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The number of domestic and international tourists increased in the first nine months of this year compared to the same period last year, the government’s latest statistics suggest.More than 2.9 million people vacationed in Laos in the first nine months of this year, an increase ...

Only a third of the workers employed in special and specific economic zones (SEZs) are Lao, with a lack of skills being among the issues depriving local folk of job opportunities in industrial parks, a recent survey has revealed. As many as 12 SEZs have been ...

Tens of thousands of Lao nationals entered the international labour market in 2017, raising hopes that Laos can turn this business into a new foreign exchange earner. According to data from the Lao National Statistics Bureau, Laos supplied about 49,000 labourers to the international market in ...

(KPL) On 26 October 2018, Phu Bia Mining (PBM) donated US$28,000 to Cooperative Orthotic Prosthetic Enterprise (COPE)The donation – part of the company’s ongoing commitment to investing in Laos’ social development – will assist COPE deliver programmes that help people with mobility-related disabilities access physical ...

(KPL) On November 1, 2018 the United States government formally handed over information technology and equipment to senior officials in the Anti-Money Laundering Intelligence Office (AMLIO) of the Lao PDR.More ...

BOTEN, Laos, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) — With over 64 ton diesel, handed over from PetroChina to a Lao company at Laos-China border, the first export of Chinese refined oil to Lao market was made on Wednesday.PetroChina International (Yunnan) Co. Ltd, a subsidiary of PetroChina group, ...

The longstanding friendship between Laos and Australia has strengthened the effectiveness of cooperation between the two nations, according to a bilateral consultation meeting held in Vientiane yesterday.More ...

Lao companies and households will benefit from reforms to the business environment, for instance reducing the number of days needed to start a business, through the Lao PDR Competitiveness and Trade Project.An agreement for US$10 million of financing by the World Bank was signed yesterday ...

Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith will lead a Lao delegation to attend the first China International Import Expo in Shanghai next week.The premier is attending the Expo in response to an invitation from Chinese President Xi Jinping, according to a media release from the Ministry of ...

Ha Tinh (VNA) – Representatives from the Vietnam Administration of Forestry (VNFOREST) and the Lao Department of Forestry Inspection (DOFI) sat down in the central province of Ha Tinh on October 30 to review their cooperation in forestry law enforcement.Vietnam and Laos share a borderline spanning ...