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VIENTIANE, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) –– State-run energy giant Electricite du Laos (EDL), on behalf of the Lao government, has completed more than 80 percent of a power grid extension that will deliver electricity to a Cambodian transmission line on the border of the two neighbors.This ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith said on Monday that key agencies such as the National Commission for the Advancement of Women, Mothers and Children continue to work for the protection, promotion and development of Lao children so that they grow up to ...

Havana, Nov 11 (Prensa Latina) The Foreign Ministers of Cuba and Laos, Bruno Rodriguez and Saleumxay Kommasith, respectively, advocated on Monday in this capital the strengthening of bilateral relations on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of their establishment.Upon receiving his Asian counterpart at the ...

(KPL) The Government of Lao PDR, UNICEF, vice-governors, private sector, NGOs, civil society organizations, development partners and children gathered today in Vientiane at the Lao Generation 2030 Forum to mark the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).“Children will be ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Lao companies impressed their peers with a strong outcome at the Asean Business Awards (ABA) Gala Night 2019 – an annual event initiated by the Asean Business Advisory Council in 2007 and held every year since to recognise outstanding enterprises across ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The implementation of the 2019 socio-economic and state budget plans has encountered many difficulties across Laos, a Deputy Prime Minister told the opening ceremony of the National Assembly session yesterday morning.Dr Sonexay Siphandone, who is also Minister of Planning and Investment, ...

The eighth ordinary session of the National Assembly (NA) got underway on Thursday and will debate important issues including the approval of draft and amended laws, with the sitting scheduled to run until December 6.The opening day of the session was attended by President Bounnhang ...

Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith yesterday expressed optimism that economic growth would recover in the near future, saying the current stagnation was necessary because the government was attempting to put the economy on a sustainable path.“The slower growth of the economy is necessary because the economic ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Laos and China are continuing a joint tourism drive, aiming to boost cooperation in economic and trade relations.The Kunming Municipal Culture and Tourism Bureau and the Lao Happy International Travel Co., Ltd. last weekend organised an event in Vientiane to promote ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Tourism Malaysia is using the annual That Luang Festival in Vientiane to encourage people to visit Malaysia and enjoy its scenic and cultural attractions.The organisation is setting up a booth at the festival to distribute information and advertise tourist attractions to ...