More than 100,000 hectares of forests in Luang Namtha province were destroyed by bushfires that raged for more than a month, officials have said. The Director of the Agriculture and Forestry Department of Luang Namtha, Mr Phimkeo Thamlasing, told Vientiane Times on Tuesday that the fires spread from ...

ລົດໄຟໂດຍສານສາຍທຳອິດທີ່ແລ່ນຢູ່ເທິງລາງລົດໄຟລາວຽ-ຈີນ ຊຶ່ງໄດ້ມີການກຳນົດເປີດນຳໃຊ້ໃນວັນທີ 2 ທັນວານີ້ ຄາດວ່າຈະເດີນທາງມາເຖິງວຽງຈັນໃນວັນສຸກ ທີ 15 ຕຸລານີ້. ທ່ານ ພັນຄຳ ວິພາວັນ, ນາຍົກລັດຖະມົນຕີໄດ້ຢືນຢັນໃນອາທິດແລ້ວນີ້ວ່າ ເສັ້ນທາລົດໄຟລາວ-ຈີນຈະເປີດເປັນທາງການໃນວັນທີ 2 ທັນວາເຖິງວ່າຢູ່ທ່າມກາງການລະບາດຂອງພະຍາດໂຄວິດ-19ກໍຕາມ. ອຳນາດການປົກຄອງຕ່າງໆໄດ້ວາງແຜນການເປີດການນຳໃຊ້ພາຍໃຕ້ເງື່ອນໄຂການປະຕິບັດມາດຕະການການຄວບຄຸມພະຍາດລະບາດ ເພື່ອຮັບປະກັນຄວາມປອດໄພຂອງທຸກຄົນທີ່ກ່ຽວຂ້ອງ. ອ່ານເພິ່ມເຕີມ  ...

Local labour authorities around the country need to quickly implement government measures to assist the unemployed and help cushion inevitable job losses in the months to come, according to a leading official. Director-General of the Department of Labour Skill Development at the Ministry of Labour and ...

China and Laos have witnessed rapid development in economic, trade cooperation in the past years, evolving from simple commodity trading to a higher level of cooperation. On 21 November 2015, Laos’ first ever satellite was launched into space from Xichang satellite launching center in China. Earlier ...

ພິທີເປີດເສັ້ນທາງລົດໄຟ ລາວ-ຈີນ ຈະເລີ່ມໃຫ້ບໍລິການ ຂົນສົ່ງທັງຜູ້ໂດຍສານ ແລະ ຂົນສົ່ງສິນຄ້າໃນວັນທີ 3 ທັນວານີ້. ປັດຈະບັນການທົດສອບທັງໝົດຂອງທາງລົດໄຟໄດ້ສຳເລັດແລ້ວ ແລະ ລົດໄຟພ້ອມແລ້ວທີ່ຈະໃຫ້ບໍລິການໃນວັນສຸກທີ່ຈະມາຮອດນີ້ ອ່ານເພິ່ມເຕີມ  ...

Laos’ northern 230 KV grid was put into operation on 29 November, a major boost to the country’s building of a unified high voltage grid. The project was constructed by China Southern Power Grid and it is one of the China-Laos cooperation projects within the Belt ...

Laos on 10 December officially exported its first batch of rice to China, marking the start of rice exportation to China. A ceremony on the event was held in Laos’ southern Savannakhet Province on 10 December. Addressing the ceremony, Lao Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Phet Phomphiphak said ...

Laos, a country of 6.8 million people roughly the size of China’s southern autonomous region of Guangxi, is often overlooked in China’s outreach to Southeast Asia. This year marks the 10-year anniversary of the upgrading of Chinese-Lao relations to a comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership and ...

149 cases of dengue fever have been reported in the last nine days, with two deaths attributed to the disease. According to a report by Lao Post, more than 1,000 cases of dengue fever have been confirmed in Laos this year. The Centre of Information and Education for Health, ...

Laos is riding high as largest coffee exporter in ASEAN followed by Vietnam in second place and Thailand third according to figures compiled by the Lao Ministry of Planning and Investment. Coffee is among Laos top export income earners in terms of agricultural commodities, earning ...

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Lao villagers displaced by construction of the Xayaburi Dam, a hydropower project on the Mekong River in northwestern Laos, are struggling to survive in resettlement towns three years after being moved, saying  they lack sufficient farmland and water to support themselves, Lao sources say. Construction began ...

For almost a decade, Laos has been warned that its extravagant spending spree on infrastructure carried enormous financial risks that threatened to undermine its sovereignty and efforts to raise living standards among the poor. Those warnings fell on deaf ears as Vientiane — hell-bent on becoming ...

EVN urged the MoIT to review and submit to the Prime Minister the proposal to import electricity from the Trong Son Wind Power Plant, including additional planning for transmission lines. The purchase price for electricity from this project is 6.95 cents/kWh, equivalent to about VND1,700/kWh. The ...

A feasibility study for a railway linking the Lao capital of Vientiane with Vung Ang seaport in central Ha Tinh province of Vietnam has begun, a senior Lao official has said. The study of the 550km-long rail line is set to take about two years to ...

The Beijing-backed and financed China-Lao high-speed railway’s official inauguration was planned for December 2021, symbolically opening coincident with the 46th anniversary of the founding of communist rule in Laos. But the Covid-19 crisis has caused delays in the 414-kilometer railway’s construction, with progress on the link ...

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The government of Laos has declared victory over Covid-19 following the discharge of all 19 confirmed cases from hospital, with no new cases for 59 days. Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith announced at a press conference yesterday that Laos had “gained an important victory in the first ...

Laos is pursuing more capacity building in the development of both its legislation and human resources in its continued fight against corruption. High-level officials from the State Inspection and Anti-Corruption Authority relayed the country’s efforts in an address at a workshop on using financial investigation, ...