Forest cover is expected to increase to 68 per cent of the country’s land area by 2020, slightly below the target of 70 per cent, the latest report on the matter suggests. A 2015 survey revealed that forest cover stood at 58 percent. With an annual ...

Laos kicks off its Asean chairmanship on 26 February with an agenda-setting foreign ministers’ retreat in Vientiane, its capital on the east bank of the Mekong River. Analysts say this year could be a coming of age for the “lower-middle income economy”, where poverty continues to be ...

While Vientiane has been improving its drainage network, the water quality in drainage canals and marshes is still declining relative to other cities in Asean, an audience including the city’s Vice Mayor heard in the capital yesterday.Increased discharge of domestic wastewater from urban areas is ...

Laos and Cambodia have agreed to continue to strengthen cooperation and to develop land links to enhance trade and investment between the two nations. The plans arose from a meeting between Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith and his Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen when Mr Thongloun visited Cambodia ...

ອີງ​ຕາມ​ການ​ສໍາ​ຫຼວດ​ແຫ່ງ​ຊາດ​ໃນປີ 2014 ກ່ຽວ​ກັບ​ການ​ໃຊ້​ຄວາມ​ຮຸນ​ແຮງ​ຕໍ່​ແມ່​ຍິງ, ຫຼາຍ​ກວ່າ 30% ຂອງ​ແມ່​ຍິງ​ທີ່​ເຄີຍ​ເປັນ​ຄູ່​ຮ່ວມ​ງານ​ຢູ່ ສ​ປ​ປ ລາວ ໄດ້ປະສົບກັບຄວາມ​ຮຸນ​ແຮງ​ທາງ​ຮ່າງ​ກາຍ, ທາງ​ເພດ ຫຼື ​ທາງ​ຈິດ​ໃຈ ຈາກ​ຄູ່​ຮ່ວມ​ງານ​ຂອງ​ຜູ້​ຊາຍ​ໃນ​ຕະ​ຫຼອດ​ຊີ​ວິດ. ໃນລະຫວ່າງການປິດເມືອງເພື່ອປ້ອງກັນການແຜ່ລະບັດຂອງພະຍາດ COVID-19 ໃນປີກາຍນີ້, ສູນໃຫ້ຄຳປຶກສາ ແລະ ປົກປ້ອງ LWU ໄດ້ລາຍງານການເພີ່ມຂຶ້ນສາມຫາຫ້າເທົ່າຂອງຈໍານວນຄົນຜູ້ທີ່ໂທເຂົ້າສາຍດ່ວນ ເພື່ອຂໍຄຳປຶກສາ ແລະ ຮ້ອງຂໍການຊ່ວຍເຫຼືອ. ວິທີການເລົ່າເລື່ອງ ກໍແມ່ນວິທີທາງອ້ອມເພື່ອສະກັດເອົາຄວາມເຂົ້າໃຈຂອງປະຊາຊົນກ່ຽວກັບບັນຫາ. ໂດຍການຂໍໃຫ້ປະຊາຊົນ ແບ່ງປັນເລື່ອງລາວຈາກຈິນຕະນາການຂອງຕົນ, ຈາກປະສົບການຊີວິດ, ຊຶ່ງສິ່ງດັ່ງກ່າວໄດ້ກາຍເປັນພື້ນທີ່ທີ່ປອດໄພເພື່ອສ້າງຄວາມເຂົ້າໃຈຊຶ່ງກັນແລະກັນ ແລະ ແລກປ່ຽນປະສົບການຕົວຈິງຂອງເຂົາເຈົ້າ. ອ່ານເພິ່ມເຕີມ ...

Laos, often called the “Battery of ASEAN”, will live up to its name by supplying ASEAN power at a critical time, when energy demand in the region’s fast growing economies threatens shortages amid several infrastructure and urbanisation projects, pledged Laos Vice Minister for Energy Viraphonh Vilavong. Thailand, which ...

The first bridge span of the China-Laos railway has been built over the Mekong River in northern Laos, the Laos-China Railway Co., Ltd., which is in charge of the construction and operation of the railway said on Tuesday. Accordingly, the China Railway No. 8 Engineering Group ...

Work on a fifth bridge linking Laos and Thailand across the Mekong River has begun after a construction agreement was signed in December. The bridge, which will take 36 months to build, will connect Bolikhamxay province in Laos to Thailand’s north-eastern province of Bueng Kan. Local daily ...

Authoritarianism in Laos is at the root of illegal land grabs, land grievances, and ongoing human rights violations. The upcoming elections in Laos are unlikely to change this. International business stakeholders, however, can do more to support local communities and uphold fundamental human rights. The Lao ...

Vietnam’s electricity firm EVN has signed five new deals to buy electricity from Laos starting from next year, the state-run company said. The southeast Asian nation faces severe power shortages from 2021, as demand outpaces construction of new plants, with demand expected to exceed supply by ...

Laos has huge potential in developing tourism sites, with a number of incentives introduced to boost investment in the sector. Deputy Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism Mr Ounethouang Khaophanh said investors were welcome to invest in developing and operating tourism sites in line with ...

The Lao government is pushing ahead with more hydroelectric dams despite uncertainty about Thailand’s willingness to purchase the electricity they generate, Lao officials and others with knowledge of the situation said. Laos has 78 dams in operation and has signed memorandums of understanding for 246 other ...

The World Bank has provided financing of more than 250 billion kip (US$31 million) to Laos, to implement the Lao Southeast Asia Disaster Risk Management project. The project will invest in urban flood risk management in Oudomxay province, and in more reliable hydro-meteorological services across ...

Hongsa Power Co., Ltd. has built 136 houses and other essential infrastructure to accommodate people who had to move from their homes in Kiewngiew village, Ngeun district, Xayaboury province, when the company extended its mining operations. The 136 new houses have electricity and water connections, while ...

The wind speeds in some parts of Attapeu province are sufficient for the development of wind power in the neighbourhood however wind turbines are not yet seen there. Director of the provincial Energy and Mines Department Mr Vithaya Phommachanh told Vientiane Times on 10 February that there ...

Thailand will raise concerns about its current drought during a Mekong River Commission meeting expected next month, the Thai water-resources chief said, as local farmers complained that dams in China were choking the waterway on which millions depend for their livelihoods. Somkiat Prajamwong, director of Thailand’s ...

Laos exported as many as 50,712 workers in the fiscal year that ended in September, including 27,176 females, official statistics show. Most of the workers obtained jobs in Thailand, while just over 50 people found employment in Japan, according to statistics from the Ministry of Labour ...

Four ‘Friendship Bridges’ span the wide majestic Mekong River as it creates a meandering borderline between Thailand and Laos but just how friendly are these border bridges? When the first bridge opened back in 1994, spanning the river between Nong Khai in Thailand and Vientiane province ...

Laos and Russia have agreed to strengthen their cooperative relations in areas related to politics and military capabilities as well as economics, trade, investment and technology. The agreement was reached during the bilateral talks held between Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr Saleumxay Kommasith and his Russian ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Lao counterpart, Choummaly Sayasone, sent each other congratulatory messages on 21 November to mark the successful launch of a Lao communication satellite with a Chinese carrier rocket. The satellite, Lao Sat-1, was launched on 21 November at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center ...