Lao Morning News For May 17
Troops from Laos and Cambodia in Cross-Border Standoff over Road Construction Soldiers from Cambodia and Laos have been locked in a standoff across their shared border since February, in a spat that has seen troops […]
Troops from Laos and Cambodia in Cross-Border Standoff over Road Construction Soldiers from Cambodia and Laos have been locked in a standoff across their shared border since February, in a spat that has seen troops […]
Xi calls for deeper cooperation with Laos Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday called for deepening cooperation with Laos and creating better future for bilateral ties by taking the opportunity of jointly promoting the Belt […]
NA supports enactment of Data Protection Law While National Assembly (NA) members spoke in support of enacting the Law on Data Protection, many expressed confusion as to whether this law differed from the Law on […]
Lao economy to grow at 6.8 percent in 2017: IMF The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected the Lao economy to grow at 6.8 percent in 2017, lower than the previous year due to lower […]
Malaysia And Australia Committed To Address Cross-Border Crime – DPM Zahid Malaysia and Australia will be more committed in addressing cross-border crimes, including on issues pertaining to illegal immigrants involving both countries, through border patrol […]
Laos, IRRI agreement to boost food security The government and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) have agreed to strengthen their partnership in research and expand the institute’s role in increasing Laos’ food and nutrition […]
WFP injects more than US$85m to support sustainable development The World Food Programme (WFP) has granted more than US$85 million (682 billion kip) to help the Lao government achieve the Sustainable Development Goal targets, as […]
China steps in to help control locust plague The locust invasion in the north has reached plague proportions and despite a chemical spraying campaign their numbers are continuing to grow in Huaphan, LuangPrabang, Oudomxay, Phongsaly […]
Trillions of Kip Emerge From State Audit Following an audit conducted by the State Audit Organization, an estimated 3.135 trillion kip (USD 384.776 million) has been uncovered as additional revenue, representing 3.11% of the total […]
Singapore hopes to be part of Laos’ transformation: PM Lee Laos’ leaders have ambitious plans to transform the landlocked country into one that’s connected to the rest of the world, and Singapore hopes to be […]
Laos-China railway will rev up pace of development Laos will be able to accelerate the rate of development and grow even faster than some neighbouring countries now that construction of the railway linking Vientiane to […]
Cigarettes must bear health warning labels in Laos from May The Lao Ministry of Health (MoH) has said as of May 1, all cigarette products of all brands, either domestically made or imported for commercial […]