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Saysettha Development Zone aiming to register 20 companies by 2020

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Saysettha Development Zone (SDZ) in Vientiane will encourage more companies to invest in the complex, which now needs thousands of workers for the companies already present.“The zone will encourage more than 20 companies to invest in the SDZ by next ...

News Desk

US funds education about UXO dangers in Laos

More than 523,000 children in primary schools across the country are set to benefit from the ‘Comprehensive Mine Risk Education in Laos’ project funded by the United States’ Department of State.World Education Inc. and the Ministry of Education and Sports yesterday signed a Memorandum of ...

Times Reporters

Solar power on the cards for Thakhaek specific economic zone of Laos

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Lao authorities have given the go-ahead for a Chinese company to conduct surveys with a view to building a solar power plant at the Thakhaek Specific Economic Zone in Khammuan province.Total investment in the project is more than 385 billion kip ...

Keoviengkhone Bounviseth

Laos, Thailand seeks ways to improve land management

Representatives of the Lao and Thai governments are meeting in Vientiane to discuss land management with the aim of strengthening the regulations and preventing the misuse of land in Laos.More ...

Phomphong Laoin

Solar power farm to power Laos' Thakhaek SEZ

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – A foreign company will build a solar power farm on 54.2 hectares of land in the Thakhaek Specific Economic Zone (SEZ) in Khammuan province.A project development agreement was signed between the Executive Board of the Thakhaek Specific Economic Zone and Hainan ...

News Desk

SEZ import-export value hits US$679m in 2018

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The value of imports and exports from special and specific economic zones (SEZs) in Laos reached around US$679 million in 2018.The value of imports topped US$430 million, while the value of exports stood at US$249 million.More ...

News Desk

UK grants funding for UXO operations in Laos

MAG Laos has been granted more than 38 billion kip (US$4.5 million) in funding from the United Kingdom government for its unexploded ordnance (UXO) operations in Laos.With the grant, MAG will conduct UXO clearance for 13 months in the districts of Nonghet, Khoun and Phaxay ...

Keoviengkhone Bounviseth

App-facilitated Land Tax Payment Service Launched

(KPL) The Department of Tax has launched a system that ensures land tax payment isbank-based, safe, and fast.More ...

KPL editor

Vientiane residents call for more compensation for lost land

Many Vientiane residents whose property is affected by infrastructure development have refused the compensation offered, saying the amount is far too small.More ...

Souksakhone Vaenkeo

Lao Villagers Reject Plans For China-Invested SEZ

Lao villagers living in the scenic Vang Vieng region north of the capital Vientiane are blocking attempts to survey their land for foreign-invested development, fearing they will be displaced from their homes by a new Chinese tourism project, sources in the Southeast Asian country say.The ...

Ounkeo Souksavanh

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