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    Bigger than ever Boun Kabongyay festival planned for this year

    Visitors are welcome at the Boun Kabongyay festival in Savannakhet next month to join Brou people from across the province in a celebration of food and culture. More ...

    Siladda Souliyong

    MRC hosts Paklai dam discussion

    Luang Prabang: The Mekong River Commission (MRC) yesterday hosted a regional meeting when Mekong stakeholders discussed the updated features of the planned Paklai dam on the Mekong River. The Lao government requested in the middle of last year that the prior consultation process concerning the decade-old planned ...

    Ekaphone Phouthonesy

    PM calls for brainstorming on revenue collection, ways to drive growth

    Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith has called on senior government officials in charge of economic affairs to explore ways to ensure that all revenue streams are fully utilised, and to spur economic growth.More ...

    Souksakhone Vaenkeo

    Low quality rice hinders sales to China

    VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Rice Research Centre under the National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute (NAFRI), Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, has admitted the country’s rice export targets will not be met largely because farmers are not using good quality rice seed.Director of the ...

    Ounkham Pimmata

    Bank lending support to Lao garment industry

    VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Local garment manufacturers can potentially utilise loans from the Lao Development Bank to upgrade their machinery and production technology to remain globally competitive, according to a leading industry figure.More ...

    Souksamai Boulom

    Japanese-Funded School Construction Project in Oudomxay Province

    (KPL) The Government of Japan has handed over a school which was financed and constructed by the Japanese Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP) in Namo District, Oudomxay Province.The handover ceremony was held on 16 January, 2019 in Oudomxay Province between Dr. Khamphanh Pheuyavong, ...

    KPL

    R. Korea Donates Ambulances For Attepeu

    (KPL) Wednesday witnessed the Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Laos, Mr Shin Sung Soon, presenting three ambulances worth US$ 156,000 to Minister of Health Bounkong Sihavong to be given to the Attapeu Provincial Department of Health and the Attapeu Provincial Hospital.More ...

    KPL

    Pay the minimum wage or face legal action, employers told

    Employers in Laos will be subject to legal action if authorities discover they are failing to pay their workers the minimum wage.The minimum wage was increased last year from 900,000 kip to 1.1 million kip a month for a  standard eight-hour day, in a bid ...

    Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth

    Tourism industry takes stock of lessons learnt during Visit Laos Year 2018

    Authorities are looking at ways to address issues that were identified during Visit Laos Year 2018 in order to improve conditions for tourists during Visit Laos-China Year 2019.Visitor arrivals topped 4.1 million in 2018, up 8.2 percent compared to 2017, according to statistics from the ...

    Siladda Souliyong

    Small-scale earthquakes recorded in Luang Namtha, Phongsaly

    Earthquakes measuring 4.0 and 4.7 on the Richter scale were recorded this week in Phongsaly and Luang Namtha provinces respectively.More ...

    Viengdavanh Banphahaksa

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