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Vientiane authority to control unemployment rate at 2% of workforce
Lao govt aims to reduce the unemployment in Vientiane Capital to under 2% of its labor force by means of promoting jobs to 35,000 people in the market in 2018.More ...
VOA Lao
Agriculture centres offer chance for development
The Theun-Hinboun Power Company (THPC) has handed over four agricultural development centres to district authorities in Borikhamxay province to help foster sustainable livelihoods in the area. The agriculture centres, in the villages of Nongxong, Sopphouan and Phonthong in Khamkeuth district, and Keosenkham village in Xaychamphone ...
Vientiane Times
Authority orders paper mill to cease test operations
Savannakhet province authorities have ordered a paper factory in Xepon district to stop conducting tests until construction is complete, with its operations suspected of causing river pollution. The Chinese-owned factory, claimed to be the third largest of its type in the world, test ran equipment ...
Vientiane Times
Local Farmers to benefit from Lao PDR Agriculture Competitiveness Project
(KPL) More than 140,000 people will benefit from efforts to make rice, maize, and vegetables more productive and profitable through the Lao PDR Agriculture Competitiveness Project. The agreement for the US$25 million project was signed on Thursday, May 17, by the World Bank and the ...
KPL
Rotary Club of Ladner takes lead in running water project for Laos village
In remote villages of Laos, considered the most bombed country in history where one-third of the population was killed during a 20-year civil war, lack of access to clean water is both a health problem and a barrier to education for many children.The village of ...
Delta Optimist
More measures needed to check farm imports
The business sector and agricultural promoters have urged Lao authorities to increase measures to check the import of farm products through border crossings. Scattered imports through this channel are considered an obstacle to attracting investment and growth of the sector in the country. Vice President of ...
Vientiane Times
Khammuan tightens up preservation of Great City Wall
Khammuan provincial authorities are working to preserve a massive ancient rock wall, known as the Great City Wall, which lies alongside a road in Thakhaek district and is being damaged by local people. Thakaek district Governor Mr Chan Boupphalivanh told Vientiane Times “Sections of this wall are ...
Vientiane Times
Govt takes action to increase aid effectiveness
The government has vowed to increase aid effectiveness via proper management in order to maximise official development assistance (ODA) for national development.The Ministry of Planning and Investment on Wednesday officially launched the ODA Management Information System (ODA-MIS.Gov.LA) to centralize aid management to ensure the most ...
Vientiane Times
Department of Information and Culture of Salavan surveyed a new tourist attraction Phoulahid Cliff Painting
(KPL) Recently Head of Department of Information and Culture of Salavan Province, Mr Somchai Ounchit and his team have surveyed the possibility to develop a potential scenic site at Phoulahid cliff painting, Khongsedon District, into a tourist attraction. If promoted, this new tourist site will ...
KPL
Lao govt urged to hasten privatisation of ailing state units
LAO economists have urged the government to accelerate the privatisation of state enterprises that have been underperforming, as part of measures to improve its financial position.Economists at the Lao National Economic Research Institute made the recommendation in their March economic update, aiming to help the ...
The Nation
