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Experts assess progress in pest and pesticide management
Experts from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and their development partners met in Vientiane last Friday to review a project on pest and pesticide management.More ...
Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth
More talk on Pak Bang Dam, but is anyone listening?
THE THAI delegation at a meeting this week on a third dam planned for the Lower Mekong River at Pak Bang in Laos urged the Chinese project developer, Datang Corp, to conduct a transboundary study to resolve outstanding issues.More ...
The Nation
Chinese companies helping transform Lao economy
VIENTIANE – “Every project department of China Railway is ready to be dispatched at any time!”At the end of July, when a deadly flash flood swept through Attapeu province of southern Laos, China Railway, a Chinese company constructing the China-Laos Railway in the country, provided ...
Xinhua
Laos, partners pledge ongoing cooperation in Vat Phou restoration
Laos and its partners will continue to cooperate in restoring and sustainably preserving many ruined structures at the World Heritage site of Vat Phou Champassak, which combines aspects of Khmer architecture and the Hindu religion.More ...
Times Reporters
Govt struggles to legalise Lao workers in Thailand
Labour authorities will continue to work with their Thai counterparts to complete the registration of Lao nationals currently working illegally in Thailand. It is hoped the process can be completed next year, but some bureaucratic challenges have arisen.More ...
Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth
Many families believed to be below poverty line: minister
More families in provinces across the country are believed to have fallen below the poverty line as a result of this year’s floods – the worst in decades – a minister has told the cabinet.An initial report on progress made in poverty reduction indicated that ...
Souksakhone Vaenkeo
Drone owners advised of permit regulations
The Civil Aviation Department of the Public Works and Transport Ministry will soon issue a regulation on the operation of drones, with 33 devices already registered with the department.More ...
Times Reporters
Cooperative members still struggling to access low-interest loans
Members of rural cooperatives are finding it difficult to access low-interest finance, which hinders their ability to access markets, agriculture authorities reported at a workshop yesterday.More ...
Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth
South Korea pledges more support for Laos
President Moon Jae-in of the Republic of Korea told Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith in Singapore this week that Korea will extend further support and assistance to Laos, the Lao Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.More ...
Souksakhone Vaenkeo
Germany provides funding support for small businesses
The German government has agreed to give six million euros for the second tranche of the Lao Access to Finance Fund (LAFF) through the German Development Bank (KfW) for micro and small enterprises in Laos.More ...
Times Reporters