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The government has obtained 2,221 tonnes of rice worth over 16 billion kip from the Asean plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve (APTERR+3) for distribution to flood victims in Attapeu province.Each Asean member country has an emergency rice reserve, and the rice stock in Laos is ...

Mechanical investigations have followed after a brake system warning led to a Lao Airlines flight from the capital to China’s city of Shanghai returning to Vientiane’s Wattay International Airport Sunday.The aircraft conducted loops above the Nam Ngum Reservoir to burn up fuel before attempting its landing at Vientiane’s Wattay ...

(KPL) Ceresa Thai Perfumes, a main sponsor of Miss Laos Contest 2019, on Mar 10 opened its country branch at ITECC Mall, Vientiane on the sidelines of Top Thai Brands 2019.Ceresa-branded perfumes have been available in Laos since late 2018 and our customers here are both ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – A feasibility study of a tourism project in Huay Sa Ngao, Phoudindaeng, and Park Poc villages in Vangvieng district, Vientiane province, has been cancelled after local residents objected to the proposed 150-hectare development.District Governor Mr Khamphong Duangvilay told Vientiane Times yesterday ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Laos will need to pay serious attention to making logistics more efficient through the application of the world’s best practices, as the country is now integrated regionally and internationally, a top business chamber official said.Executive Vice President of the Lao National ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The closing ceremony for the debenture issue took place last Friday in Vientiane and was attended by Minister of Energy and Mines and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Dr Khammany Inthirath.EDL-Generation Public Company (EDL-Gen) has raised 17,500 million baht through ...

(KPL) During the week of March 4-8, 2019, fifty young entrepreneurs from ASEAN countries and Timor Leste met in Luang Prabang Province, Laos to join a workshop on ecotourism organized through the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI), a U.S. government-funded program.More ...

Industries that produce pollution may have to pay more taxes now that the government has embraced the National Green Growth Strategy.Under the strategy, which Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith endorsed on January 30, the Ministry of Finance will impose taxes to discourage industries from producing pollution ...

The Korean government is continuing to back rural development in Laos with the aim of supporting the country’s efforts to graduate from Least Developed Country status.The Korean government’s rural development project is concentrating on the capital Vientiane and villages in the provinces of Vientiane and ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Construction of the Laos-China rail link will be complete in 2021 but this railway will not be connected to the Thai rail network until 2023.A senior Thai government official, Nathporn Chatusripitak, said last week that construction of the Thai-China railway, which ...