Transport and shipping

(KPL) The Northern Bus Station has got itself prepared in all aspects to better handle the flow of passengers traveling to home towns in northern part of the country during the celebration of Pi Mai Lao or Lao New Year B.E. 2562.More ...

LUANG NAMTHA, Laos (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Chinese trucks carrying fruit and crops from Laos into China through the Boten-Mohan border crossing in Luang Namtha province are forced to move slowly, which means there is a long line of vehicles parked by the roadside.While the trucks ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – President Bounnhang Vorachit called for more Lao workers to be employed by the Laos-China Railway Project when he visited a section of the railway under construction in Vientiane on Friday. According to project reports, about 16,000 people are employed in the construction of ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – More than 30 delegates from nine Asean member states, the European Union (EU), European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and air transport experts met in Vientiane recently to discuss issues related to passenger protection, review air transport practices, and brainstorm possible solutions.The ...

LUANG NAMTHA, Laos (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Families living in Luang Namtha province, through which the under-construction Laos-China railway will pass, are united in their approval of the project and are ready to embrace the development opportunities that will come their way.People here understand that the ...

Laos’ Boten Specific Economic Zone (SEZ) is enjoying strong interest from Chinese investors as the Lao-China railway nears completion, but local villagers are fearful of the rapid change. They say that the development will be good for the Chinese, but not for the Laotians who ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Scoot, the low-cost arm of Singapore Airlines, on Monday launched an inaugural flight from Laos to Singapore, marking the start of its three weekly flights from Luang Prabang and Vientiane to Singapore.The flights will connect to Laos from Singapore departing at ...

Earlier today (April 1) Mr. Luca Lazzarolli, Director General of the European Investment Bank, formally agreed new support to improve 1,400km of currently unpaved roads in six provinces. This will enable parts of the national road network most vulnerable to a changing climate to be paved, ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Work on the Laos-China railway line is progressing ahead of schedule, with the project on track to be completed by 2021, a senior government official has said. Director General of the Planning and Cooperation Department under the Ministry of Public Works and ...

(KPL) Relevant authorities have paid over 76 billion kip as compensation for families affected by the Laos-China Railway Project in Luang Namtha. The amount equals 47 % of planned compensation.“Right now, the authorities have completed compensating 144 out of 317 families in four villages including Boten, Tintok, Bopeak and Natea which ...