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VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Laos and Yunnan province of China have agreed on a cooperation plan to promote development in northern Lao provinces aiming to strengthen ties between the two countries.The agreement was signed at a meeting to coordinate cooperation between the northern provinces of Laos ...

The National Assembly (NA) on Wednesday held a formal review to assess the performance of state officials they have appointed as the government looks to speed up implementation of the 8th five-year national development plan.At the event, which took place during the 8th session of ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Lao Statistics Bureau in cooperation with Statistics Korea yesterday officially launched the LAOSIS website (https://laosis.lsb.gov.la) to provide a convenient one-stop service for a full range of major Lao statistics.The site features easy and convenient search functions, a broad range of easy-to-comprehend ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Lao enterprises will find it easier to use the securities market as a platform to mobilise investment after the National Assembly approves the amended Law on Securities, according to the top official of the Bank of the Lao PDR.The central bank ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Ministry of Finance has ruled that village authorities have no right to impose their budget plans independently as they are part of the state administration and subject to implementing the budget law.Minister of Finance, Mr Somdy Douangdy signed the ministerial decision ...

Laos and the Republic of Korea (ROK) have signed three memorandums of understanding (MOUs) to further strengthen their cooperation. The MOUs on port management information, intellectual property, technical cooperation and vocational cooperation were signed on the occasion of the bilateral meeting between Lao Prime Minister Thongloun ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The government is closely cooperating with Australia on human resource development and implementation of the development strategy in this field.The topic was discussed at the third annual National Human Resource Development (HRD) Dialogue in Vientiane recently.Attended by about 60 participants from government ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Foreign diplomats on Friday met with President Bounnhang Vorachit, Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith and other Party and state leaders to extend their best wishes to Laos as the country celebrates the 44th anniversary of the foundation of the republic.At a meeting held ...

BUSAN, Nov. 27 (Yonhap/KPL) — The leaders of South Korea and the five Mekong nations agreed Wednesday to prioritize cooperation in seven fields, stepping up efforts for synergy between Seoul’s development experience and Mekong’s huge growth potential.The seven sectors are culture and tourism, human resources ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Laos and Hungary signed an agreement last week to further strengthen their cooperation in food safety.The agreement was signed during a visit to Hungary by Deputy Prime Minister Dr Sonexay Siphandone, who is also Minister of Planning and Investment, according to ...