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BOKEO, Laos (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Arson caused the destruction of almost 1,000 hectares of forest after a fire raged through the Nam Kan National Protected Area in Bokeo province.An official from the protected area, Mr Khamlek Senkhamvang, told Vientiane Times that fires have destroyed almost ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Asian Development with Disabled Persons (ADDP) has pledged to continue supporting people living with disabilities by creating more job opportunities for them.ADDP signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare in support of the second ...

CHAMPASSAK, Laos (Vientiane Times/ANN) – To rehabilitate the environment and increase forest cover to 70 percent of land by 2020, Champassak provincial authorities are planning to grow trees on 950 hectares this year.Deputy Director of the province’s Agriculture and Forestry Department, Mr Kanha Keobualapha, said ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Meeting the target to draw one million Chinese tourists to Laos in 2019 is achievable, according to a report.Efforts to achieve this ambitious target are being boosted by various promotion campaigns undertaken by Lao and Chinese authorities during the course of Visit ...

BOKEO, Laos (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The official handover ceremony of the renovated Technical and Vocational Training (TVET) School in Bokeo province took place recently. The school’s modernisation and extension was financed by grants from the Lao government and the German government through KfW, amounting to nearly EUR ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Global Fund has forecast a budget of over US$2 million in assistance to Laos from 2018 to 2020 to assist with the elimination of malaria and reduce the impact of multi-drug resistance in five southern provinces.A funding agreement was signed on ...

Exile Lao human rights groups on Friday pressed the Vientiane government to investigate the death in custody last month of Lao villager who had been detained since 2011 over a land protest in the country’s Salavan province.The government has been silent so far on the ...

(KPL) ADB- supported Technical assistance (TA) project has helped to develop employment service system for the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare (MLSW) expand opportunities for local job seekers’ access to employment information.“The technical assistance project is significant and necessary for the Lao PDR in ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected that Laos’ economic growth will remain strong this year, with the under-construction Laos-China railway seen as one of the main driving forces of growth.The global financial institution unveiled the economic forecast for Laos on ...

KHAMMUAN, Laos (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Adventure activities for tourists are planned for Phou Phamarn hill in Khounkham district, Khammuan province, with the project to be undertaken by Green Discovery Laos.Member of the Board of Directors of the Guide Association, Mr Inthy Deuansavanh, who owns Green ...