China, Laos pledge to push forward bilateral ties Visiting Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Kong Xuanyou and Lao Vice Foreign Minister Khampao Ernthavanh have held diplomatic consultations and exchanged views on bilateral relations as well as […]
Public Financial Management A Path To Maximize Return On Investment in Future of Laos: World Bank With a growing population and rapidly developing and urbanizing socio-economy requiring investment in human resources and infrastructure, the calls […]
China’s US$7 billion railway link to Laos is almost half done, on schedule to begin service in 2021 China’s railway line to Laos is almost half complete, putting it on schedule to begin service in […]
Lao PDR Granted Japanese Grant Aid Of USD 8.9 Million The government of Japan has provided grant assistance worth JPY 1 billion (USD 8.9 million) to the Lao PDR to support its socio-economic development. — […]
Authorities report UXO clearance funding shortfall The government requires an additional US$4.5 million this year to effectively carry out unexploded ordnance (UXO) operations including mine surveys and clearance along with risk education and victim assistance. […]
World Bank approves US$72 million for three key projects The World Bank has agreed to finance three major projects in Laos designed to reduce malnutrition in children, and improve public resource use and service delivery. […]
Tourism holds the key to green growth Protection of the country’s national parks and cultural traditions will be strengthened with the government’s commitment to the National Green Growth Strategy. — Vientiane Times WB Approves Support […]
Lao gov’t, development partners discuss LDC status graduation The Lao government officials and development partners are meeting here to discuss the efforts Laos needs to take to graduate from the Least Developed Country (LDC) status. […]
Laos needs ‘best practice’ logistics LAOS will need to pay serious attention to making logistics more efficient through the application of the world’s best practices, as the country is now integrated regionally and internationally, a […]
Lao Front committee bolsters support for development process The Committee of the Lao Front for National development is meeting in Vientiane to summarise its most recent activities and outline plans in support of its role […]
Laos, Thailand target $12B bilateral trade by 2021 Laos and Thailand have committed to increasing bilateral trade volume by 10 to 15 per cent annually as the two governments expect to meet the target of […]
Govt considers tax to protect environment from industrial pollution Industries that produce pollution may have to pay more taxes now that the government has embraced the National Green Growth Strategy. — Vientiane Times Lao president […]