Vientiane Times
Lao Provincial councils address contentious local issues
People’s councils in several provinces met this week to debate hot local topics following the recent conclusion of the National Assembly’s seventh ordinary session.The People’s Council in Savannakhet province began its ordinary mid-year session on Monday and continued yesterday.During the four-day session, council members debated ...
Times Reporters
Lao delegates push for regional media cooperation
Lao delegates have voiced their support for greater regional media cooperation towards a better future, while attending the Asean-China High Level Conference on Media Cooperation in Jakarta, Indonesia.Speaking at the conference on Tuesday, Deputy Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Mr Savankhone Razmountry, said Laos ...
Times Reporters
Ministry publicises law on Laos' overseas representatives
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a meeting on Friday to explain the Law on Overseas Representative Agencies of the Lao PDR to its civil servants. Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr Saleumxay Kommasith presided over the meeting.The National Assembly approved the law at its ordinary session ...
Times Reporters
Dongkhamxang finance institute breaks ground on third phase
Dongkhamxang Institute of Economics and Finance has begun construction of their third phase as part of efforts to develop the institute into a leading educational facility for the finance sector.A groundbreaking ceremony for the third phase of construction took place at the institute on Friday ...
Phetsamone Chandala
Lao National University offers students help with online entrance exam registration
Students encountering problems with online entrance exam registration are being urged by the National University of Laos (NUOL) to contact it directly on 021 771 860 or view the instruction video via www.nuol.edu.la.According to an anonymous official dealing with online registration, the university has set ...
Keoviengkhone Bounviseth
Laos recommits to bolstering rehabilitation services
Laos will continue to work with development partners and other countries to strengthen services and investment in rehabilitation, according to a leading health official. Deputy Minister of Health, Associate Prof. Dr Phouthone Muongpak, made the commitment during the Second Global Rehabilitation 2030 Meeting hosted at the ...
Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth
Laos' Ministers must return their surplus cars: Deputy PM
Ministers and deputy ministers who have more cars than stipulated under Prime Ministerial Decree No. 15 issued in 2017 will have to return them to the state, a senior government leader has said.Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Mr Somdy Duangdy, told Vientiane Times ...
Somsack Pongkhao
Lao Govt to shed stake in loss making state enterprises
The government will sell its stake in state enterprises and turn them into joint ventures or sell the whole company if necessary, a Deputy Prime Minister has said.The move is part of the government’s ongoing reform of state enterprises after most have been making a ...
Souksakhone Vaenkeo
Lao Trainers get lessons in tourism management, hospitality
The government, Temasek Foundation (TF) – ITE Education Services (ITEES) urban management tourism and hospitality/specialists programme has been strengthening the management skills of Lao personnel in this field. The initiative is a collaboration between Laos and Singapore and is supported by the TF and ITEES to ...
Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth
Lao Govt seeks to minimise budget burdens and debt distress
The government has outlined measures to boost national revenue for 2020 while ensuring the effectiveness of state investment projects.The Prime Ministerial Order recently instructed the relevant sectors to tighten budget expenditure by trimming their administrative budgets, with non-essential development projects to be postponed.More ...
Somsack Pongkhao