According to the Japanese Embassy in Vientiane on August 18 the Japan government has provided grant assistance worth over US$570,662 for Mechanical Cluster Submunition Clearance in Xieng Khuang province. This project will accelerate UXO clearance with a Cluster Submunition Clearance Machine which cuts bush around a site ...

Reported leaks at the sides of the Nam Theun 1 Hydropower dam under construction in Laos were not a cause for concern and were normal when a dam began storing water, Electricity Generating Plc president Thepparat Theppitak said on Monday. EGCO, a subsidiry of the Electricity ...

The Bank of the Lao PDR has warned the public to be on the alert for individuals or companies that illegally convince people to deposit their money or buy shares in business schemes, lured by the promise of high returns or interest rates. The pledging ...

The number of patients checking in to receive advice and treatment at government hospitals continues to decline because healthcare services were lacking in quality. Minister of Health, Associate Prof. Dr Bounkong Syhavong made the admission at a signing ceremony for construction of a patient’s service ...

The concrete casting for the first block of the Luang Prabang cross-Mekong River super major bridge’ continuous beam along the China-Laos Railway was completed on Sept. 17, the Chinese contractor told Xinhua on Saturday. Yan Haiyong, CPC party secretary of the China Railway No.8 Engineering ...

The boring of tunnels for the Laos-China railway is expected to begin in the next few weeks following a groundbreaking ceremony to kick off construction of the project in December last year. The tunnel entrances have been earmarked and concreted in preparation for boring, the ...

As the section of the China-Laos Railway that is within Chinese territory, the Yuxi-Mohan railway will serve as a significant link for China to reach land-locked Laos. In addition to helping promote the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area (CAFTA), the railway will also greatly benefit the local economy and ...

Gary Tucker was attending a conference on monkeys used in medical research when he spotted some uninvited guests: agents with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.  As they walked in and out of the Colorado hotel, Tucker, an executive at a monkey import company, hid in ...

The Nam Ngum 1 Hydropower Plant in Vientiane province will increase its generation capacity by more than 80MW after the seventh and eighth generators of an expansion project are completed later this year. The project is now more than 80 percent complete, a Nam Ngum ...

The Government of Germany has supported the implementation of two joint projects between Cambodia and Laos and between Cambodia and Thailand, on natural resources management in the Mekong River Basin. According to the Mekong River Commission (MRC), the projects aim to better manage natural resources and ...

ວຽງຈັນ (ວຽງຈັນທາມສ໌/ANN) – ສະຫະພາບຢູໂຣບ (ອີຢູ) ໄດ້ໃຫ້ທຶນຊ່ວຍເຫຼືອຈຳນວນ 8 ລ້ານຢູໂຣ ເພື່ອສະໜັບສະໜູນໂຄງການໃໝ່ໃນເຈັດປະເທດ ລວມທັງປະເທດລາວ, ເພື່ອເປັນໜຶ່ງໃນບາດກ້າວການສ້າງຄວາມເຂັ້ມແຂງໃຫ້ແກ່ລັດຖະບານ ໃນການແກ້ໄຂບັນຫາການຄ້າສັດປ່າ ແລະ ອາດຊະຍາກຳປ່າໄມ້.ສຳລັບປະເທດລາວ ໄດ້ດຳເນີນກິດຈະກຳການລິເລີ່ມລະດັບຊາດຂອງອີຢູ ທີ່ມີຊື່ວ່າ ຄູ່ຮ່ວມງານເພື່ອຕ້ານອາດຊະຍາກຳກ່ຽວກັບສັດປ່າ ເຊິ່ງຈັດຂຶ້ນໃນວັນເສົາຜ່ານມານີ້ ທີ່ສູນຟື້ນຟູສັດປ່າ ບ້ານເກີນ ແຂວງວຽງຈັນ.ອ່ານຕໍ່  ...

Many farmlands of people in Thathom district, Xaysomboun Province have been flooded following the bust of the under construction Nam Ao Hydropower Project on Sep 11.Keep reading ...

Mekong water levels in central and southern provinces are still lower than warning levels despite heavy rain that struck the region this month. The water level of the Mekong in Vientiane on August 23 was about 10.30 m which decreased from 11 m on August 22 and was ...

Implementation of the revenue collection and expenditure plan, the auction of wood impounded by the government, and the upgrade of wood processing plants dominated the monthly government meeting on March 15. Other hot topics tabled at the two-day meeting included the export of wood, a ...

ພາຍໃນງານທ່ານຈະໄດ້ພົບກັບປຶ້ມອ່ານນັບ 1,000,000 ຫົວ ຈາກທັງພາຍໃນ ແລະ ຕ່າງປະເທດ ໂດຍສະເພາະຈາກບັນດາປະເທດໃນອາຊຽນ ລວມກວ່າ 200 ບູດ ແລະ ກິດຈະກຳສົ່ງເສີມການອ່ານ ທີ່ມວນຫຼາຍໄດ້ລ້ານ ແລະ ກິດຈະກຳອື່ນໆອີກຫຼາກຫຼາຍ.ງານຈະຈັດຂຶ້ນໃນວັນທີ 7-17/03/2019 ນີ້, ທີ່ສູນການຄ້າສາກົນ ເວີເທຣດ ເຊັນຕີ (WTC) ຖະໜົນຄູວຽງ, ນະຄອນຫຼວງວຽງຈັນ.ອ່ານຕໍ່ ...

ໂຮງໝໍມະໂຫສົດ ດຳເນີນການຮ່ວມມືກັບຜູ້ຊ່ຽວຊານຈາກບັນດາປະເທດໃນກຸ່ມອາຊຽນ ກໍຄືປະເທດໄທ ເພື່ອແນໃສ່ຍົກລະດັບການປິ່ນປົວຄົນເຈັບທີ່ມີບັນຫາເລື່ອງທໍ່ສົ່ງນ້ຳບີ.ການຮ່ວມມືດັ່ງກ່າວແມ່ນແນໃສ່ຍົກລະດັບການປິ່ນປົວພະຍາດ ໂດຍການພັດທະນາທັກສະຂອງແພດລາວ ໃນການນຳໃຊ້ອຸປະກອນການສ່ອງກ້ອງແບບໃໝ່ ເພື່ອຮອງຮັບຈຳນວນຄົນເຈັບທີ່ມີບັນຫາກ່ຽວກັບທໍ່ສົ່ນ້ຳບີທີ່ເພີ່ມສູງຂຶ້ນໃນທົ່ວປະເທດ.ອ່ານຕໍ່ ...

ລະດັບການຂາດສານອາຫານຍືດເຍື້ອໃນລາວໄດ້ຫຼຸດລົງຈາກ 44% ໃນປີ 2012 ມາເປັນ 33% ໃນປີ 2017. ເຖິງຢ່າງໃດກໍຕາມ ລາວກໍຍັງຄົງເປັນປະເທດທີ່ມີອັດຕາການຂາດສານອາຫານສູງສຸດໃນພາກພື້ນອາຊີຕາເວັນອອກສຽງໃຕ້ ເຮັດໃຫ້ການບໍລິໂພກສານອາຫານທີ່ມີຄຸນນະພາບຂອງພົນລະເມືອງລາວເປັນບັນຫາທີ່ທ້າທາຍ.ນີ້ແມ່ນໃຈຄວາມຈາກກອງປະຊຸມວິຊາການກ່ຽວກັບການທົບທວນສະຖານະປະຈຸບັນຂອງການເພີ່ມສານອາຫານໃນອາຫານ ແລະ ແນໃສ່ຂັ້ນຕອນເລີ່ມຕົ້ນໃນການຕັ້ງມາດຕະຖານສຳລັບການເພີ່ມສານອາຫານໃນອາຫານໃນລາວ.ອ່ານຕໍ່ ...

ກຸ່ມບໍລິສັດບໍລິການ ONYX, ໜຶ່ງໃນທຸລະກິດການໂຮງແຮມຊັ້ນນຳຂອງພາກພື້ນ, ເປີດເຜີຍໃນວັນອັງຄານຜ່ານມາກ່ຽວກັບຂໍ້ຕົກລົງການຈັດການຮ່ວມກັບບໍລິສັດການລົງທຶນ, ພັດທະນາ ແລະ ກໍ່ສ້າງອາຊີປະຈຳລາວ (AIDC) ໃນການກໍ່ຕັ້ງໂຮງແຮມອາມາຣີແຫ່ງໃໝ່ໃນໃຈກາງນະຄອນຫຼວງວຽງຈັນ.AIDC ແມ່ນທຸລະກິດຮ່ວມລົງທຶນ ແລະ ກໍ່ສ້າງຂອງກຸ່ມບໍລິສັດຕັງຊາຣອນ, ຜູ້ຮັບເໝົາກໍ່ສ້າງໂຮງແຮມອາມາຣີວັງວຽງ ທີ່ໄດ້ເປີດຕົວໃນຕົ້ນປີນີ້.ອ່ານຕໍ່ ...

ວຽງຈັນ (ວຽງຈັນທາມສ໌/ANN) – ອັດຕາການຂະຫຍາຍຕົວທາງເສດຖະກິດທີ່ຫຼຸດລົງເຮັດໃຫ້ເກີດຄວາມກັງວົນວ່າປະເທດລາວ ຈະບໍ່ສາມາດບັນລຸເປົ້າໝາຍການຂະຫຍາຍຕົວໃນອັດຕາສະເລ່ຍ 7.2%  ຕາມແຜນພັດທະນາເສະຖະກິດສັງຄົມແຫ່ງຊາດຫ້າປີ ສຳລັບປີ 2016-2020.ອັດຕາການຂະຫຍາຍຕົວດ້ານເສດຖະກິດຂອງລາວໃນຊ່ວງສີ່ປີຜ່ານມາແມ່ນໄດ້ພຽງແຕ່ 6.7% ເຊິ່ງຕ່ຳກວ່າລະດັບຄາດໝາຍທີ່ໄດ້ຜ່ານການຮັບຮອງໂດຍສະພາແຫ່ງຊາດ.ອ່ານຕໍ່ ...

Only certain species of trees grown in managed plantations may be exported, not all species, the government spokesman said last week. Eucalyptus and kathinnalong trees whose trunks measure 12 centimetres or less may be felled for export but trees with larger trunks must not be used ...