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VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Lao government has agreed to work with an Australian company to conduct testing into the ability of the soil wetting agent “NSA Wilt Stop” to control fungal diseases in Lao banana plantations.The Department of Agriculture under the Ministry of Agriculture ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Deepening reforms to improve the business environment, advance connectivity with neighbours and boost the productivity of local firms are essential to sustain strong growth in Laos.These are the key messages delivered by the World Bank in a statement titled ‘Doing business in ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Vientiane is making a strong contribution to the country’s efforts to restore forest cover to 70 percent of the total land area by the end of next year, a forestry official has said.Director of Vientiane’s Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Dr Sayla ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The collapse of saddle dam D at the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy hydroelectric power project in Attapeu province last year was not considered as “force majeure”, a senior government official said yesterday.Vice President of the National Investigation Committee (NIC) formed by the government to ...

Poor construction methods, with soil used in place of concrete, caused a fatal hydropower dam collapse last year in Laos, a panel of water experts has concluded, prompting a rejection of its findings by the South Korean firm that built the project.The disaster occurred on ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam will pursue their combined efforts to protect the diversity of agricultural crops through a new research project.This was the message from a member of the National Lao Academy of Social Science, Mrs Keophayvanh Duangsavanh, when she addressed ...

(KPL) The findings of an investigation conducted by a panel of professional and independent experts have suggested that the root cause of the saddle dam D of the Xepian- Xe Namnoy hydropower project is not force majeure.The National Investigation Committee revealed on Tuesday the results of the ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry achieved its 2018 target by creating an additional 153,000 hectares of agricultural land that can be farmed in the dry season.This figure equals an 83 percent expansion of dry season farmland land.In a recent report, ...

Heathfield International School Vientiane is yet another English-language based institution to open, with parents wanting their children to study the internationally accepted language. School chairman Mr Sounthone Phommachak unveiled the school’s method of operation last week when welcoming the Deputy Minister of Education and Sports, Ms ...

XIENG KHUANG, Laos (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Vinamilk, Vietnam’s largest dairy company, has teamed up with Lao and Japanese businesses to build an organic dairy farm and resort in Xieng Khuang province.Construction of the project officially kicked off on the Xieng Khuang plateau last week. The groundbreaking ...