Vientiane Times/ANN

UN-Lao partnership centres on people’s wellbeing

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The United Nations (UN) has listed the improvement of Lao people’s living conditions as being at the heart of all the development programmes it plans to carry out in Laos in the coming years, according to the new United Nations chief ...

Ekaphone Phouthonesy
http://annx.asianews.network/content/un-lao-partnership-centres-people%E2%80%99s-wellbeing-102811

More investment needed for Laos to reap profits from agriculture

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Regional demand for crops and livestock remains high but Laos is unable to capitalise on its potential to satisfy the regional market need, according to a senior official.Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Dr Bounkhuang Khambounheuang recently stressed the need for ...

Somsack Pongkhao
http://annx.asianews.network/content/more-investment-needed-laos-reap-profits-agriculture-102737

Business training seeks to boost Lao productivity

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Hundreds of business sector representatives from five provinces of Laos have benefited from a training course on professional employee development aimed at boosting efficient management in their workplaces.Since 2016, more than 500 participants from various companies in Laos have been professionally ...

Bounfaeng Phaymanivong
http://annx.asianews.network/content/business-training-seeks-boost-lao-productivity-102734

Customs officials step up campaign against money laundering

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Informative banners have been installed at border crossings to inform travellers about Lao regulations regarding the possession and transportation of currency.The initiative is part of a nationwide awareness-raising campaign conducted by the Anti-Money Laundering Intelligence Office (AMLIO) and Lao Customs in ...

News Desk
http://annx.asianews.network/content/customs-officials-step-campaign-against-money-laundering-102627

Lao growth remains reliant on infrastructure development

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Laos’ economic growth will continue to be driven by the construction of large infrastructure projects and the operation of power plants in the short- to medium-term.The World Bank recently projected that growth in the construction and service sectors would remain robust ...

Somsack Pongkhao
http://annx.asianews.network/content/lao-growth-remains-reliant-infrastructure-development-102626

Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam plan closer cooperation

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Senior officials from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam (CLMV) met last week to discuss a new framework aimed at lessening the development gap with other Asean countries and accelerating regional integration.Transport, tourism, agriculture, industry, energy, technology, information and communication, trade and ...

News Desk
http://annx.asianews.network/content/cambodia-laos-myanmar-vietnam-plan-closer-cooperation-102624

Lao firms demand regulation of illegal imports

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – A large number of Lao businesses that produce goods for the domestic market are at a disadvantage because nothing has been done to control the influx of illegally imported goods.“Many Lao firms are suffering from lost business because they can’t compete ...

Ekaphone Phouthonesy
http://annx.asianews.network/content/lao-firms-demand-regulation-illegal-imports-102623

Laos seeks border market construction aid from Vietnam

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Laos has sought funding from the Vietnamese industry and trade ministry to build three strategic markets at borders with Vietnam in the north, centre and south of Laos.The proposed plan will help bolster cross-border trade. It will also be a step ...

Bounfaeng Phaymanivong
http://annx.asianews.network/content/laos-seeks-border-market-construction-aid-vietnam-102625

Laos partnering with int’l bodies in war against drugs

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The government is working closely with international organisations to bolster the fight against illicit drugs as the drug trade increases across the country, especially in crystal methamphetamine and amphetamine pills.The issue was reported on at the 14th High Level Illicit Drug ...

Phomphong Laoin
http://annx.asianews.network/content/laos-partnering-int%E2%80%99l-bodies-war-against-drugs-102622

Laos to preserve Bolaven Plateau as green development zone

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times) – The government plans to ensure that the Bolaven Plateau in the southern province of Champassak remains a clean agricultural area and maintains its green culture and tourist attractions in the face of development threats.According to a government media release on Wednesday, ...

Ekaphone Phouthonesy
http://annx.asianews.network/content/laos-preserve-bolaven-plateau-green-development-zone-102508

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