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VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Japanese government has agreed to provide grant aid of over 76 billion kip (US$8.9 million) for four projects of country development.A signing ceremony for the Exchange of Notes on Four Grant Aid Projects was held at the Ministry of Foreign ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Électricité du Laos (EDL) and Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) have agreed on new electricity tariff rates which will commence between the two state agencies at the beginning of next month.According to the new power purchasing agreement (PPA), which the ...

Laos’ deputy prime minister has identified poor soil analysis for a fatal hydropower dam collapse, often described as the country’s worst flooding in decades.At a meeting last week on environmental policy, Deputy Prime Minister Bounthong Chitmany, who also heads the investigative committee tasked with finding ...

The Lao government has awarded the Cross of Labour medal to a researcher from the United Kingdom in recognition of the outstanding contribution he has made to the quality of lab and data management systems at Mahosot Hospital Microbiology Laboratory in Vientiane.The medal was awarded ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Local labour authorities will continue to inspect factories as part of efforts to protect the rights and benefits of all members of the national workforce.In Laos, workers’ rights protection is needed to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals and the socio-economic ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Buyers from Sichuan province in China are expected to import up to 50 tonnes of fruit from Laos each year including bananas, pineapples and passion fruit.Lao and Chinese businesses have agreed to further cooperate in conducting a feasibility study on the ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The government has given a green light to debate and study the possibility of using marijuana for medicinal purposes.The Prime Minister’s Office last week issued an announcement entrusting the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and other ...

Representatives from line departments of the Ministry of Health met with development partners in Vientiane on Monday as part of a committee to review the quality assurance structures and measures that underpin the health care system in Laos. During the day’s proceedings, participants reported on the ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The government requires an additional US$4.5 million this year to effectively carry out unexploded ordnance (UXO) operations including mine surveys and clearance along with risk education and victim assistance.The information was reported on Friday during the Lao National Unexploded Ordnance Programme (UXO ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Wooden sculptural items made in Laos must rely on foreign markets for greater sales, a senior official of the National Institute of Fine Arts said yesterday.Dr Maysing Chanthaboutdy was speaking at the opening ceremony of a Lao-Thai cross-cultural craft workshop held ...