Cambodia and Laos: The challenge of altering attitudes towards startups
Startups in Cambodia and Laos might be focussed on local problems, but meeting those needs could foster greater receptivity. At 15 million and seven million strong respectively, Cambodia and Laos both have in excess of 50 per cent of their people who are 24 or younger. ...
(English) Lao PM hails military ties with Vietnam
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NA President hails Laos-Cambodia bilateral relations, cooperation
The Lao side highly values the relations and cooperation between Laos and Cambodia, President of the National Assembly (NA), Ms Pany Yathotou told her visiting Cambodian counterpart Heng Samrin in their meeting yesterday in the capital. Mr Heng Samrin is paying an official goodwill visit ...
Laos registers trade surplus in first quarter
Laos has registered a US$95 million trade surplus in the first quarter of 2017 following an historic trade surplus over the 2015-2016 fiscal year, the government told the National Assembly this week. Officially-recorded export over 2017’s first three months was valued at US$1,212 million, while ...
Farmers Encouraged to Replace Tobacco Crops in Laos
Health officials in Laos have asked the government to encourage farmers to grow other crops as alternatives to growing tobacco. Deputy Minister of Health, Dr. Sanong Thongsana, has provided answers to questions by National Assembly members on Friday regarding the amendment of the draft law on ...
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(English) Southeast Asia’s biggest-ever drug warehouse raided by Vietnamese, Laotian detectives
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(English) Vietnam, Laos decide to expand ties in every area
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Minister hails Lao-Vietnamese communications cooperation
Laos and Vietnam have successfully cooperated in communications, especially human resources and ICT sector development, and will continue to do so, according to a leading official. The successful cooperation has highlighted at a press conference in Vientiane on Tuesday by Minister of Post and Telecommunications ...
Deadly flooding displaces thousands across Mekong region
Elderly residents and small children clung to inflatable tyres as soldiers and police used rope lines to bring them to safety beyond rising floodwater in Cambodia’s western province of Battambang, which is expected to worsen on Sunday. Hundreds of families in three Cambodian provinces – Pursat, ...
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Cambodia, Laos find common ground after border row
Cambodian Interior Minister Sar Kheng has met his Lao counterpart, just weeks after a row between the two countries saw Prime Minister Hun Sen deploy troops to the Stung Treng provincial border.Keep reading ...
Tourism training boost as Luxembourg, Switzerland fund human resource training
Funding for development of human resources in tourism and service sectors is on the rise thanks to a 140 billion kip (15million EUR) contribution from Luxembourg and Switzerland to a five-year project from 2017-2022. This project aims to improve vocational education and skills development in ...
Stateless Lao still struggling for basic rights in Thailand 40 years later
The 21-year civil war in Laos forced a large number of Lao people to seek refuge in Thailand, and many of them still live in the country today. Despite a long presence in Thailand, scores of them have not yet obtained Thai citizenship and are now more concerned ...
(English) Laos, Thai, Malaysia and Singapore power deal delayed
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Vietnam plans Hanoi-Vientiane highway project: report
Vietnam’s Ministry of Transport has started a feasibility study on a 760-kilometer highway to connect Hanoi and Vientiane, local media reported on 11 November. The study conducted by Transport Engineering Design Inc. will help decide whether the route should pass through Nghe An or Ha Tinh, two central ...
Lao Front discusses achievements, structural improvements
Achievements over the past year and approval of a new organisational structure are tabled for discussion by the Lao Front for National Construction this week at the Front Committee’s second ordinary plenary session of the Tenth Congress. The Committee has translated six strategic programmes adopted ...
ASEAN members discuss ICT development cooperation
Some 110 delegates from ASEAN member states met on May 9 in Vientiane to review progress and seek ways for future cooperation in Information and Communication Technology development. The three day meeting of the 2017 TELSOM-ATRC Joint Working Group and Related Meetings with Dialogue Partners taking ...
(English) China-Laos military relations deepen as Chinese increase economic, infrastructure investments
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Laos, Thailand move forward with bilateral cooperation
Laos and Thailand have made progress in their cooperation on border demarcation as well as collaboration in economic, health and social development efforts. This was the conclusion of the 20th Lao-Thai Joint Commission meeting held in Chiang Rai, Thailand, earlier this week, co-chaired by Laos’ Deputy ...
(English) Thais 'dress improperly' in Laos
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(English) Thailand apologises to Laos over football final drama
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