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VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Government agencies have reviewed and followed up on the Disaster Risk Management Project after it began in August 2017.The project will receive a boost of US$30 million through a loan and control of a US$1 million fund from international organisations for ...

KHAMMUAN (Vientiane Times/ANN) – More attention is turning to the Hin Nam No National Protected Area as Laos plans to submit a proposal to Unesco in September for it to be considered as a World Heritage site.The government believes Hin Nam No worthy of consideration ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Burapha Agroforestry Company, Stora Enso Company and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry have discussed the replanting of commercial trees in degraded parts of National Production Forest Areas (NPFA).Representatives from the three parties met on Monday to discuss the criteria ...

Laos and China will launch a major campaign this week to boost tourism cooperation between the two countries throughout 2019.Officials from the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other agencies met in Vientiane this week to discuss the details of ...

The new Tha Falang development in Khammuan province is receiving lots of interest from domestic and international visitors after numerous pictures of the beautiful site have been shared on social media.Located on the Nam Don river in Thakhaek district, the site opened last month ahead of this ...

(KPL) Jan 23 witnessed a groundbreaking ceremony held at the Setthathirath Hospital, Vientiane, for the Japan-funded Improvement of the Setthathirath Hospital and the Champassak Provincial Hospital Project, which is worth more than US$ 17.3 million.The project includes the construction of necessary facilities and provision of ...

(KPL) Many local residents and foreigners turned out at Chao Anouvong Park on Jan 23 for the 14th Lao Food Festival which has drawn more than 180 booths of local and foreign cuisines, agricultural products and handicrafts.Scheduled for Jan 23-26, starting from 8:00 am to 10.00 ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Department of Agriculture under the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has agreed to cooperate with Soils North Pty Ltd of Australia to launch field and laboratory trials to combat the fungal banana disease, Tropical Race 4 (TR4) in Laos.The technical cooperation ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The government is now officially rolling out the Lao National Single Window (LNSW) system to regulate the import of vehicles at the first Lao-Thai Friendship Bridge in Vientiane.The system is part of efforts to streamline import and export procedures and make ...

Lao authorities have reduced import tariffs on 8,536 items to zero as part of national efforts in establishing the Asean Free Trade Area, according to a government report. More ...