Vientiane Times

Lao and Thai officials have agreed to continue cooperating in the labour sector aiming to ensure the legal status of Lao workers who can prove their identity in Thailand.Meanwhile, Lao authorities have promised to help illegal workers wanting to return home to acquire passports so ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Ministry of Industry and Commerce is on a mission to address the number of foreign-owned businesses which have opened their doors without the proper operating permit.The commerce minister, Mrs Khemmani Pholsena signed a ministerial advice on June 12, ordering provincial and ...

State employees are banned from circulating and distributing or even destroying classified documents of the nation as such acts could result in damaging national security and social order.The Minister of Home Affairs, Mr Khammanh Sounvileuth, presented a new draft documentation law for debate during the ...

The contractor rebuilding the 9.4-km road running from Tanmixay crossroads in Xaythany district to Sikeuth junction in Naxaithong district of Vientiane has confirmed the work will be completed by the end of this year.However, many people living along this road have called on the contractor ...

Products or services the government doesn’t promote, including alcoholic beverages, will be subject to higher taxes if a new law on excise duties comes into force in January 2020. In contrast, lower levies will be imposed on items such as fuel and motorcycles that the government ...

The government has projected that the country’s budget deficit for the first six months of this year could increase to as much as 1.16 trillion kip, intensifying budgetary tension against the backdrop of continuing revenue shortfalls.  If the money to pay the principal amount owed to ...

The government has highlighted the need to modernise the tax collection system and enhance transparency in the financial sector to boost national revenue, a senior official has said. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Somdy Duangdy presented a draft amended law relating to tax management ...

The government will reduce the budget deficit to zero by next year to ensure that the country’s high level of public debt can be repaid as p romptly as possible, Deputy Prime Minister Somdy Duangdy told the National Assembly (NA) last week.Mr Somdy, who is ...

The government will compile a medium-term plan for the development of human resources after hearing complaints from National Assembly members that Laos is facing a labour shortage in priority development areas.Addressing the National Assembly last week, Minister of Education and Sports, Mrs Sengdeuane Lachanthaboun, said ...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Laos and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Sweden last week signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that aimed to enhance cooperation between the two ministries and countries.Lao Ambassador to Sweden, Mr Bounpheng Saykanya represented Laos ...