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VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Laos produces several well-known items, but local people have little interest in buying these products and eschew them in favour of imported goods.It will be a challenge to persuade people to change their ways as they have become accustomed to seeing ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The growth rate of factories in Laos is continuing to moderate despite the government improving its policies and regulations to attract investors.The number of factories has grown by just 5 percent annually, according to statistics collected by the Department of Industry ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is supporting the Lao government in logistics around distributing 500 tons of rice donated by South Korea through the Asean Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve (APTERR).The rice is helping communities recover from recent floods ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The number of domestic and foreign tourists holidaying in Laos during the first nine months of this year increased compared to the same period last year, while visitor numbers from some countries that had slowed in recent years were also up.More ...

The Food and Drug Department of the Ministry of Health is warning people not to buy unlicensed sexual performance enhancing drugs being sold illegally online and on Facebook.  Fake or low quality pills including a brand called “Girly Sex” can cause severe side effects and even ...

Lao Samsung Electronics in cooperation with the World Food Program has created educational opportunities for deaf and speech-impaired students, equitable with the general public, through technology.Because education and nutrition are important for everyone in society and everyone has the right to access these basic necessities, ...

Laos’s first ride-hailing service LOCA has signed a cooperative agreement with Vientiane-based insurance firm Lanexang Assurance Public Company in a move to enhance the protection standard of the service.With the agreement, two companies will start providing standard insurance coverage for LOCA service, while exploring healthcare for ...

According to a notice issued by the Prime Minister’s Office on Wednesday, nine of Laos’s border checkpoints will discontinue providing visa on arrival services to tourists.The notice orders the closure of visa on arrival units at nine border checkpoints:Pang Hok (Phongsaly Province) bordering ChinaNam Soy ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Faculty of Environmental Sciences at the National University of Laos (NUOL), Hanoi University of Sciences and other organisations are reporting progress in efforts to reduce plastics use under the “SEA Plastic Edu Erasmus+ Project”.The European Union is supporting the project ...

All Lao people, including general workers and farmers, who are not government officials or private sector members of the National Social Security Fund will be eligible for benefits under a new scheme.The Fund has announced the establishment of the Voluntary Social Security Project For All ...