Concrete data, statistics necessary for “Three Builds” directive assessment
Concrete information and data is an essential requirement for assessing progress and achievements in the implementation of the Sam Sang (Three Builds) directive, with the halfway point of its pilot term now reached.
— Vientiane Times
HCM City, Laos officials share experiences in land management
HCM City People’s Council Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Quyết Tâm and Bounpone Sisoulath, chairman of the Lao National Assembly’s Economic, Technology and Environment Committee, met on Thursday in HCM City to share experiences in land management.
— Viet Nam News
Young Lao women urged to postpone childbirth in teens
The tradition for women to start a family while still in their teens could hamper government’s efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2020 and Sustainable Development Goals by 2025, local daily Vientiane Times on Thursday quoted a senior Lao official as saying.
— Xinhua Net
Public park planned for city’s riverside
Vientiane authorities have agreed to the creation of a green lung for city residents and visitors in the form of a public park along the Mekong River in Sisattanak district.
— Vientiane Times
Prime Minister Thongloun to Visit Myanmar
Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith will play an official visit to the Republic of the Union of Myanmar on Jan 15-16, 2018 in response to the invitation of President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Htin Kyaw.
— Lao News Agency
Punishment of errant judges critical, People’s Council hears
Judges who lack diligence in enforcing justice fairly or have been found to have issued verdicts without due reference to the facts of the case or notions of equality under the law must be punished accordingly, Vientiane People’s Council members have demanded.
— Vientiane Times
PM holds talks with Chinese, Vietnamese, Cambodian counterparts
Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith and his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc this week agreed to work together to further enhance friendly relations and boost cooperation between Laos and Vietnam, the Lao Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said.
— Vientiane Times
Laos to Co-host MLC Meeting
The Lao PDR will co host the Mekong-Lancang Cooperation (MLC) meetings with China over the next two years, according to the Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen.
— Lao News Agency
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