Infrastructure

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Lao Telecommunication Regulatory Authority is developing an application for use as a possible option to speed up sim card registration. Officials from the Authority said yesterday they have completed the app and are now trialing it. This process will ensure that ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Department of Radio Frequency under the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications continued discussions on a roll-out of the 5G network in Laos with internet service providers yesterday.Telling of their ongoing preparations for a 5G network, internet providers said 5G would ...

The Ministry of Public Works and Transport has taken steps to tackle the problem of overweight trucks, which have caused severe damage to roads and bridges over past years, according to a report.The ministry’s Transport Department has launched a pilot scheme to modernise three weighing ...

The contractor is speeding up construction of the new Nongkhang airport in Xamneua district, Huaphan province, in the hope of completing the project at the end of this year.An official in charge told Vientiane Times yesterday “The contractor is grading the land and laying concrete on the ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – TOHLAO, in cooperation with Lao Telecommunication Public Company (Lao Telecom), has initiated an enterprise aimed at helping young, Lao startup entrepreneurs to utilise digital technologies to achieve their full business potential.The two companies expect to see an increase in the use ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – President Bounnhang Vorachit recently issued a presidential ordinance promulgating the new Law on Railways, which provides guidance on railway development.The 50-page law defines principles, regulations and measures to manage, follow up and inspect railway affairs. These are aimed at ensuring the ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – A raft of activities took place over the weekend to mark the 25th anniversary of the opening of the first Lao-Thai friendship bridge, which was funded by Australia, highlighting Australia’s continuing pivotal role in maintaining peace and prosperity in the Mekong ...

BEIJING (Vientiane Times/ANN) – President Bounnhang Vorachit has voiced the Lao government’s support for the China-led Belt and Road Initiative, saying the global project will help to transform Laos from being landlocked into a land link.Speaking at a session of the Second Belt and Road ...

Workers are currently preparing the ground for the construction of the two largest stations on the Laos-China railway – one near the Chinese border and the other at the end of the line in Vientiane.An employee on the Laos-China Railway Construction Project, who asked not ...

SAVANNAKHET, Laos (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Lao government and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) have kicked off the Project for the Establishment of Geospatial Data Infrastructure and Capacity Building for Development of Special Economic Zones in Savannakhet province.The over 51 billion kip (US$6 million) mapping project in ...