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The National Assembly (NA) has approved the Brou as an official ethnic group of the Lao nation, and with this approval, the country will comprise 50 ethnic groups.The NA gave approval at its ongoing session yesterday following the proposal from the government, which has included ...

(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 ...

The economy, social affairs, the environment, and other cross-cutting aspects of governance were the focus of talks between the government and its development partners at their two-day Round Table Meeting, which continues today.Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment, Dr Kikeo Chanthabouly, and UN Resident Coordinator ...

Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith has told the National Assembly (NA) that his government will do more to improve the business environment after Laos’ global ease-of-doing-business ranking fell 13 places.More ...

VIENTIANE, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) — Lao Minister of Energy and Mines Khammany Inthirath told the National Assembly that inspection teams have completed checks on 20 dams with another 50 yet to be carried out, and the teams plan to finish their work at all dams ...

(KPL) The Export-Import Bank (EXIM) of Thailand on Nov 30 opened its Vientiane-based representative office to support the Lao government’s policy on trade and investment integration into the Mekong sub region which covers Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.More ...

THE TAP-WATER business in Laos’ top tourist destination Luang Prabang has enormous potential for growth due to the rapid expansion of tourism, a high-speed rail project in the works and high demand for water utilities across the country, according to Exim Bank and Thai investors ...

Health authorities say they will continue to develop the capacity and knowledge of doctors and nurses, aiming to improve the quality of health services.But they conceded that doctors’ knowledge in specialist fields was limited, including the ability to detect and identify diseases as well as ...

Laos will work with other Asean countries to develop regional policies on ‘green’ industries during a three-year period from 2018 to 2020. However, training people in the relevant skills for work in this area is a challenge in Laos.More ...

The government has saved more than 3.5 trillion kip (almost US$419 million) by preventing the money being spent on overvalued projects, a minister has told the National Assembly.The artificially inflated costs were revealed during an inspection into state-funded projects, Minister of Public Works and Transport ...