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VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – A Lao-Chinese joint venture company is planning to establish a pharmaceutical industrial park in Vientiane.Various kinds of medicinal products are expected to be manufactured to supply future demand and reduce imports.Chairman of the Golden Wisdom Hong Kong Company, Mr Zhang Chongdi, ...

More than 100 Lao families who were moved to a resettlement village four years ago to make way for construction of the Nam Tha 1 Dam hydropower project in Luang Namtha province have run out of water amid a worsening drought, local sources say.Water sources ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Ministry of Finance has ruled that village authorities have no right to impose their budget plans independently as they are part of the state administration and subject to implementing the budget law.Minister of Finance, Mr Somdy Douangdy signed the ministerial decision ...

Laos and the Republic of Korea (ROK) have signed three memorandums of understanding (MOUs) to further strengthen their cooperation. The MOUs on port management information, intellectual property, technical cooperation and vocational cooperation were signed on the occasion of the bilateral meeting between Lao Prime Minister Thongloun ...

WASHINGTON, December 2, 2019 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved $22.5 million in additional funding for the Poverty Reduction Fund, one of the Lao PDR Government’s main vehicles to address rural poverty.The additional funding will support agriculture-related activities under the government’s National ...

The mighty Mekong River, normally a vast expanse of brown, has taken on a bluish hue, making it appear like seawater in some areas.Residents of both Thakhek in Laos, and Nakhon Phanom in Thailand, have noted the blue color of the Mekong River in recent ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Farmers and producers in Vientiane hope to expand their markets after the government arranged a fair to promote their products and boost sales.The Lao Agricultural and Domestic Products Fair took place last weekend in the Lao-ITECC parking lot.More ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The government is closely cooperating with Australia on human resource development and implementation of the development strategy in this field.The topic was discussed at the third annual National Human Resource Development (HRD) Dialogue in Vientiane recently.Attended by about 60 participants from government ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Foreign diplomats on Friday met with President Bounnhang Vorachit, Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith and other Party and state leaders to extend their best wishes to Laos as the country celebrates the 44th anniversary of the foundation of the republic.At a meeting held ...

(KPL) The government of Japan has provided grant assistance worth US$516,347 to support improving the reading skills of children and the learning environment as well as the advancement of primary schools in the Lao PDR.A contract on the grant project was signed at the Japanese ...