According to the report issued on the website of the Office of the Supreme People’s Prosecutor of Laos, the second meeting of the Golden Triangle Prosecutors Network on “Cooperation to Counter Narcotics Trafficking in the Region” was held in northern Laos’ Luang Prabang province. The meeting ...

ບົດຄວາມນີ້ໂດຍຫຼັກຈະເວົ້າກ່ຽວກັບການຜະລິດ, ການແຈກຈ່າຍ ແລະ ການນຳໃຊ້ພະລັງງານໄຟຟ້າຂອງປະເທດລາວ. ໄຟຟ້າຖືເປັນແຫຼ່ງພະລັງງານຫຼັກສຳລັບການພັດທະນາເສດຖະກິດພາຍໃນປະເທດ ແລະ ການສົ່ງອອກພະລັງງານໄຟຟ້າໄປຍັງປະເທດເພື່ອນບ້ານຍັງສາມາດສ້າງລາຍຮັບເຂົ້າປະເທດ.24ພາຍຫຼັງການປ່ຽນແປງດ້ານເສດຖະກິດສູ່ນະໂຍບາຍ ‘ເປີດປະຕູສູ່ພາຍນອກ’ ໃນປີ 1986, ການພັດທະນາດ້ານເສດຖະກິດຂອງລາວໄດ້ມີການກ້າວກະໂດດ ເຫັນໄດ້ຈາກການຫັນປ່ຽນຈາກການພັດທະນາດ້ານກະສິກຳເປັນຫຼັກ ໄປສູ່ການພັດທະນາຂະແໜງການຕ່າງໆເຊັ່ນ ການບໍລິການ ແລະ ອຸດສາຫະກຳ. ດ້ວຍເຫດນີ້ ຄວາມຕ້ອງການທາງດ້ານພະລັງງານກໍຍິ່ງນັບມື້ນັບເພີ່ມຂຶ້ນ. ການຂະຫຍາຍຕົວດ້ານຄວາມຕ້ອງການດັ່ງກ່າວສາມາດສັງເກດໄດ້ຢ່າງຈະແຈ້ງ ແຕ່ປີ 1990-2013 ເຊິ່ງປ່ຽນແປງຈາກປະມານ 1,112 ກິໂລໂຕນນ້ຳມັນດິບ ໃນປີ 1990 ມາເປັນ 2,666 ກິໂລໂຕນນ້ຳມັນດິບ ໃນປີ 2013.25ການນຳໃຊ້ພະລັງງານທີ່ເພີ່ມຂຶ້ນໃນ ສປປ ລາວ ແມ່ນເນື່ອງມາຈາກການເພີ່ມຂຶ້ນຂອງປະຊາກອນ ກໍຄືການຂະຫຍາຍຕົວທາງດ້ານເສດຖະກິດ.26 ແຕ່ປີ 2014-2018, ການນຳໃຊ້ໄຟຟ້າຂະຫຍາຍຕົວຈາກ 2.4 ຕື້ກິໂລວັດ ມາເປັນ 4.24 ຕື້ກິໂລວັດ.27 ການສະໜອງ ແລະ ...

The World Bank has appointed a new director for Cambodia, Burma and Laos, it said in a media statement on Tuesday. Ellen Goldstein, a 30-year veteran at the bank and previously the director for the West Balkans and earlier for Bangladesh and Nepal, will be ...

Forests in Laos are disappearing at a ferocious rate under the impact of rampant illegal logging which accounts for 90% or more of the industry, with lucrative export markets in Vietnam and China. Keep reading ...

[] “Myanmar’s macroeconomic environment remains stable, though economic growth is slowing to 5.9pc in 2016-17 compared to 7pc in 2015-16, weighed down by slower investment demand,” the Washington-based lender noted.Despite notable reforms and strong foreign investment commitments, investment demand decelerated as private investors bided their time ...

ສູນກາງຊາວໜຸ່ມປະຊາຊົນປະຕິວັດລາວ ແລະ ສະມາຄົມ ຊາວໜຸ່ມຄອມມູນິດກູບາ (UJC-Union De Jovenes Comunistas De Cuba) ໄດ້ຮັດແໜ້ນການພົວພັນ ໂດຍຜ່ານຂໍຕົກລົງການຮ່ວມມືສະບັບໃໝ່. ຂໍ້ຕົກລົງກ່ຽວກັບການແລກປ່ຽນ ແລະ ການຮ່ວມມື ລະຫວ່າງສອງຝ່າຍໄດ້ຮັບການລົງນາມຢູ່ວຽງຈັນໃນມື້ວານນີ້ອ່ານຕໍ່ ...

ລາວ ແລະ ລາຊະອານາຈັກອັງກິດ (UK) ເສີມຂະຫຍາຍການຮ່ວມມືໃນຫຼາຍຂົງເຂດວຽກງານ ເພື່ອຊ່ວຍໃຫ້ປະເທດລາວຫຼຸດພົ້ນຈາກສະຖານະດ້ອຍພັດທະນາທີ່ສຸດ ເພື່ອກ້າວເຂົ້າສູ່ຍຸກແຫ່ງການພັດທະນາແບບຍືນຍົງ.ອ່ານຕໍ່ ...

ສະຖາບັນຕຣີນອນ ຄອລເລຈຽມ ແພລກຕິຄັມ ແຫ່ງປະເທດເຢຍລະມັນໃຫ້ທຶນຊ່ວຍເຫຼືອປະມານ 1 ລ້ານໂດລາສະຫະລັດ (ຫຼືກວ່າ 8 ຕື້ກີບ) ແກ່ລາວ ເພື່ອປັບປຸງການບໍລິການດ້ານສຸຂະພາບຊ່ອງປາກ ແຕ່ປີ 2018-2021. ພິທີເຊັນຂໍ້ຕົກລົງໄລຍະ 3 ຂອງໂຄງການຍົກລະດັບວຽກງານດ້ານທັນຕະກຳດັ່ງກ່າວ ໄດ້ຈັດຂຶ້ນທີ່ວຽງຈັນ ໃນວັນຈັນທີ່ຜ່ານມາ.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 ...