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VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone has donated 3 billion kip to the government to assist flood victims in the central and southern provinces of Laos.The amount was presented on Tuesday by the Chairman of the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone, ...

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is supporting the construction of Luang Prabang city’s expanded water supply from 2019-2022 through a grant agreement of US$18.4 million.Nihon Suido Consultants Co., Ltd will prepare the bidding documents, select the winning bid and supervise the project construction. Director of Water ...

Vientiane Authority has confirmed the upgrade of the 9.4-km road running from Tanmixay crossroads in Xaythany district to Sikeuth junction in Naxaithong district of Vientiane will be completed by the end of this year.Consulting Project Director, Mr Sompasong Chanthavong, told Vientiane Times  yesterday that the project is ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The government has directed the public to get their information on authorities’ flood disaster response from state media, and to educate them on political ideology and maintain national solidarity.The government directed the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism at its meeting ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Laos-China Science and Technology Exhibition will take place in Vientiane from October 11-16, giving both nations the chance to showcase the latest innovations to the public.The expo at the National Convention Centre will serve as a platform for the two ...

Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Industry and Trade (VietinBank) has inaugurated the headquarters in the Lao capital Vientiane, a move that comes amid increasing cooperation between Laos and Vietnam in the banking and finance sectors.VietinBank opened its first branch in Laos in 2012, which ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Champassak police reported on Tuesday that a suspect accused of spreading misinformation on Facebook Live about the government’s recent flood relief efforts in southern provinces has confessed to her crime.Deputy Chief of Champassak Police Office Lieutenant Colonel Phaychit Xayadeth told Vientiane ...

(KPL) An IUCN team led by Mr. Peter Shadie, the new Director of the World Heritage Programme of the International Union for Conservation and Nature (IUCN), is on a working visit to Laos to join a local technical taskforce to review recent progress made on ...

(KPL) With strong support from the government of the Lao PDR, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), together with the Ministry of Planning and Investment, formally launched in Vientiane on Sep 18 the Lao PDR 2030 study, an important study focusing on population dynamics and ...

(KPL) The Nam Theun 2 Power Company Limited has committed one billion kip to relief and recovery efforts in the flood hit provinces of Khammuan, Savannakhet, Saravan, Xekong, Attapeu and Champassak.The flooding caused by storms between late August and early September is the worst for the six central and southern provinces ...