Government

Ministries of Home Affairs of Laos and Vietnam have worked shoulder-to-shoulder in development of the sector and strengthening the friendship and cooperation between the two nations.More  ...

The government is contemplating a cut in budget expenditure to maintain financial liquidity following a revenue shortfall during the past four months of this year.More ...

A Lao delegation led by Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Economic department director-general Songkan Luang Mouninthon attended the Asem Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) in Vienna, Austria on June 28-29. The meeting is an event in preparation for the upcoming 12th Asem Summit to be held in ...

The government is set to kick-start a drive to reform a suite of state-owned enterprises after significant inefficiencies were revealed. The cabinet agreed in its monthly meeting at the end of last week that one of the priorities it wants to carry out over the next ...

The government will study appropriate approaches to settle the nation’s debts from now until 2020, notably companies which have 100-percent completed the construction of state investment projects. The move aims to improve the liquidity of the companies concerned so they can pursue their business plans ...

The government is keen to implement further structural reforms to ensure the efficiency of the administration while hiring fewer new State employees. Under the scheme, government departments and divisions will be reviewed, and those found with insufficient work and staff could be merged with others.More ...

The government has announced it will prioritise State-funded projects to ensure the most effective and efficient use of the national budget. Under the measures imposed to improve the efficiency of such projects, government-funded schemes which have not been implemented will be re-inspected. If a project ...

The fifth Ordinary Session of the National Assembly (NA) closed yesterday approving eight core measures to stimulate economic growth for the final six months of this year and beyond. The session saw the legislature pass 13 new and amended laws.More ...

Laos must develop its official system for collecting and analysing statistics to ensure quality and technical unity and to bring it in line with regional and international standards.More ...

(KPL)  The Annual Round Table Meeting for the Mid-Term Review of the Implementation of the 8thNational Socio-Economic Development Plan and progress in sustainable development and effective development cooperation will take place in Vientiane at the end of November 2018.More ...