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Laos to cut civil servant employment to ease budgetary intension
VIENTIANE, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) — The Lao government will cut the annual quota of new civil servants from 3,000 people this year to 1,500 people next year to ease its budgetary burden, Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith told the parliament on Tuesday.More ...
Li Xia
Regional workshop solidifies joint effort to combat emerging diseases
Laos is commited to partnering with other countries in the Greater Mekong Sub-region to prevent the spread of emerging infectious diseases and improve emergency health services. More ...
Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth
NA session opens debate on development challenges, progress
The National Assembly (NA) yesterday kicked off its 6th ordinary session by highlighting the progress made and the challenges facing Laos at the half-way point in the 8th five-year socio-economic development plan (2016-2020).More ...
Souksakhone Vaenkeo
Online system boosts road tax revenue
The revenue earned from taxes has increased massively since the government introduced an online payment system.Last year, the government collected just over 10 billion kip in road tax but in the first nine months of this year it has already amassed 58.4 billion kip thanks ...
Times Reporters
Region unprepared for emerging meth epidemic
Last week, Vientiane played host to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime’s High Level Conference on Transnational Organised Crime in Laos and the Mekong Region. The UNODC brought together senior Lao officials, international partners, and select experts from neighbouring Mekong countries.The conference agenda was focused ...
John Coyne
Xayaboury festival to infuse visitors with ancient tea, colourful blooms
Drinking tea sourced from over 1,000-year-old trees, admiring colourful flowers and other activities will be the highlights at next month’s Dokdai Dokdaeng Festival in Doykao village, Xaysathan district, Xayaboury province.More ...
Times Reporters
Experts assess progress in pest and pesticide management
Experts from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and their development partners met in Vientiane last Friday to review a project on pest and pesticide management.More ...
Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth
More talk on Pak Bang Dam, but is anyone listening?
THE THAI delegation at a meeting this week on a third dam planned for the Lower Mekong River at Pak Bang in Laos urged the Chinese project developer, Datang Corp, to conduct a transboundary study to resolve outstanding issues.More ...
The Nation
Chinese companies helping transform Lao economy
VIENTIANE – “Every project department of China Railway is ready to be dispatched at any time!”At the end of July, when a deadly flash flood swept through Attapeu province of southern Laos, China Railway, a Chinese company constructing the China-Laos Railway in the country, provided ...
Xinhua
Laos, partners pledge ongoing cooperation in Vat Phou restoration
Laos and its partners will continue to cooperate in restoring and sustainably preserving many ruined structures at the World Heritage site of Vat Phou Champassak, which combines aspects of Khmer architecture and the Hindu religion.More ...
Times Reporters
