
On the 3rd of July, President of the South Korean Association of Arts and Culture Dr Yu Hian Suk and her delegation met with Acting Party Head of Xiengkuang Province Bounthon Chanthaphone to discuss the possibility of establishing a strawberry farm in Xiengkuang.More ...
The Laotian Times
