Vientiane Times/ANN

Telecoms ministry to regulate gov’t video conferencing

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications has decided to step in to administer government video conferences amid concerns over leaks of classified government information.Telecommunications minister Mr Thansamay Kommasith on August 12 signed a ministerial decision designed to establish rules and procedures ...

Ekaphone Phouthonesy
http://annx.asianews.network/content/telecoms-ministry-regulate-gov%E2%80%99t-video-conferencing-103350

EDL-Gen not paying dividend to shareholders for first six months of 2019

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – A meeting of the board of directors of the EDL Generation Public Company (EDL-Gen) last month did not approve the payout of a dividend as the company’s earnings over the first six months of 2019 showed a loss of 147.15 billion ...

News Desk
http://annx.asianews.network/content/edl-gen-not-paying-dividend-shareholders-first-six-months-2019-103351

Laos, Hungary to mutually waive visas for diplomats

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Laos and Hungary will waive the visa requirement for each other’s diplomatic or service passport holders as of September 9, allowing passport holders from either country to stay in the host country for a period of 90 days without a visa.The ...

Times Reporters
http://annx.asianews.network/content/laos-hungary-mutually-waive-visas-diplomats-103347

Public service improvement high on Lao gov’t agenda

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The government has vowed to continue its efforts to improve public services, with many citizens calling for government officials to be more conscientious with regard to service delivery.According to a media release from the government’s Public Relations Department issued at the ...

Ekaphone Phouthonesy
http://annx.asianews.network/content/public-service-improvement-high-lao-gov%E2%80%99t-agenda-103259

Storm wreaks havoc in central Lao provinces

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Floodwater inundated many areas of Savannakhet and Khammuan provinces after tropical storm Podul blasted through over the weekend, leaving one person dead and damaging large swathes of rice crops.Flooding occurred in many parts of the country after the Meteorology and Hydrology ...

Phomphong Laoin
http://annx.asianews.network/content/storm-wreaks-havoc-central-lao-provinces-103256

California an untapped investment proposition for Laos

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Business operators in California, USA, have encouraged Lao businesspeople and the authorities to benefit from the state’s potential for investment thanks to its geography and suggest that business matching could benefit both sides.In 2018 the value of two-way trade between Laos ...

Xayxana Leukai
http://annx.asianews.network/content/california-untapped-investment-proposition-laos-103261

Kip weakens against Thai baht, hurts Lao importers

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The continuously weakening value of the Lao kip against the Thai baht has hurt businesses in Laos, especially those engaged in import operations, forcing them to accept a cut in profits.As of September 2, the exchange rate at the Banque pour ...

Bounfaeng Phaymanivong
http://annx.asianews.network/content/kip-weakens-against-thai-baht-hurts-lao-importers-103260

Lao law enforcement agencies mull ways to combat transnational crime

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Prosecutors, judiciary and law enforcement agencies from the southern provinces along with experts from ILSTA, Canada and the University of Luxembourg last week met in Khammuan province to discuss the combatting of transnational organised crime.The conference focused on the trade in ...

Phomphong Laoin
http://annx.asianews.network/content/lao-law-enforcement-agencies-mull-ways-combat-transnational-crime-103258

Minister highlights Laos’ healthcare achievements at Asean meeting

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Laos has been increasingly successful in protecting people’s right to healthcare with the majority of the population now having greater access to better quality health services.This was the message delivered by Minister of Health, Assoc. Prof. Dr Bounkong Syhavong, at the ...

Times Reporters
http://annx.asianews.network/content/minister-highlights-laos%E2%80%99-healthcare-achievements-asean-meeting-103257

Gold mining operation kicks off in Xaysomboun

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – A feasibility study of exploration and processing at a 234.6 square kilometre gold mining site at Naty village area in Longchaeng district, Xaysomboun province, has begun after the government gave the green light.The project is a partnership between the Jo Bounmy ...

News Desk
http://annx.asianews.network/content/gold-mining-operation-kicks-xaysomboun-103146

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