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Fun, fanfare, festivities in store at Boun That Inghang
Domestic and international tourists alike are expected to enjoy a variety of colourful activities at the famed Boun That Inghang festival in Kaysone Phomvihane city, Savannakhet province next week.The Boun That Inghang festival will be held from December 17-22 with local authorities putting in a ...
Times Reporters
Lao garment industry continues to face challenges
VIENTIANE TIMES/ANN: Local clothing manufacturers are encountering ongoing hurdles to survive and thrive, according to the Association of the Lao Garment Industry.Customers want quality products and the manufacturers hold little power to bargain as their costs rise while the prices received remain constant, the association’s ...
Vientiane Times
Nation’s first biomass tech information centre opens in Xaythany
Laos’ first official Biomass Technology Information and Learning Centre (BTILC) opened on Monday in Vientiane aiming to promote the production of solid bio-fuel for energy generation to replace fossil fuel usage.More ...
Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth
Nation’s visitor shortfall put down to multiple causes
Annual visitor arrivals are expected to reach just 4 million, well short of the government’s target of around 5 million to mark its Visit Laos Year 2018, a minister has told the National Assembly.Causes of the visitor shortfall included natural disasters across many provinces and ...
Times Reporters
Food Safety Discussed
(KPL) More than twenty representatives from different ministries have learned the situation and impacts of unsafe food, and the responsibility of relevant authorities at a workshop supported by the Newzealand Foreign Affairs and Trade Aid Programme.More ...
KPL editor
Bicycle ride, cultural events add to Luang Prabang tourist attractions
Authorities in Luang Prabang province are organising a bicycle ride and cultural events for tourists in the middle of December. These activities will close out the city’s programme for Visit Laos Year 2018. More ...
Times reporters
Visit Laos Year arrivals likely to fall short of target
The number of overseas visitors to Laos is expected to reach just 4 million this year, well short of the government’s Visit Laos Year 2018 target of 5 million visitors, according to officials tracking the numbers.An official with the Tourism Research and Administration Division, Ministry ...
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Laos, China strengthen ties in tourism, investment
Ten northern areas of Laos will further strengthen business cooperation with China’s Yunnan province, especially in the fields of tourism, trade, economics, and investment.Ahead of Visit Laos-China Year 2019, the Laos-China Cooperation Committee is meeting in China so that business operators from the two sides ...
Souksamai Boulom
Time-honoured wax castle procession pays homage to That Luang stupa
Thousands of Buddhists decorated their colourful pasaatpheung (wax castles) with candles, flowers, money and incense as they joined the annual procession yesterday to pay homage to the That Luang stupa.The wax castle procession left from Vat Simeuang temple to wait at Vieng Chalern Road while residents of ...
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Xayaboury festival to infuse visitors with ancient tea, colourful blooms
Drinking tea sourced from over 1,000-year-old trees, admiring colourful flowers and other activities will be the highlights at next month’s Dokdai Dokdaeng Festival in Doykao village, Xaysathan district, Xayaboury province.More ...
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