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Laos dam collapse: bombshell accusations, few answers (video)
Questions, accountability concerns, and controversies continue to swirl around the Laos dam disaster in July that killed more than 40 villagers, as evidenced by a range of new reports that stretch from South Korea to Thailand.More ...
AEC news editor
Govt gears up for reorganisation of state departments
Central and local state departments are preparing to streamline the organisation of their various divisions, following a government order.Earlier this year, Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith issued Executive Order No.03 requiring all state departments to merge their subordinate offices or divisions whose scope of work overlapped.More ...
Souksakhone Vaenkeo
Anaesthesiologists’ workshop targets improved safety, patient care
Lao anaesthesiologists, experts and cooperation partners met in Vientiane on Friday to review their work in the sector and discuss methods of improving patient care and providing safe anaesthetics.More ...
Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth
Contractor revs up work on Donnokkhoum-450 Road
The company contracted to build an 11-km road running from Donnokkhoum village in Sisattanak district to the 450 Year Road in Xaysettha district is speeding up the pace of work, aiming to complete the project by the end of 2019.More ...
Times Reporters
New centre to set benchmarks for tourism services
Laos’ first centre for inspecting the quality of tourism and hospitality operators is to be established to raise the bar in service standards. More ...
Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth
Govt revokes import licence requirement for steel, cement
As of next year steel and cement importers in Laos will no longer need an import licence after the government issued an order calling for an end to the licence requirement.The Ministry of Industry and Commerce has directed the departments of industry and commerce throughout ...
Times Reporters
Chinese-funded surveillance centres open to control animal diseases
The Chinese government provided grant aid of 47 billion kip (39,060,000 yuan) for the prevention and control of animal diseases in Laos, especially at the Laos-China border.Under the project, a surveillance centre has been built in Chansavang village, Sikhottabong district, Vientiane, as well as surveillance ...
Times Reporters
New law requires displaced villagers to be compensated within two years
President Bounnhang Vorachit recently promulgated a new law requiring developers to compensate people displaced by a project within 24 months or two years after a compensation plan is approved.But implementation of the plan can be extended for another year after approval from a committee in ...
Souksakhone Vaenkeo
KIA Motors Asia Donates US$ 100,000 To Aid Flood Victims In Laos
(KPL) The KIA Motors Asia of Republic of Korea donated US$ 100,000 to aid flood victims in Laos.The handover ceremony held at the Ministry of Laobour and Social Welfares between Minister of Labour and Social Welfare Dr. Khampheng Saysompheng and General Manager -KIA Motors Asia ...
KPL
Inspiring Laos takes shape
BANGKOK, 24 October 2018: Lao PDR’s Ministry of Information, Culture, and Tourism and the Mekong Tourism Coordinating Office have launched Inspiring Laos, a new website that promises to inspire more travellers to visit Lao PDR.A member of the six-country group known as the Greater Mekong ...
Don Ross