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Vientiane Capital to plant trees on 300 hectares this year
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Vientiane is making a strong contribution to the country’s efforts to restore forest cover to 70 percent of the total land area by the end of next year, a forestry official has said.Director of Vientiane’s Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Dr Sayla ...
Somxay Sengdara
Investigators: Laos' Dam collapse not a “force majeure” event
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The collapse of saddle dam D at the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy hydroelectric power project in Attapeu province last year was not considered as “force majeure”, a senior government official said yesterday.Vice President of the National Investigation Committee (NIC) formed by the government to ...
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Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam partner in agricultural research
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam will pursue their combined efforts to protect the diversity of agricultural crops through a new research project.This was the message from a member of the National Lao Academy of Social Science, Mrs Keophayvanh Duangsavanh, when she addressed ...
Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth
Laos expands farmland available for dry season crops
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry achieved its 2018 target by creating an additional 153,000 hectares of agricultural land that can be farmed in the dry season.This figure equals an 83 percent expansion of dry season farmland land.In a recent report, ...
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Vinamilk, Lao-Jagro partner in organic dairy farm and resort
XIENG KHUANG, Laos (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Vinamilk, Vietnam’s largest dairy company, has teamed up with Lao and Japanese businesses to build an organic dairy farm and resort in Xieng Khuang province.Construction of the project officially kicked off on the Xieng Khuang plateau last week. The groundbreaking ...
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Laos, China ink deal on business development in northern provinces
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Lao National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LNCCI) and the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce (ACFIC) have inked a cooperation agreement that formalises the close working relationship between the two organisations into the future.Under the framework of the Belt ...
Bounfaeng Phaymanivong
Laos' APT Trading, Vietnamese cooperative ink deal on fruit farming for export
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Phaiboun Trading Import-Export Company Limited (APT Trading) and a Vietnamese cooperative, Hop Tac Xa Ngoc Lan, on Sunday signed an agreement on the Fruit-related Production and Consumption Project.The project will enable people living in the districts of Xiengkhor, Sobbao and Viengxay ...
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Lao Entrepreneurship Day boosts future business prospects
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Young entrepreneurs and students have learned how to obtain funding from banks, make a business plan, and found out more about business operations after taking part in Lao Entrepreneurship Day 2019 at the National University of Laos last week.The event received ...
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Arson suspected as cause of fire in Laos’ National Protected Area
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 ...
Phomphong Laoin
Asian support group extends assistance for disabled people in Huaphan
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 ...
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