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Police have completed a survey and designed the installation of Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras on roads in four southern provinces, with 500-700 cameras planned for each province.More ...

The Rice Research Centre says sufficient rice seeds have been distributed to farmers to expand the government’s targeted dry season cultivation area to 185,000 hectares.More ...

The government plans to install a new communications system this year so the cabinet and provincial governors can hold video conferences.According to the National Socio-Economic Plan for 2019, the government plans to complete the installation of video conference facilities at the Prime Minister’s Office, ministries ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The budget arm of Singapore Airlines, Scoot, is ready to launch Singapore-Laos flights in April with tickets starting at US$88, it announced yesterday. Scoot will fly from Singapore to Vientiane to Luang Prabang on a circular route. It will depart from Singapore ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The combined trade value of imports and exports between Laos and Vietnam shot up by 13 percent in 2018, crossing the US$1 billion mark, officials from the two countries announced.The figure was reported at the 41st session of the Laos-Vietnam Inter-Governmental ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The case of a well-known Lao businessman who was fined over a dubious traffic offence has been a hot topic on social media after he referred the incident to the court of public opinion.The man was driving a Jeep on Road ...

Garment factories in Laos are experiencing labor shortages as workers are looking to Thailand for greener pastures, sources say.A factory manager in the capital Vientiane who requested anonymity told RFA’s Lao Service earlier this month, “According to [results] of a survey we need about 10,000 ...

The railway project that would link landlocked Laos with China has been touted as a benefit to the Lao economy because it will lower the cost of exports and consumer goods while boosting socioeconomic development in the impoverished nation of nearly 7 million people.But the ...

Mercure Hotel chain has announced the closure of its Vientiane property from March 1, 2019. The Mercure is set to continue trading until February 28 shutting its doors for the final time March 1, the letter signed by general manager Christopher Yeo and dated December 26, 2018, announced. More recently ...

The Saemaul Globalisation Foundation from the Republic of Korea has agreed to support socio-economic development in rural Vientiane with more than 11 billion kip (US$1.3 million).The support is for the Saemaul Pilot Village Development Project which aims to promote rural production among local residents in ...