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Lao Government Bonds Soon to be Available on Lao Stock Market
The Lao Government is in the process of preparing documents, measures and regulatory and legal frameworks necessary to register government bonds on the Lao stock market (Lao Securities Exchange – LSX).More ...
The Laotian Times
Buddha Park Vientiane Undergoes Makeover
Vientiane Capital’s Buddha Park (Wat Xiengkhuan) has just received a makeover. How refreshing!Visitors will now be able to stroll around the park in clean, paved cement pathways as they enjoy the breathtaking sights of the amazing sculpture park with more than 200 religious statues. Travelers will also appreciate ...
The Laotian Times
Lao Families Fear Getting Cheated by Developers of New SEZ in Champasak Province
Nearly 150 families in six villages in Khong district of southwestern Laos’ Champasak Province say they do not want to give up their homes and land to a special economic zone planned for their area and that they fear that project developers will not compensate ...
Roseanne Gerin
BEYON Apps to provide info for tourist attractions and accommodations
Representatives from Oudonthani and Vientiane Capital and BEYON Co ltd. have launched four applications, BEYON Oudon City, BEYON KhonKaen City BEYON Nongkhai City and BEYON Muang Lao, which collect all data on tourist attractions, accommodations, shops and restaurants into all-in-one service to provide easy-access, quick ...
Lao Economic Daily
MMG Agrees LXML Sepon Sale
(KPL) MMG Limited (MMG) agreed on Jun 21 the sale of its 90% interest in Lane Xang Minerals (LXML), which owns the Sepon mine in the Lao PDR, to Chifeng Jilong Gold Mining Co Ltd (Chifeng), for US$275 million.More ...
KPL
MRC, JICA Launch Study On Mekong Forest Conservation For Better Basin Management
(KPL) The Mekong River Commission (MRC) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) have launched a joint study on forest conservation and river basin management in the lower Mekong basin as part of their effort to better manage and conserve the environmental health of the basin.More ...
KPL
Lao Front’s role, obligations clarified in law
The rights and obligations of the Lao Front for National Development and the organisation’s committee members have been clarified following the passing of an amendment to the Law on the Front.More ...
Vientiane Times
Capital’s Bus Rapid Transit project set to appoint foreign consultants
Vientiane Sustainable Urban Transport Project (VSUTP) has initiated procedures to sign a foreign consultant to improve parts of the planned Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project.More ...
Vientiane Times
Thousands of families settled with better living conditions, legislators told
As many as 2,529 families have been settled in the government’s focal-developed zones where necessary facilities have been built to enable newcomers to enjoy better living conditions, a minister told the National Assembly (NA) recently.More ...
Souksakhone Vaenkeo
Milestone reached on Sino-Lao railway
Builders began to lay the first steel truss complex on Friday on Yuanjiang Railway Bridge－which has the tallest bridge pier in the world and the longest span between two piers－on the Chinese section of the 925.5-kilometer China-Laos railway, a major project in the Belt and ...
Mo Hong'e
