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VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Department of Livestock and Fisheries under the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has signed with Germany’s TE-FOOD International to develop a mobile application which will make the management of livestock farms more efficient and cost effective.The TE-FOOD International website describes ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has drawn up a master plan for the establishment and utilisation of National Spatial Information and Infrastructure in Laos.A final dissemination workshop on the project took place in Vientiane last Friday, organised by the ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Lao National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LNCCI) has postponed the Made in Laos 2019 Fair until July 20-28 after a fire damaged Lao-ITECC where the event was scheduled to take place from May 10-19.A fire broke out on the ...

CHAMPASSAK, Laos (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Lao National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LNCCI), which is responsible for strengthening business capacity in Laos, is hopeful that the skill development in the private sector will lead to businesses becoming more successful.This week a series of capacity-building ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The value of Laos’ combined exports and imports in the first quarter of 2019 amounted to 1.53 percent less than during the same period last year, excluding the value of electricity imports and exports.Total trade value in the first three months ...

(KPL) On May 17-18, 2019, the U.S. Embassy in Vientiane hosted a filmmaker from the American Film Showcase programme who visited multiple Lao legal institutions and presented excerpts from her documentary film on gender and rule of law.American filmmaker Sharon Rowen conducted workshops at the ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Farmers around the country will soon be receiving seasonal weather forecasts, which will be distributed by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to district and provincial offices.The weather bulletins, which will be produced by the Division of Climatology and Agro-meteorology ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Investment Reform Map (IRM) is an important mechanism for the development of investment policies to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) and can assist countries that want to develop and attract investment.Speaking last week at the opening ceremony of a consultation ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Bank of the Lao PDR (BOL) is drafting a plan to promote cashless payments and to facilitate and manage money transactions in Laos.Use of e-wallets through the banking system is fast becoming a trend among city dwellers. They pay their ...

BOKEO, Laos (Vientiane Times/ANN) – All living things, plants, animals and humans, need water to survive.  But despite an apparent abundance of water and river systems in Laos, during the dry season many people and villages struggle to access clean water which puts their health and ...