Small and medium enterprises (SME)

The first Lao International Food Expo expects to expand local business export opportunities and encourage enterprises to expand distribution networks for their food products.Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, Chairman of the Pas Project Company, Mr Souknikorn Lathsavong, said the expo will be held ...

CHAMPASSAK, Laos (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Lao National Chamber of Commerce and Industry is expanding the Small and Medium Enterprises Service Cente (SSC) to Champassak province to strengthen the capacity of SMEs in the four southern provinces.Senior officials from the SME Promotion Department of the ...

Vehicles regularly carry goods into Laos from the sea port in Thanh Hoa province of Vietnam, about 250 kilometres from Huaphan province. The amount of incoming traffic is not large but the border is heavily congested with trucks ferrying goods into both countries.More ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The government will upgrade the trade facilitation framework to international standards by May, a top official informed a workshop on Friday.The improvement will be based on the principles, requirements, and conditions outlined in the framework of the Standards to Secure and ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Lao Development Bank (LDB) is partnering with the Laos-Japan Human Resource Development Institute (LJI) to boost capacity building for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Laos.A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) under the cooperation of the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Lao Development Bank and the Lao National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LNCCI) agreed yesterday to set up a consultation desk for SMEs at the Chamber.The consultation desk will provide small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with advice regarding various challenges ...

The government will introduce a single window customs system in the coming weeks to facilitate import and export procedures, which it is envisaged will help to improve the overall business environment.Vehicle importers will be the first group to benefit from the Lao National Single Window ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Lao Securities Exchange (LSX) will continue to inform the public about stock market operations through regular cooperation with regional and international partners, to promote development of the stock market.Many Lao people still don’t understand the procedures involved in stock market ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Lao authorities say there will be no alteration of the import policy on motorbikes including tax rates despite some calls for change with motorbike sales on the wane.“The government’s motorcycle import policy is not changing this year. The import tax as ...

(KPL) Many local residents and foreigners turned out at Chao Anouvong Park on Jan 23 for the 14th Lao Food Festival which has drawn more than 180 booths of local and foreign cuisines, agricultural products and handicrafts.Scheduled for Jan 23-26, starting from 8:00 am to 10.00 ...