Vientiane Times

Lao plans to propose National Protected Area for Unesco listing

KHAMMUAN (Vientiane Times/ANN) – More attention is turning to the Hin Nam No National Protected Area as Laos plans to submit a proposal to Unesco in September for it to be considered as a World Heritage site.The government believes Hin Nam No worthy of consideration ...

Keoxomphou Sakdavong

Investors to plant trees in degraded forest areas of Laos

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Burapha Agroforestry Company, Stora Enso Company and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry have discussed the replanting of commercial trees in degraded parts of National Production Forest Areas (NPFA).Representatives from the three parties met on Monday to discuss the criteria ...

News Desk

Visit Laos-China Year to begin tomorrow

Laos and China will launch a major campaign this week to boost tourism cooperation between the two countries throughout 2019.Officials from the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other agencies met in Vientiane this week to discuss the details of ...

Siladda Souliyong

Khammuan’s Tha Falang creating social media buzz among visitors

The new Tha Falang development in Khammuan province is receiving lots of interest from domestic and international visitors after numerous pictures of the beautiful site have been shared on social media.Located on the Nam Don river in Thakhaek district, the site opened last month ahead of this ...

Viengdavanh Banphahaksa

Laos, Australian firm cooperate to combat banana disease

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Department of Agriculture under the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has agreed to cooperate with Soils North Pty Ltd of Australia to launch field and laboratory trials to combat the fungal banana disease, Tropical Race 4 (TR4) in Laos.The technical cooperation ...

Khamphone Syvongxay

Laos to use single window system to regulate vehicle imports

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The government is now officially rolling out the Lao National Single Window (LNSW) system to regulate the import of vehicles at the first Lao-Thai Friendship Bridge in Vientiane.The system is part of efforts to streamline import and export procedures and make ...

News Desk

Laos eliminates tariffs on most Asean goods

Lao authorities have reduced import tariffs on 8,536 items to zero as part of national efforts in establishing the Asean Free Trade Area, according to a government report. More ...

Ekaphone Phouthonesy

Laos, Luxembourg highlight cooperation in statistics development

The governments of both nations have highlighted ongoing implementation of the Lao PDR-Luxembourg Cooperation Project in Statistics (LLPS) in support of efforts by Laos to produce and disseminate high quality official statistics compliant with international standards.More ...

Phomphong Laoin

Govt examines Vientiane’s unapproved projects

The Vientiane Administration has asked the government to consider and endorse formerly unapproved infrastructure development projects that the city has carried out in the years since 2005.Over the past years, many state departments and provinces carried out projects without obtaining approval from the government or ...

Souksakhone Vaenkeo

Lao govt lists education priorities

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The fields of science, engineering, information technology, agriculture and pedagogy have been highlighted as education priorities with the government encouraging more students to register for these courses.More ...

Keoviengkhone Bounviseth

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