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Farmers get access to agro forecasts
Farmers and agricultural experts across the Lao PDR will now have easy access to more detailed agro-metrological weather forecasts. The newly launched Climate Service for Agriculture (CSA) programme will keep them up-to-date.Two-day training sessions are being organised across the country by the National Agriculture and ...
Times reporters
Climate Investment as FAO Supports Lao PDR’s national scale mapping and prioritization contributing to Paris Agreement reporting
Implementation of the Lao PDR’s NDC priorities in agriculture and natural resources sectors and national investment pipelines were the focus of the consultation workshop in the capital city Vientiane.Contributing to the design and capacity for reporting on NDC for the agricultural sector, the workshop was ...
KPL
Pheuksa Garden hosts Hmong New Year event
Pheuksa Garden hosted an event last week to celebrate the Hmong’s New Year and provide an attraction as part of the Lao Visit Laos (Lao Thiao Lao) tourism promotion campaign. The event took place over three days from December 11-13 at Pheuksa Garden in Danxy ...
Souksamai Boulom
ACMECS countries call for COVID-19 vaccines to be public goods
The Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (ACMECS) countries on Wednesday called for COVID-19 vaccines to be public goods.The leaders of the ACMECS countries of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam made the call during the 9th ACMECS summit held via video link.“In combating COVID-19, the ...
Xinhua
Human Rights, Equality and Participation: Turning the COVID-19 Crisis into an Opportunity
Every year on 10 December, the world celebrates Human Rights Day, acknowledging the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948.The UDHR is a milestone in the evolution of human civilization that sets out a broad ...
KPL
Vang Vieng Expressway Contractor Clarifies Delay
The contractor responsible for the Vientiane to Vang Vieng Expressway has confirmed the road will be open for use by 31 December this year.Motorists flocked to Vang Vieng on the occasion of the country’s 45th National Day, a public holiday, expressing disappointment that the highly ...
Phayboune Thanabouasy
Vietnam to buy more electricity from Laos amid projected energy shortage
Vietnam is keen to import more electricity from Laos to address its projected energy shortages, according to a senior official.Deputy Minister of Energy and Mines Dr Daovong Phonekeo told Vientiane Times on Wednesday that Vietnam is purchasing electricity from energy plants built by Lao and Vietnamese investors.“From ...
Times Reporters
Japan Supports Improving Basic Education for Ethnic Minority Children in Oudomxay
(KPL) The Government of Japan has provided grant assistance worth over USD 514,000 to support basic education for ethnic minority children in the northern province of Oudomxay.The project entitled “Basic Education for Ethnic Minority Children in Oudomxay Province” aims to improve the quality of basic ...
KPL
Laos to Disconnect Unregistered SIM Cards this Month
(The Laotian Times) Laos is to begin disconnecting all unregistered sim cards this month in line with an announcement made in July this year.According to a notice issued by the Lao Ministry of Post and Telecommunications, all phone numbers across the country must now be properly ...
Phayboune Thanabouasy
Covid-19 measures update: Entry from outbreak countries banned
Vientiane Times – The government will no longer issue entry visas for people travelling to Laos from countries with a community outbreak of Covid-19, the national taskforce has announced.The move is part of new measures being imposed until December 31 to prevent and control the ...
