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VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – More than 500 wood processing plants and family-based furniture workshops have been shut since the Prime Minister’s Order No. 15 was issued in 2016.Of the total 1,595 wood processing plants and furniture workshops functioning in Laos in 2016, only 1,086 plants ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The government has announced it will reduce the nation’s overreliance on natural resources as it seeks to grow the economy despite the recent slowdown.Speaking at the National Assembly session recently, Lao Prime Minister Thoungloun Sisoulith said although the Lao economy grew ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Boten Beautiful Land Specific Economic Zone in Luang Namtha province promoted Visit Laos-China Year 2019 activities and a cross-border cooperation conference at the zone.The Visit Laos-China Year campaign is taking place nationwide and was officially launched by the two countries ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The National Assembly has queried the government’s plan to return the country’s forest cover to 70 per cent by 2020 after observing a huge loss of forested areas over past decades.Large trees have been felled and protected areas intruded upon and ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Timor-Leste highly values the support shown by Laos for the country’s application for Asean membership and is also seeking to broaden cooperation with Asean members in the Mekong sub-region.The country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Mr Dionisio da Costa Babo ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The management of the Lao currency is being moderately implemented across the country and it is stable as the rate of inflation stands at 1.5 per cent. However, the National Assembly (NA) has given the government the task of bringing the currency ...

More than 70 government officials gathered in Vientiane yesterday to review results, progress and challenges in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the 2018-2019 fiscal year.The annual meeting of the National Steering Committee for Sustainable Development Goals Implementation in Laos until 2030 ...

The Ministry of Justice plans to train and supply more legal specialists to assist local authorities in the enforcement of court sentences, according to a senior ministry official.Speaking at the Lao National Conference yesterday, Minister of Justice, Mr Xaysi Santivong said the ministry will continue ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Capacity Development for Agricultural Innovation Systems project has ended, but there is a need for further development of target farmers’ groups.That was the message at the project’s final workshop held in Vientiane last week to assess achievements over four years, ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The value of mineral exports and domestic sales increased in the first quarter of this year despite lower commodity prices on the world market.In 2018, annual domestic mineral sales achieved US$66.2 million compared to 2017, an increase of 38.79 percent, while ...