China starts exporting petroleum to Laos

BOTEN, Laos, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) — With over 64 ton diesel, handed over from PetroChina to a Lao company at Laos-China border, the first export of Chinese refined oil to Lao market was made on Wednesday.PetroChina International (Yunnan) Co. Ltd, a subsidiary of PetroChina group, ...

Yang Yi

Govt revokes import licence requirement for steel, cement 

As of next year steel and cement importers in Laos will no longer need an import licence after the government issued an order calling for an end to the licence requirement.The Ministry of Industry and Commerce has directed the departments of industry and commerce throughout ...

Times Reporters

Thailand will be both an importer and a co-distributor of electricity from Laos to Malaysia and Singapore

Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister said that Thai government has no means to increase the import of electricity from Laos, but instead to develop transmission lines to Malaysia and Singapore for power distribution.More ...

VOA editor

Thai Products Promoted In Laos

(KPL) Over 50 producers and entrepreneurs from southern provinces of Thailand have participated in the Southern Thailand Best Product @ Vientiane event held in Vientiane Capital. To be held through Sep 15 at Vientiane Center, Vientiane Capital, the exposition aims to promote trade and investment  More ...

KPL

China-SE Asia Expo kicks off to promote regional trade, investment 

The fifth China-South Asia Expo kicked off on Thursday in southwest China’s Yunnan province to promote trade and investment between China and countries in South and Southeast Asia. Deputy Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone led a Lao delegation comprising officials and businesses to the event, the ...

Vientiane Times

Laos prepares to export 12,000 tonnes of bananas to Russia 

Soukhoungheuang company plans to sell 12,000 tonnnes of bananas harvested from its farmland concession in Savannakhet province to Russia. The Vietnamese company plans to invest US$38 million in growing fruit trees on about 5,500 hectares in Nong district, Savannakhet province, and has cleared 1,900 hectares ...

Vientiane Times

More measures needed to check farm imports

The business sector and agricultural promoters have urged Lao authorities to increase measures to check the import of farm products through border crossings. Scattered imports through this channel are considered an obstacle to attracting investment and growth of the sector in the country. Vice President of ...

Vientiane Times

Borikhamxay makes strides in dealing with illegally imported vehicles

Over 600 vehicles that were illegally imported into Borikhamxay province have now been legalised, despite some challenges in the process, according to a committee in charge of the matter. A senior official on the committee, Mr Khamvaen Panyanouvong, told Vientiane Times on Friday that only 100 ...

Vientiane Times

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