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Govt struggles to legalise Lao workers in Thailand
Labour authorities will continue to work with their Thai counterparts to complete the registration of Lao nationals currently working illegally in Thailand. It is hoped the process can be completed next year, but some bureaucratic challenges have arisen.More ...
Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth
Many families believed to be below poverty line: minister
More families in provinces across the country are believed to have fallen below the poverty line as a result of this year’s floods – the worst in decades – a minister has told the cabinet.An initial report on progress made in poverty reduction indicated that ...
Souksakhone Vaenkeo
Drone owners advised of permit regulations
The Civil Aviation Department of the Public Works and Transport Ministry will soon issue a regulation on the operation of drones, with 33 devices already registered with the department.More ...
Times Reporters
Cooperative members still struggling to access low-interest loans
Members of rural cooperatives are finding it difficult to access low-interest finance, which hinders their ability to access markets, agriculture authorities reported at a workshop yesterday.More ...
Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth
South Korea pledges more support for Laos
President Moon Jae-in of the Republic of Korea told Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith in Singapore this week that Korea will extend further support and assistance to Laos, the Lao Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.More ...
Souksakhone Vaenkeo
Germany provides funding support for small businesses
The German government has agreed to give six million euros for the second tranche of the Lao Access to Finance Fund (LAFF) through the German Development Bank (KfW) for micro and small enterprises in Laos.More ...
Times Reporters
Lao Front hosts religious festival for ethnic Lao visitors
A group of 45 people of Lao descent who now live in France and other European countries arrived in Vientiane recently to learn about Laos’ development plans and attend a Boun Kathin ceremony.More ...
Times Reporters
R. Korea Extents Help To Children With Heart Problems
(KPL) The government of the Republic of Korea has donated KRW 282 million (approximately US$249,329) to fund medical treatment of children with heart problems in flood-hit areas in the southern province of Attapeu.More ...
KPL
Lao Woman’s Ordeal Highlights Growing Trafficking Problem as Workers Seek Better Jobs in Thailand
The trafficking of Lao nationals to neighboring Thailand as undocumented laborers continues to be a growing problem with brokers arranging for thousands to be taken across the border for job opportunities that too often end up in situations where Laotians are abused by their employers.More ...
RFA’s Lao Service
Mahosot Hospital targets private patients with hepato-gastro intestinal centre
The management of Mahosot Hospital met in Vientiane recently to discuss a health service centre for the diagnosis and treatment of conditions associated with gastroenterology and hepatology.More ...
Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth
