Law and judiciary

(KPL) Military officers arrested on Sunday Mr Song Thor, 27, as he was transporting 5.764 million amphetamine tablets, and three sacks of heroin (180 bars) in a Vientiane-registered Vigo pickup truck from Huaylom village en route to Huaykhai village, Tonpheung district, Bokeo Province.More ...

More than 73 kilograms of ivory products were confiscated from a souvenir shop in Luang Prabang province recently and the foreign owner detained for suspected trading in elephant ivory.More ...

The Vientiane People’s Council has adopted measures demanding that a Chinese farming firm comply with environmental regulations or face the prospect of its investment licence being revoked.The council’s resolution was adopted after the company, which was granted 160 hectares of land to grow bananas, sweetcorn ...

Amphetamines and heroin were the most frequently confiscated items during a police crackdown on the drug trade in the capital this year. Head of the Vientiane Public Security Headquarters, Brigadier General Bouppha Siphomma, reported on the progress made in tackling the drug trade when speaking at ...

The National Committee for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) is continuing to assess Laos’ risks from money laundering and terrorist financing.This comes after Laos graduated from the “grey list” of the Financial Action Task Force last year, according to the National ...

The National Assembly (NA) has yet to approve a draft amendment to the Land Law, pointing out the need for further refinement to address all its deficiencies.More ...

The State Inspection and Anti-Corruption Authority has met with United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Vientiane to share knowledge and experiences on upgrading complaint handling systems.The two-day workshop on complaints systems which concluded on Friday aimed to provide concrete and practical guidelines ...

(KPL) People’s representatives yesterday, Dec 13 approved the Law on Health Insurance, the first of its kind.Brainstorming the law, the lawmakers expressed that they expected that the law would allow low income families to access universal health insurance with some saying that the law would be an ...

The government has told the National Assembly (NA)that Laos needs to have an electronic signature law in place to boostE-commerce and facilitate E-governance.Presenting the drafted electronic signature law to the NA’s ongoing 6th ordinary session yesterday for debate, Minister of Post and Telecommunications Thansamay Kommasith ...

Members of the National Assembly (NA) have called for the People’s Supreme Prosecutor and People’s Supreme Court to work harder to ensure full justice in society. Many accused people have been detained longer than what the law stipulates, More ...