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Attapeu police seize 2 tonnes of illegally harvested timber
Attapeu provincial police on Monday stopped a bus driven by a Vietnamese national passing through the Phoukeua international checkpoint into Vietnam, and confiscated a large amount of illegally harvested timber that was hidden inside the bus.More ...
Vientiane Times
Parliament session opens, hails robust economic growth
The National Assembly (NA)’s fifth ordinary session kicked off yesterday, welcoming robust economic growth and highlighting the need to overcome challenges. Delivering the government’s report, Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith told the biannual session of the NA’s 8th Legislature that it was estimated economic growth in the ...
Souksakhone Vaenkeo
Laos ranked 61st for total contribution of tourism to GDP
Tourism is increasingly contributing to the growth of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and driving important economic activity in most countries around the world including Laos. In 2017, Laos was ranked 61st out of 185 countries by total contribution of travel and tourism to GDP, according to ...
Somsack Pongkhao
Tourism industry fuels economic growth in Laos
The Lao tourism industry is not only playing a significant role in boosting economic growth, but is also creating a huge number of job opportunities for local people, experts have noted. The United Nations’ World Travel and Tourism Council unveiled its latest report recently, which indicated ...
Somsack Pongkhao
Korea’s new foreign policy to boost cooperation with Asean, Laos: diplomat
The Republic of Korea’s renewed foreign policy will advance relations and cooperation with Southeast Asian countries including Laos, the Korean Ambassador to Laos has said. The ‘New Southern Policy’ under President Moon Jae-in’s administration is designed to expand economic ties with the Association of Southeast ...
Souksakhone Vaenkeo
Australia backs project to reduce child undernutrition
The Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health of Australia is providing over US$700,000 from 2018-2021 to help reduce child malnutrition in target districts of Vientiane province.More ...
Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth
US extends support for school meals programme
The United States government has announced new support of US$27.4 million in funding for the school meals programme to help strengthen the Lao government’s national school meals initiative.More ...
Vientiane Times
Champasak readies hilltop site for tourists
Champasak provincial authorities are eyeing a site at Phou Sa Lao Mountain in Phonthong district, with a view to turning it into a tourist attraction and bringing more people to the area. Local authorities are compiling data for a tourism management plan after inspecting the ...
Vientiane Times
Govt, int’l experts dig deep to resolve problem of damaged roads
Government officials and members of international organisations met in Vientiane yesterday for talks on road maintenance, with a view to better regulating road transport and preventing damage by overloaded trucks.More ...
Vientiane Times
MRC’s Paperless Initiative to Make It One of the First Paperless Organizations in Laos
The Mekong River Commission has vowed to become one of the first paperless organizations in Laos as part of its efforts to protect environment and promote regional sustainable growth.More ...
The Laotian Times
