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Chinese-funded surveillance centres open to control animal diseases  

The Chinese government provided grant aid of 47 billion kip (39,060,000 yuan) for the prevention and control of animal diseases in Laos, especially at the Laos-China border.Under the project, a surveillance centre has been built in Chansavang village, Sikhottabong district, Vientiane, as well as surveillance ...

Times Reporters

New law requires displaced villagers to be compensated within two years

President Bounnhang Vorachit recently promulgated a new law requiring developers to compensate people displaced by a project within 24 months or two years after a compensation plan is approved.But implementation of the plan can be extended for another year after approval from a committee in ...

Souksakhone Vaenkeo

KIA Motors Asia Donates US$ 100,000 To Aid Flood Victims In Laos

(KPL) The KIA Motors Asia of Republic of Korea donated US$ 100,000 to aid flood victims in Laos.The handover ceremony held at the Ministry of Laobour and Social Welfares between Minister of Labour and Social Welfare Dr. Khampheng Saysompheng and General Manager -KIA Motors Asia ...

KPL

Inspiring Laos takes shape

BANGKOK, 24 October 2018: Lao PDR’s Ministry of Information, Culture, and Tourism and the Mekong Tourism Coordinating Office have launched Inspiring Laos, a new website that  promises to inspire more travellers to visit Lao PDR.A member of the six-country group known as the Greater Mekong ...

Don Ross

Investigator: Dam Project Killing Dolphins, Hurting Fishing and Tourism Industries

A member of Cambodia’s Supreme Council for Recommendations on Wednesday told RFA’s Khmer Service that local authorities are utilizing legal loopholes to avoid adhering to regulations that would protect the biodiversity of the Mekong River.Kong Monika led the Council’s team in investigating the impact of ...

Eugene Whong

In Laos, a World Bank 'model' dam and the myth of sustainable hydropower

BANGKOK — It wasn’t a flood. It was a tsunami, Premrudee Daorung said of the wall of water that tore through the forests of Laos’ Attapeu province, snapping timber like matchsticks and flattening entire villages.More ...

Kelli Rogers

UNDP-ILO Report compares labour migration processes between Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Thailand

Regular labour migration yielded more positive outcomes than irregular channels between Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Thailand, says a new study by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the International Labour Organization (ILO).More ...

UNDP-ILO

Govt eyes provision of more workers for Kuwait

The message was delivered by Minister of Labour and Social Welfare, Dr Khampheng Saysompheng, during a visit on Tuesday by Kuwait Minister of Social Affairs and Labour and Minister of State for Economic Affairs, Mrs Hind Subaih Barrak Al-Subaih.During the official visit, the main focus ...

Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth

Laos, UK partner against drug-resistant superbugs

The Lao and UK governments yesterday agreed to a new project partnership to accelerate the fight against drug-resistant ‘superbugs’ in Laos.This partnership will establish a comprehensive surveillance system for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and antimicrobial use in both humans and animals.More ...

Times Reporters

Lao Governor Walks Back Projected Costs For Housing in Flood-Hit Attapeu

The governor of a province in Laos hit by flooding from a dam breach earlier this year has issued conflicting estimates of the projected cost to house displaced persons, giving figures deemed unnecessarily high by another official source and contradicting statements he himself had made ...

Richard Finney

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