Aid and development
Bilateral development assistance
Forensic investigators receive training in Korea
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) is supporting Lao police to attend a Capacity Building Programme for Forensic Science and Crime Investigation Technology, in the Republic of Korea.KOICA has invited 15 officials from the Ministry of Public Security to attend the ...
Keoviengkhone Bounviseth
Korea International Cooperation Agency supports capacity building for labour inspectors
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) has been hosting a series of fellowship programmes to improve the capacity of Lao labour inspectors through enhanced background knowledge and practical case studies.The initiative is scheduled to run for three years from 2018 to ...
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China to assist 30 Lao villages to improve infrastructure
VIENTIANE, April 10 (Xinhua) — China will assist 30 villages in northern Laos’ Luang Prabang Province and central Vientiane Province to improve infrastructure.A meeting minutes of site inspection over feasibility study of the China-aided poverty reduction demonstration villages project in Laos was signed on Tuesday ...
Lu Hui
Japanese govt further supports private sector, Japanese investment in Laos
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Japanese government has approved a new Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) project through the Laos-Japan Human Resource Development Institute (LJI) to support development of the private sector and Japanese investments in Laos.The new project for Capacity Development of Business Professionals ...
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US$4 million in Korean tech for preventing infectious disease outbreaks
The government of the Republic of Korea has forecast a budget of around US$4 million in additional assistance to Laos from 2019-2023 to improve information technology in preventing the spread of infectious diseases.A signing ceremony for the assistance took place on Friday in Vientiane between ...
Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth
Japan Funds Health Centres, Water Supply System Construction Projects
(KPL) The Japanese government has provided grant assistance worth over USD 414,000 for three health center projects and four water supply system projects through its Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP).The grant contracts were signed at the Japanese Embassy in Vientiane Capital on ...
KPL
Laos, US celebrate 5-year cooperation on trade facilitation, economic integration
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Laos and the US celebrated the successful completion of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) LUNA II project to boost Lao trade facilitation and economic integration at a ceremony in Vientiane on Friday.The event, co-chaired by Minister of Industry and ...
Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth
Japan grants over US$ 8.9m for Lao development
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Japanese government has agreed to provide grant aid of over 76 billion kip (US$8.9 million) for four projects of country development.A signing ceremony for the Exchange of Notes on Four Grant Aid Projects was held at the Ministry of Foreign ...
Times Reporters
Australian-Lao research partnership driving agricultural development
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) is continuing cooperation with the Lao government to study more productive and sustainable agricultural systems in response to challenges facing developing countries.According to the Centre, Australia is providing AUD 4.8 million in support ...
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Korea vows ongoing helping hand for Lao rural development
The Korean government is continuing to back rural development in Laos with the aim of supporting the country’s efforts to graduate from Least Developed Country status.The Korean government’s rural development project is concentrating on the capital Vientiane and villages in the provinces of Vientiane and ...
Phomphong Laoin