Government

Laos, Brunei highly value bilateral ties

Visiting Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith and His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah have said they highly value the friendly relations and cooperation between their two countries.The Lao premier made an official two-day visit to Brunei Darussalam from February 16-17 at the invitation of the Bruneian ...

Times Reporters

Laos, China ink US$4.5 million deal on cooperation projects

The Lao and Chinese governments have signed a funding agreement designed to finance a range of projects under the Mekong-Lancang cooperation framework.Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Thongphan Savanphet, and Chinese Ambassador to Laos, Mr Jiang Zaidong, on Friday signed the agreement on the Mekong-Lancang ...

Ekaphone Phouthonesy

Civil servant recruitment must be ‘fair, just, qualified and open”: PM

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith has told ministries and other state entities to ensure that recruitment of new civil servants this year is carried out in a ‘fair, just, open and qualified’ manner.The premier recently issued Decision No. 5 allocating a certain ...

Souksakhone Vaenkeo

Lao State Workers Go Without Salaries, Even After PM’s Directive to Pay Them Monthly

State employees in many provinces of Laos have not received their January salaries in violation of a recent government mandate that the workers be paid on the 25th of every month, indicating that the directive may be a toothless effort to resolve a longstanding problem ...

RFA’s Lao Service

Laos' Bank corrects issues surrounding land tax payments

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Banque pour le Commerce Exterieur Lao Public (BCEL) is updating its database after some users of its online tax payment system found that details relating to their land titles were incorrect.More ...

Souksamai Boulom

Lao PM: Downsize state organisations, cut civil servant numbers

Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith yesterday told the Ministry of Home Affairs to speed up work to downsize state organisations after learning that many state departments are too large and employ too many civil servants.Laos currently employs 184,871 civil servants, representing 2.8 percent of the entire ...

Souksakhone Vaenkeo

Laos' PM to visit Brunei to strengthen bilateral cooperation

Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith will lead government officials on an official visit to Brunei from February 16-17. The two-day visit by Mr Thongloun and his delegation is in response to an invitation from His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah.The purpose of the visit is to further ...

Sisay Vilaysack

Laos - Canada to further political consultation cooperation

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Laos and Canada have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on political consultation and cooperation between Laos’ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development.More ...

News Desk

Tariff cuts have no significant impact on revenue collection in Laos

The government is still expecting the customs sector to play a key role in generating income even though Laos has eliminated import tariffs on most goods from Asean member countries.According to information from the Ministry of Finance, the government is expecting the customs sector to ...

Ekaphone Phouthonesy

Civil servants in Laos surplus to requirements: survey 

The number of civil servants employed in many state departments is far in excess of requirements, resulting in a heavy burden on the state in terms of expenditure on salaries, supporting allowances and related costs, a survey has found.Many departments and divisions were found to ...

Souksakhone Vaenkeo

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