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The Lao Ministry of Industry and Commerce this week requested China to consider a rice import quota of 50,000 tonnes along with accepting other industrial goods as part of efforts to bolster bilateral trade. The call was made by Minister of Industry and Commerce, Ms Khemmani ...

Motorists should enjoy reduced travel times in the capital when the construction of road links between the That Luang marsh area and other roads are complete. The That Luang Marsh Special Economic Zone is planning to invest about US$7 million, including compensation, to upgrade the road ...

(KPL) Approximately 40 government officials along with officials from the United States and Vietnam, participated in a seminar on the Cape Town Convention to discuss best practices for strengthening the business environment related to aircraft ownership and financing in the Lao PDR. This seminar was organized ...

(KPL) Provincial officials and community leaders met with the World Wide Fund for Nature in Laos (WWF-Laos) in Phiang district, Xayaboury Province on Feb 7, 2019 to review the outcome of the survey and mapping of household land use and holdings, income, and other socio-economic ...

State-owned Vietnam National Chemical Group (Vinachem) has decided to pull out of a loss-making potassium salt mining and processing project in Laos’ province of Khammuane after pouring trillions of Vietnamese dong into the megaproject for 15 years, Tuoi Tre Online newspaper reported.The withdrawal will result ...

A little over six months ago the world watched in horror as a massive dam wall collapsed in Laos.It was late July 2018 and powerful flash floods caused by the collapse of the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy hydropower dam hit more than 13,000 people in the southern ...

In a drastic move to promote health and safety among members of Lao society, the Mayor of Vientiane has taken measures to ban the sale of alcohol or alcoholic beverages in the capital before 4pm.According to a Decision issued 21 December 2018 by the Office ...

HANOI (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Laos and Vietnam will further cooperate on electricity trading after a leading committee from Laos’ Ministry of Energy and Mines met with officials from Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade in Hanoi, Vietnam.The visit was led by Minister of Energy and ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The number of people newly infected with HIV in 2018 was double the number in 2017 among at-risk groups, according to a health official.Country Programme Manager of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation Laos, Ms Chintana Somkhane, said records showed that from 1990-2018 ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Lao National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LNCCI) is working with the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) to devise recommendations for setting the minimum wage in Laos.The Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare ...