Vientiane Times

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Lao government have signed an agreement for a US$30 million policy-based grant for the second subprogramme of the Health Sector Governance Programme to help expand healthcare coverage and improve health services.  More ...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare and involved government bodies yesterday held a brainstorming session on a draft rural employment strategy which is being drawn up to ensure all ethnic groups have access to work. The session was organised to encourage all the authorities ...

Laos and China on Monday officially set in motion a new air route between the two countries, aimed not only at boosting tourism but also other areas of cooperation. The new flight will carry tourists and other travelers between Vientiane and Luang Prabang province in ...

An outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease that began in Huaphan province in November last year has infected more than 10,800 animals and killed 700 others, a local official reported yesterday. The value of the animals that had died was estimated at more than 1 billion kip.More ...

A fifth Lao-Thai Friendship Bridge linking Borikhamxay province with Bung Kan province in Thailand is set for construction after authorities from both sides gave the official go ahead.  An official from the Ministry of Public Works and Transport, who wished to remain anonymous, told Vientiane Times on ...

The value of stocks traded on the Lao Securities Exchange saw rapid growth last year, according to a report from the Bank of the Lao PDR. The central bank released its annual report recently, providing an overview of the economic development of Laos last year ...

Health workers in Feuang district, Vientiane province, are turning to social media to help them in their daily work. Head of Feuang district Health Office, Dr Inpone Maniseng, told Vientiane Times that most staff and village health volunteers are using mobile phones to create a network for ...

Petrol stations that open for business near an existing facility or are too close to a residential area must move away within one year from now, a senior government official has said. Minister of Industry and Commerce Ms Khemmani Pholsena earlier this month issued an ...

The government is piloting the Lao National Single Window (LNSW) scheme at international border crossings, seeking to speed up customs clearance for vehicles and link the country to the Asean single window system. The Ministry of Finance’s Customs Department signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) ...

Laos and Vietnam have approved plans to build a Vientiane-Hanoi highway passing through Laos’ central province of Borikhamxay and Vietnam’s central province of Nghe An, over a distance of about 700 kilometres. An official from Borikhamxay province, who did not wish to be named, told Vientiane ...