Law and judiciary
Crime and law enforcement
Authorities prepare to crack down on illegally-imported vehicles
The Customs Department is in the process of enforcing a notice issued by the Ministry of Finance on June 27 regarding a resolution on illegal vehicles imports from abroad.More ...
Somsack Pongkhao
Authorities eye harsher fines for drunk, speeding drivers
Vientiane authorities have proposed a 10 to 20 times increase in the fines issued to drunk and speeding motorists, to be implemented in four stages, after raising the matter at the Vientiane People’s Council.More ...
Vientiane Times
Ten-fold traffic fine plans target drunken, speeding drivers
Vientiane authorities will soon commence imposing ten-fold fines on drunk drivers and speeding motorists in the capital with the aim being to reduce road-related accidents, injuries and fatalities. The Traffic Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security and Vientiane authorities have a plan to ...
Vientiane Times
Drug abuse a danger as PM rekindles suppression drive
Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith has called for a collective national effort to join with the international community in the fight against the illicit drug trade and decrease substance abuse.More ...
Vientiane Times
Money laundering prevention links Lao, US efforts
Government officials from Vientiane and Champassak province recently met in Luang Prabang and Champassak to discuss anti-money laundering efforts. More ...
Vientiane Times
Attapeu authorities seize another illicit cargo of wood
Attapeu provincial authorities last week found yet more illegally harvested wood, in this case maikha young (rosewood), when they stopped a bus driven by a Vietnamese national en route for Vietnam. At 7:30pm on June 14, officials from the provincial Forestry Inspection Department teamed up with local ...
Vientiane Times
Lao drug traffickers arrested near border with Vietnam
Dien Bien (VNA) – Three Lao nationals were caught red-handed trafficking 10 bricks of heroin, 31,000 meth pills, 2 kg of opium and four guns near the shared border with Vietnam on June 11.More ...
VietnamPlus
Drug trade widespread despite crackdown, minister says
The trade in illegal drugs and the abuse of drugs is widespread and is poised to increase, despite efforts to suppress the scourge, a minister told the National Assembly (NA) yesterday.More ...
Vientiane Times
Smuggled Pangolins from Laos Seized in Mekong River
Thai authorities have rescued 40 live pangolins that were being smuggled in a boat from Laos to Thailand. The pangolins were found in sacks aboard the vessel that had crossed the Mekong River. The animals are said to have been bound for restaurants and traditional medicine shops ...
The Laotian Times
Attapeu police seize 2 tonnes of illegally harvested timber
Attapeu provincial police on Monday stopped a bus driven by a Vietnamese national passing through the Phoukeua international checkpoint into Vietnam, and confiscated a large amount of illegally harvested timber that was hidden inside the bus.More ...
Vientiane Times
