Vientiane Times/ANN

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The longstanding friendship between the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) will be strengthened persistently despite increasing global complications.Diplomats from the two countries gave their confident assessment as they gathered in Vientiane yesterday ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The National Assembly has approved a government proposal to adjust the level at which people’s income is subject to tax.About 82 percent of the assembly members present at the 7th session of the 8th Legislature of the National Assembly held at ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The government recently advised the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism to work with other ministries to promote tourism and generate more revenue for the state budget.Earlier this year, the government launched Visit Laos-China 2019 in a bid to attract more ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Ministry of Energy and Mines has said that seven construction and installation projects related to the national power grid will be completed in the last three quarters of this year.A recent report from the ministry noted that these seven projects ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Attapeu province is forging ahead in the race to use the sun’s rays to power an irrigation system.The owner of Internet Trade of Import-Export Company and the head of the solar project in Phouvong, Mr Sengsamoud Noraseng, said he began working ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The country highly values the cooperative ties with China’s Yunnan province, which have facilitated the geographic conditions for broadening the cooperation.Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr Saleumxay Kommasith made the assessment during his visit to the Chinese province early this week on ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The governments of Laos and the United Kingdom have agreed to further strengthen bilateral ties and increase cooperation in education.This cooperation will support both governments to work together closely to improve the Lao education system to gradually meet regional and international standards.The ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The generation of electricity by Laos for domestic supply and export increased in the first quarter of this year, while imports dropped.Laos earned US$422 million from electricity exports in the first quarter of this year, an increase of 10.2 percent compared ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Foreign enterprises that export goods to the Lao market will no longer need a domestic business licence as the Commerce Ministry has resolved this contentious issue.The Minister of Industry and Commerce, Mrs Khemmani Pholsena, signed a  ministerial decision on June 6 authorising ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The government and hydropower project developers have begun exploring the development of model dams that benefit all stakeholders and ensuring their safe operation.The first meeting to discuss and exchange lessons learnt about the issue between the government and dam developers was ...