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VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Department of International Trade Promotion, Thai Ministry of Commerce, in collaboration with The Federation of Thai Industries introduced the Bangkok RHVAC 2019 and Bangkok E&E 2019 fairs to Lao entrepreneurs in the hope of attracting more visitors from Asean countries.The ...

(KPL) The Laorealestate.la Expo 2019, the first of its kind, will be held at the Don Chan Palace Hotel on 1st and 2nd of March with more than 40 property companies expected to join the event.More ...

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 price of rice dropped at the end of last year in Laos with farmers managing to supply enough rice even after their crops were hit by floods. The cost of polished sticky rice grades A and B in Vientiane dropped about ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The fair is held annually to boost productivity and to expand market access for Lao furniture makers.The Lao Furniture Association is hoping that the Lao Wood Furniture Fair taking place at Lao-ITECC in Vientiane from January 12-20 will boost the sale of ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN)  – The secretariat for the improvement of regulations and the coordination mechanism for business activities in Laos has passed an action plan aimed at removing obstacles within 10 indicators that affect ease of doing business.The action plan was cleared at a meeting ...

Officials in charge of Lao heritage affairs are proposing the listing of a cave in Huaphan province as a national heritage site after historical evidence proved the existence of ancient humans there.More ...

The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and Ministry of Energy and Mines met yesterday to discuss the final report of a project to write a master plan for Integrated Water Resource Management in the Nam Ngum River Basin. The project is funded by grant aid of ...

MAG Laos has been granted more than 38 billion kip (US$4.5 million) in funding from the United Kingdom government for its unexploded ordnance (UXO) operations in Laos.With the grant, MAG will conduct UXO clearance for 13 months in the districts of Nonghet, Khoun and Phaxay ...

(KPL) The Japanese government has provided grant assistance worth USD 89,195 for “the Project for Improvement of Japanese language Center” at the Nongbone Secondary School in Vientiane Capital through its Grant Assistance for Cultural Grassroots Projects.More ...