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First government bonds listed for trading on LSX
The Ministry of Finance, on behalf of the government, has officially announced its first trading of government bonds on the Lao Securities Exchange (LSX) in a bid to promote the capital market in Laos.More ...
Times Reporters
Bad roads, land disputes, drug trade top NA hotline calls
Hundreds of people jointly raised 486 issues of public concern to the National Assembly via the telephone hotline operated during parliament’s 6th ordinary session, which ended last week. The poor state of roads, land disputes and the spreading drug trade were recorded as the top three ...
Souksakhone Vaenkeo
Ministry to speed investment approval process
The Ministry of Planning and Investment has pledged to intensify action to speed up the consideration and approval of investment projects after learning that it typically took longer than the timeframe stipulated by law.In a document submitted to the National Assembly last week, the ministry ...
Souksakhone Vaenkeo
Japan Supports Income Generation For People With Disabilities In Laos
(KPL) The government of Japan has provided a grant worth US$ 292,195 to support income generation of people with disabilities in the Lao PDR. The grant extended at this time will fund activities in the first year of the two-year project.More ...
KPL editors
Laos, Vietnam vow continuing cooperation to combat environmental crime
The Lao and Vietnamese governments are continuing to strengthen their cooperation in efforts to combat environmental crime, which is on the increase in both countries.This is one of the main themes being discussed at the consultation and experience sharing meeting between Lao and Vietnamese environmental ...
Times Reporters
Work progresses on Huayxai airport expansion
The runway at Huayxai Airport in Bokeo province is currently being extended to better serve regional transport needs and accommodate the growth of investment and tourism. Now just 7 percent complete, the project is scheduled to be finished in 2020 at a cost of 149 billion ...
Times Reporters
Russian de-miners in Laos clear over 40 hectares of mines
MOSCOW, December 24. /TASS/. Members of the Russian Armed Forces’ International Anti-Mine Center’s team deployed to Laos have cleared more than 40 hectares of mines, Russia’s Krasnaya Zvezda(or Red Star) newspaper reported on Monday.The Russian mine clearance team is deployed to the Khamkeut District of the ...
TASS editors
Laos, China ink deal to improve healthcare in Bokeo
Bokeo provincial hospital in Laos and a major medical facility in Xishuangbanna province, China, have agreed to extend cooperation in sustainable medical practices in Laos-China border areas. Under the agreement, cooperation will aim at developing administration protocols, improving clinical standards and changing practices around service delivery ...
Times Reporters
Environment Protection Fund provides 32 billion kip for preservation projects
The Environment Protection Fund has granted more than 32 billion kip (US$3.8 million) through the Second Lao Environmental and Social Project (LENS2) to help preserve natural environments in Laos.The grant was provided to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the Ministry of Agriculture ...
Times Reporters
Laos not fully benefiting from regional economic integration: think tank
VIENTIANE, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) — Laos has not fully benefited from the recent regional economic integration as its share of trade with ASEAN nations has declined, according to the National Institute for Economic Research (NIER), a Lao think tank.The nation’s share of trade with other ...
Xinhua
