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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

(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) 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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