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VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The fair is held annually to boost productivity and to expand market access for Lao furniture makers.The Lao Furniture Association is hoping that the Lao Wood Furniture Fair taking place at Lao-ITECC in Vientiane from January 12-20 will boost the sale of ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN)  – The secretariat for the improvement of regulations and the coordination mechanism for business activities in Laos has passed an action plan aimed at removing obstacles within 10 indicators that affect ease of doing business.The action plan was cleared at a meeting ...

Officials in charge of Lao heritage affairs are proposing the listing of a cave in Huaphan province as a national heritage site after historical evidence proved the existence of ancient humans there.More ...

The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and Ministry of Energy and Mines met yesterday to discuss the final report of a project to write a master plan for Integrated Water Resource Management in the Nam Ngum River Basin. The project is funded by grant aid of ...

MAG Laos has been granted more than 38 billion kip (US$4.5 million) in funding from the United Kingdom government for its unexploded ordnance (UXO) operations in Laos.With the grant, MAG will conduct UXO clearance for 13 months in the districts of Nonghet, Khoun and Phaxay ...

(KPL) The Japanese government has provided grant assistance worth USD 89,195 for “the Project for Improvement of Japanese language Center” at the Nongbone Secondary School in Vientiane Capital through its Grant Assistance for Cultural Grassroots Projects.More ...

(KPL) DVV International has presented 5,470 books and other educational equipment worth 180 million kip to the Department of Non-formal Education, Ministry of Education and Sports.The handover ceremony was held in Vientiane Capital on Jan 14More ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The government will invest more funds to expand the Chinaimo water supply facility so that a sufficient amount of clean water is available to Vientiane residents. The project is now undergoing the final detailing after the government of Japan agreed to approve ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Lao government is cooperating with a Chinese firm on a clean agriculture development project aimed to expand trade opportunities between the two countries with the onset of high speed rail which is scheduled for completion by 2021.  Under a cooperation agreement, ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – More than 2,000 students studied in foreign countries in the first nine months of 2018, according to an official report.A spokesperson from the Student Affairs Department, Ministry of Education and Sports, told Vientiane Times that 2,291 Lao nationals studied in 27 countries from ...