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Vientiane’s water utility company, Nampapa Nakhone Luang, is currently installing a new pump to draw water up from the Nam Ngum river as some areas of the capital are facing water shortages.In particular, parts of Xaythany, Xaysettha and Chanthabouly districts do not have sufficient water, ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The National Economic Research Institute has a new chief with Acting Director General of the National Economic Research Institute, Dr Leeber Leebouapao, appointed to the post of Director General to replace the retiring Mr Bouasone Bouphavanh.An official announcement of the appointment ...

Cambodia’s Meal Temple Group has launched its new DriveUp ridesharing service in Laos, becoming the second player in the country after locally-grown LOCA.Meal Temple, which was established in 2013, made its first foray into Laos in July by purchasing an existing food delivery service mobile application, MyDelivery, ...

Villagers near Don Sahong Dam, a major dam on the Mekong River in Laos, have reported smaller fish catches as it nears completion.The dam, slated to conduct its final testing phase by early next month, will be operational by the end of the year.Don Sahong ...

Thirty families in Sonkhuaneua village, Huameuang district, Huaphan province are in need of household equipment, clothes, rice, and construction materials after they lost their homes in a fire on Tuesday.Head of the district Public Security Office, Lieutenant Colonel Phengsy Malatsomvang, told Vientiane Times that 30 families of ...

The already exceptionally low level of the Mekong and some of its tributaries is expected to become lower still as October is just the start of the dry season, according to a senior official in charge of river flow monitoring.“The rainy season has come to ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Lao National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LNCCI) and the European Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the Lao PDR (ECCIL) have officially launched a Child Labour Free Certification Service.Vice President of LNCCI and President of the Association of the ...

VIENTIANE, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) — Chinese and Lao officials signed a document for carrying out China aid projects for poverty alleviation in Laos on Wednesday in Lao capital Vientiane.Wang Qihui, economic and commercial counsellor of the Chinese Embassy in Laos and Saysana Sithiphone, chief cabinet ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Sinxay Secondary School and Sanaphon Primary School joined others from across the region to receive an Asean Eco-School Award at a recent ceremony held in Siem Reap, Cambodia.This was the third biennial Asean Eco-School Award ceremony to be held, to highlight ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Australian government has provided more than 25 billion kip (AUD4.2 million) to improve equitable access and use of safe sanitation and hygiene in Savannakhet province.A Memorandum of Understanding was signed recently between the Head of Savannakhet province’s Health Department, Dr ...