ປະເທດລາວ ແລະ ບຣູໄນໄດ້ຕົກລົງກັນສືບຕໍ່ຮັດແໜ້ນສາຍພົວພັນຂອງສອງປະເທດ, ເຊິ່ງກວມເອົາຂົງເຂດການພັດທະນາຊັບພະຍາກອນມະນຸດ, ການຂົນສົ່ງທາງອາກາດ, ການຄວບຄຸມຢາເສບຕິດ, ແຮງງານ,​ ການແລກປ່ຽນວັດທະນະທຳ, ​ແລະ ການພັດທະນາແມ່ຍິງ. ອີງຕາມການລາຍງານຂອງກະຊວງການຕ່າງປະເທດຂອງລາວ,​ ທັງສອງຝ່າຍຍັງໄດ້ຕົກລົງແຜນການແບ່ງປັນຂໍ້ມູນຂ່າວສານກ່ຽວກັບການຟອກເງິນ ແລະ ການໃຫ້ການຊ່ວຍເຫຼືອເຊິ່ງກັນແລະກັນ ໃນການສະກັດກັ້ນການຈັດຕັ້ງການກໍ່ການຮ້າຍ.ອ່ານຕໍ່ ...

ທ່ານ ປານຄຳ ວິພາວັນ ຮອງປະທານປະເທດລາວ ແລະ ຄູ່ຢ້ຽມຢາມ ທ່ານນາງ ດາງທິງ໋ອກຕິນ ຈາກຫວຽດນາມ ໄດ້ຕົກລົງກັນໃນມື້ວານນີ້ ວ່າຈະຮ່ວມມືກັນຮັດແໜ້ນສາຍສຳພັນເພື່ອນມິດ, ຄວາມສາມັກຄີພິເສດ ແລະ ການຮ່ວມມືແໜ້ນແຟ້ນລະຫວ່າງສອງປະເທດ.ອ່ານຕໍ່ ...

A top Thai court on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit seeking to halt purchases of electricity by the country from a hydropower dam in neighbouring Laos over environmental concerns, bringing an end to a decade-long legal battle. The case brought by 37 villagers from eight provinces along ...

Almost 200 hectares of bamboo in 40 villages of eight districts in Huaphan province are under attack by the yellow-spined bamboo locust, with the area being sprayed with insecticide to prevent the locusts spreading to croplands. Head of the province’s agriculture sector, Mr Siviengsab Phengphomma, ...

The government of Laos has officially informed the intergovernmental Mekong River Commission (MRC) of its plan to build a new dam in Luang Prabang, despite warnings about the project’s environmental effects. “We confirm that the MRC Secretariat has received the notification from the Lao government on the Luang ...

The government has given the green light for a Chinese company to conduct a feasibility study on developing the Khonphapheng Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Champassak province. The Chinese company had informed authorities that it wants to invest US$10 billion to develop the SEZ, the ...

The International Monetary Fund has predicted that Laos’ Gross Domestic Product will grow at 6.8 percent this year, less than the government’s projected rate of 7 percent. The IMF Executive Board concluded the Article IV consultation [1] with Laos recently, describing Laos’ challenges in dealing ...

Laos would like United Nations cooperation programmes to comply with the priorities laid out in the development plans of the countries it is assisting, to help them achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Minister of Foreign Affairs Saleumxay Kommasith stressed this perspective in his remarks at ...

Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam have urged Laos to better assess transboundary impacts, and strengthen proposed measures to reduce any negative effect as it moves ahead with the construction of a dam. At a special joint committee session of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) earlier this week, ...

Foreign Affairs Minister Prak Sokhonn yesterday met his Lao counterpart Saleumxay Kommasith to discuss how to resolve remaining issues along the border between the two countries.The talks came four days after Prime Minister Hun Sen and Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith met on the matter ...

The year—and the decade—in environmental terms, is coming to its end, with some species and entire ecosystems in their death throes. For starters, Malaysia recently lost its last Sumatran rhino, the poaching of Sabah’s pygmy elephants is rapidly increasing, Australia’s koala bears are being incinerated in wildfires, dugongs are dying in ...

Economists have expressed concern over non-performing loans that banks have given to the private sector.​ Bankers said NPLs are currently higher than the rate of 3 percent set by the Bank of the Lao PDR, which could have negative impacts on financial and economic stability.​ ...

The Boten Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Luang Namtha province hopes to attract more investors, especially in the fields of education and medicine. The education and medical industry zone opening ceremony was held on Friday. It was attended by representatives of the government, foreign investors and ...

The Thai government on Tuesday approved financial assistance to Laos for the construction of the fifth Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge linking Thailand’s northeastern province of Bueng Kan with Lao’s central province of Bolikhamsai. “The fifth Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge had been approved in principle in the Cabinet’s resolution ...

More than 4,400 Lao families are being forced to relocate to make way for the U.S. $6 billion Lao-Chinese high-speed railway whose construction began nearly a year ago as part of a longer rail project that will link China to mainland Southeast Asia, a public ...

The law will cover dams and hydropower installations and set standards or quality control procedures for each phase of construction, Lao National Radio reports. Deputy Minister of Energy and Mines, Mr. Sinava Souphanouvong, spoke during a conference held to discuss the draft law on hydropower safety that ...

Senior officials from Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia on 10 December signed a joint statement on drug control co-operation, vowing to make the ASEAN bloc drug-free at the 15th Trilateral and Bilateral Ministerial Meeting of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos on Drug Control Co-operation. The joint statement was inked ...

Vietnamese businesses still think Laos is an attractive destination and will continue to invest in the country despite a slowdown in out-bound investment, Vietnamese Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung told Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith in Vientiane on December 16.Keep reading   ...

Laos’ economy is projected to grow 3.4 percent this year and 3.7 percent in 2023, due to the country’s investments to boost exports, according to the Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2022 released by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday. “Growth in 2022 and 2023 will ...

Lao small-scale farmers can now access Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS), to help them to increase the supply of quality organic produ cts to the local market. United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Regional Officer for Asia and the Pacific Ms Mayling Flores Rojas said ...