High-ranking military officers of Vietnam and Laos have reviewed the implementation of cooperation programmes between the two countries’ armies at talks in Hanoi on 17 October. Keep reading  ...

The Minister of Public Works and Transport of Laos, Mr. Viengsavath Siphandone, met with Thailand’s Minister of Transport, Mr. Saksayam Chidchob, and his team last week to discuss the project’s development. This was after Thailand’s Department of Rail Transport provided an update on the progress ...

Five Laotian nationals were arrested late on 1 February afternoon as they prepared to smuggle 24,000 methamphetamine tablets with a street value of nearly $100,000 into Cambodia, according to Meas Vyrith, secretary-general of the National Authority for Combating Drugs. The bust, which took place in the Lao ...

ບົດລາຍງານສະບັັບໃໝ່ໄດ້ເຜີຍໃຫ້ຮູ້ວ່າ ນັບແຕ່ປີ 2010 ມາຮອດປະຈຸບັນ ໃນທົ່ວປະເທດ ເຫດການໄພພິບັດຕ່າງໆໄດ້ເຮັດໃຫ້ມີຜູ້ເສຍຊີວິດ 108 ຄົນ ແລະ ໄດ້ສ້າງຄວາມເສຍຫາຍໃຫ້ແກ່ພື້ນຖານໂຄງລ່າງ ແລະ ທຳລາຍຊັນສິນກວ່າ  466 ພັນຕື້ກີບ. ໄພພິບັດທີ່ເກີດໃນລາວຕາມການບັນທຶກລວມມີ ລົມພະຍຸ, ນ້ຳຖ້ວມຍ້ອນລົມພະຍຸ, ໄພແຫ້ງແລ້ງ, ອັກຄີໄພ, ໂລກລະບາດ ແລະ ການແຜ່ລະບາດຂອງແມງໄມ້ທຳລາຍເຄື່ອງປູກຂອງຝັງອ່ານຕໍ່ ...

The Second Meeting of the ASEAN Working Group on Chemicals and Waste was held in Vientiane on June 7 where a variety of topics including waste management and their corresponding facilities were discussed. Speaking at the meeting, the Ministry of Natural Resource and Environment’s Director General ...

Vietnam and Cambodia have indicated they plan to join the “Safe Mekong” anti-drug operation which aims to stem the flow of illegal narcotics in the lower Mekong region, a senior official in the field has stated. Chairman of the Lao National Commission for Drug Control and ...

National defence and security, education, telecommunications, trade and investment, banking cooperation, public works and transport, and agriculture were major topics of discussion between Lao and Indonesian government officials last week. The discussion took place during the visit of Lao Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr Saleumxay ...

Researchers plan to assess plastic waste leakage into the Mekong River system as part of efforts to protect the mighty river. Government officials and researchers from the four Mekong countries will join forces to assess plastic waste leakage into the Mekong River system. This will be done ...

The U.S. has overtaken Laos to become the most attractive place for Vietnamese foreign investment in the first nine months of this year, according to the Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment. The North American country attracted $101.4 million out of ...

The Health Authority has warned the public of possible outbreaks of dengue fever this year with the aim to prevent and control the disease. The total numbers of dengue fever cases were over double the number of cases during the same period in 2016. From ...

A total of 7,612 cases of dengue fever have been recorded across the country since January, according to the Lao Ministry of Health. Deputy Director-General of the Department of Communicable Diseases Control under Lao Ministry of Health, Phonepaserd Sayamoungkhoun, told a press conference in Lao capital ...

Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen will lead a delegation to Laos over the weekend to meet his counterpart Thongsing Thammavong, although officials on 10 March were silent on whether concerns surrounding the controversial Don Sahong hydropower dam would be raised. Keep reading ...

Laos is giving strong emphasis to the development of agriculture to increase agri-food production, including the crop sector. The commitment is focused on clean and green agriculture through development of a vision and strategy for the crop sector until 2030. This was a message delivered ...

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The European Union (EU) and Laos held their third round of face-to-face negotiations on a Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT). The talks took place in Brussels, Belgium from 17-21 June 2019. The Agreement aims to establish a system ...

Vietnam and Laos, the only Communist regimes in South-east Asia, inducted new leadership this past week through party congresses. Changes in both cases saw conservatives prevail. The relatively secretive Lao People’s Revolutionary Party which runs Laos – which is chairman of the 10-nation Asean this year – chose Mr ...

Thai power authorities have agreed after a long delay to buy electricity from three hydropower projects in Laos, pushing aside objections from Thai NGOs who say the dams’ operations will harm the ecosystem along the Mekong River. The Nov. 5 decision by the Thai National Energy ...

ລາວຍັງຕ້ອງຜະເຊີນກັບສິ່ງທ້າທາຍ ແລະ ບັນຫາຄົງຄ້າງຫຼາຍຢ່າງທີ່ຂັດຂວາງການພັດທະນາດ້ານເສດຖະກິດມະຫາພາກ ເຖິງວ່າຈະມີການຂະຫຍາຍຕົວສູງທາງດ້ານເສດຖະກິດ ເມື່ອສົມທຽບກັບປະເທດໃນພາກພື້ນ.ການຂາດສະຖຽນລະພາບດ້ານເສດຖະກິດມະຫາພາກຍັງຄົງໜ້າເປັນຫ່ວງ ເຖິງວ່າອັດການຂະຫຍາຍຕົວດ້ານເສດຖະກິດຂອງລາວຈະມີສູງທຽບກັບບັນດາປະເທດໃນອາຊຽນ.ອັດຕາການເຕີບຕົວດັ່ງກ່າວຍັງບອບບາງ ແລະ ບໍ່ຍືນຍົງ ຍ້ອນວ່າຂະແໜງການຊັບພະຍາກອນຍັງຄົງພົ້ນເດັ່ນໃນໂຄງສ້າງການຂະຫຍາຍຕົວ ແລະ ຂະແໜງການໄຟຟ້າ ແລະ ການກໍ່ສ້າງຍັງອີງໃສ່ແຫຼ່ງທຶນເປັນຫຼັກ ແທນທີ່ຈະນຳໃຊ້ແຮງງານ ອີງຕາມບົດລາຍງານຂອງກະຊວງແຜນການ ແລະ ການລົງທຶນ.ອ່ານຕໍ່ ...

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