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Hongsa Power Supports Development Of Local Polytechnic Students
(KPL) Hongsa Power Company, operator of the 1,878-mw mine-mouth thermal power plant in Hongsa, Xayaboury province has signed an MoU with Polytechnic College to help train its students.More ...
KPL
Thai Firm Donates Relief Aid Of US$ 173,000 For Lao Flood Victims
(KPL) Thai company Banpu Power (BPP) has provided relief aid worth THB 5.5 million, approximately US$ 173,000, to help flood victims in Laos.More ...
KPL
Indonesian embassy promotes Indonesian investment in Laos
Jakarta, (ANTARA News) – The Indonesian Embassy in Vientiane held an investment forum to encourage Indonesian businessmen to invest in Laos, according to a statement from the embassy received by Antara here Tuesday.More ...
Yuni Arisandy
Korean group offers material support to poverty alleviation efforts
The Sharing Culture Arts Association of Korea has donated clothes, shoes, desks, chairs, two ambulances, two fire engines and other relief materials worth more than 32 billion kip (US$3,818,000) to support efforts to alleviate poverty in Laos.More ...
Times Reporters
Ministry bans teachers caught aiding cheating students
The Ministry of Education and Sports has banned four teachers who were involved in providing answers for students during the upper secondary level exams for the 2017-2018 academic year. More ...
Times Reporters
Nation won’t face rice shortage, Minister says
The nation will not face serious rice shortages but will encounter temporary difficulties in supplying the staple grain, according to the National Ad Hoc Committee in charge of the post-disaster response.More ...
Times Reporters
Thailand will be both an importer and a co-distributor of electricity from Laos to Malaysia and Singapore
Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister said that Thai government has no means to increase the import of electricity from Laos, but instead to develop transmission lines to Malaysia and Singapore for power distribution.More ...
VOA editor
Counting the Costs: Disaster Needs in Laos Accumulate as Gov, UN, EU, WB Calculate Impacts
The tragic loss of life and heavy impacts on livelihoods amid disaster triggered by pounding rains and rushing waters means there is no doubt 2018 has proved a challenging and heartbreaking one for too many people in Laos.More ...
The Laotian Times
Laos Accused of Copy-Pasting Dam Impact Survey
VIENTIANE/PHNOM PENH — An official impact assessment for a controversial new Lao dam on the Mekong river has been directly copied and pasted in parts from a previous project, a coalition of groups fighting to protect the river has alleged.More ...
Hul Reaksmey & David Boyle
Flood victim assistance efforts considered in depth
Government officials yesterday met with development partner bodies to hold a brainstorming session on ways to best assist flooding victims nationwide and estimate damages and losses caused by recent disasters across the country.More ...
Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth