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New law to provide proper settlement, jobs for displaced villagers 

A new law passed by the National Assembly (NA) on Friday will ensure the provision of new homes and permanent jobs for displaced villagers as well as those living in hardship areas, parliament members were told. Presenting the draft Law on Stability of Settlement and ...

Souksakhone Vaenkeo

Govt spends over 2.5 trillion kip on rural development

The government invested over 2 trillion kip in 1,600 projects relating to rural development and poverty eradication in 2016 and 2017, authorities in charge told the National Assembly (NA) recently. Assembly members and government officials are attending an ongoing ordinary session of the legislative body ...

Vientiane Times

Mongolia and Laos to improve inter-parliamentary cooperation

AKIPRESS.COM – Head of the Mongolia-Laos group in the Parliament, MP Yo.Baatarbileg received Laotian delegates led by Lao Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, member of the National Assembly of Laos, deputy director of the Laos-Mongolia group in the National Assembly Bounkhouang Khambounheuang, who is on ...

AKIpress editor

Tourism in Laos thriving, given small population size

The number of people visiting Laos is high compared to neighbouring countries if the nation’s population size is taken into account, as tourist arrivals are more than half the size of the total population of Laos. Although the number of visitors has dipped slightly, the ...

Vientiane Times

Railway compensation targeted for this month, Parliament told 

Compensation for people affected by the construction of the Laos-China railway and related facilities is expected to be paid out this month after a long delay, authorities in charge told the National Assembly (NA) last week.More ...

Souksakhone Vaenkeo

NA urged to scrutinise government’s performance

The National Assembly (NA) not only plays the role of decision-maker on fundamental issues affecting the country but is also tasked to oversee the government’s performance. Some 17 national projects proposed by government sectors have been approved by the Assembly’s Standing Committee over the past six ...

Somsack Pongkhao

PM: Railway will benefit economy, development

Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith has told a regional meeting in Japan that the Laos-China railway, which is part of the China-led Belt and Road Initiative, will greatly benefit Laos’ economy and overall development, Japan’s Nikkei reported yesterday. Given Laos’ goal of graduating from Least Developed Country ...

Vientiane Times

Gov’t Suggested To Use Reserve To Calm Down Rising Fuel Prices

(KPL) Economists have suggested it may be the time for the government to use its foreign reserve to ease rising fuel prices warning that implications from the rising prices could be high inflation.More ...

KPL editor

Parliament debates draft master plan on land use

Members of the National Assembly (NA) yesterday called for the government to better manage and properly allocate land for use for various purposes, as law makers debate the draft National Master Plan on Land Allocation.More ...

Vientiane Times

Govt urged to regulate use of pesticides, herbicides

The National Assembly has called on the government to take steps to control the chemicals used on farms and suppress the illegal import of herbicides and pesticides.More ...

Somsack Pongkhao

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