Infrastructure

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Authorities have told villagers and organisations whose property stands in the path of the planned expressway in Vientiane to declare the assets they will lose and to submit a compensation claim by the end of this month.Xaysettha and Xaythany district authorities ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The government will invest more funds to expand the Chinaimo water supply facility so that a sufficient amount of clean water is available to Vientiane residents. The project is now undergoing the final detailing after the government of Japan agreed to approve ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The budget arm of Singapore Airlines, Scoot, is ready to launch Singapore-Laos flights in April with tickets starting at US$88, it announced yesterday. Scoot will fly from Singapore to Vientiane to Luang Prabang on a circular route. It will depart from Singapore ...

The railway project that would link landlocked Laos with China has been touted as a benefit to the Lao economy because it will lower the cost of exports and consumer goods while boosting socioeconomic development in the impoverished nation of nearly 7 million people.But the ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Laos expects to see more than 10 percent growth in the construction sector this year with the government putting in place measures to address business financing and stimulate the economy.The trend is being driven by factors such as investment in services, ...

Construction of an expressway linking the city centre to the outskirts is expected to begin next month, a senior government official has said.The 15.2 km expressway is expected to ease congestion and meet the capital’s growing need for faster and smoother transportation.More ...

(KPL) The Department of Bridges and Roads has said it needs 1,200 billion kip to implement 20 projects and 148 contracts on road repair and construction nationwide.Of the needed funding, 869 billion kip is needed for road repair and renovation, 251 billion kip for road ...

(KPL) Some 238 people’s lives have been claimed in road accident during the celebration of New Year 2019 in Vientiane. Yet the death toll represents a decrease of 5 per cent as compared to last year.This year witnessed a 36 per cent decrease in the ...

The cost of freight services in Laos would be much lower if the government allowed foreign firms to provide these services, a new study suggests.The study, sponsored by the World Bank Group and international development partners in Laos, shows that the cost of freight services ...

(KPL/VNA) The Vietnam-funded radio and television broadcasting station was put into operation in Laos’ central province of Savannakhet on Dec 25 after three years of construction.The 10,000-sq-m facility was built at a total cost of nearly 115 billion VND (4.9 million USD) as the Vietnamese ...