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The National Assembly needs to enhance its role in enacting the country’s laws and overseeing the performance of the government to push for greater national development.NA members on Wednesday debated key matters on how to reinforce the role of the parliament following a report delivered ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Timor-Leste highly values the support shown by Laos for the country’s application for Asean membership and is also seeking to broaden cooperation with Asean members in the Mekong sub-region.The country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Mr Dionisio da Costa Babo ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – National Assembly members on Friday approved the appointment of Khampha Sengdara as the new President of the People’s Supreme Court, and Vidong Xayasone as the new Minister to the Prime Minister’s Office.Approval of the two appointments was given after being proposed ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Laos and Timor-Leste have agreed to continue to enhance their cooperation ties while seeking new potential for furthering economic cooperation. The agreement was the outcome of a meeting between delegations from the two countries’ ministries which took place in Vientiane on Thursday.More ...

Some 1,285 people have been found to be involved in corrupt practices, defrauding the government of 999 billion kip, a government inspection carried out in 2018 revealed.Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith delivered the news to the National Assembly (NA) on Friday after the Government Inspection Authority ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – National Assembly members yesterday centred their debate on ways to address economic issues, expressing concern about the nation’s mounting debts, revenue shortfall, falling foreign currency reserves, and the economic slowdown.While debating a report on socio-economic development and the state budget plan ...

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment will play a greater role in the approval of land leases and concessions in a bid to better regulate the payment of land taxes, according to Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith.“From now on, the Ministry of Natural Resources and ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Holders of Lao diplomatic passports, known as red passports, no longer need to obtain a visa to enter Norway, according to the Lao Ministry of Foreign Affairs.The ministry said yesterday that Laos and Norway agreed in August 2018 to provide visa ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The government has decided to keep its current national socio-economic development plan and budget plan unchanged despite facing challenges in meeting their targets.Presenting a report to the National Assembly yesterday, the prime minister said “The government will continue to perform its ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The seventh ordinary session of the National Assembly (NA)’s 8th Legislature kicked off yesterday, highlighting the country’s economic difficulties, which the government must do more to address.Delivering her opening remarks, NA President Mrs Pany Yathotou said the biannual session would also ...