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Businesses keen to apply best practices in logistics
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 ...
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EDL-Gen completes debenture issue in Thailand
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 ...
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Lao-Thai high speed rail link to be operational in 2023
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 ...
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Laos, China’s Guangdong eye new areas of investment
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Laos and China’s Guangdong province are aiming for a further increase in trade and investment volumes after their bilateral trade value was recorded at US$270 million last year, according to a senior Chinese official.In addition, five investment projects were launched in ...
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Laos, Vietnam strengthen investment cooperation
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Laos and Vietnam are strengthening investment cooperation including planning and management of both the government and private sectors as well as sharing lessons in economic development.These issues were covered at a meeting in Vientiane on Thursday which was co-chaired by Deputy ...
Souksamai Boulom
Laos suspends pig, pork imports from China, Vietnam
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Lao government has announced the temporary suspension of pig and pork product imports from China and Vietnam after African Swine Fever outbreaks in these countries.The notification was issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry recently with the aim of ...
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Vientiane’s book festival seeks to turn a page in Lao reading culture
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Vientiane is marking another first in its development with the organising of a book festival, hoping to persuade the town’s citizens and students about the importance of reading.The festival, which opened at the World Trade Center on Thursday, is drawing a ...
Visith Teppalath
City halts land transactions around Lao National University
Vientiane authorities have frozen land sales and transfers in Dongdok village and surrounding areas after the National University of Laos filed a claim stating that it had the legal right to own and regulate the area.Director of the Vientiane Natural Resources and Environment Department, Mr ...
Ekaphone Phouthonesy
Laos, Cambodia partner in transboundary water resource project
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Laos and Cambodia have agreed on cooperative actions on the key priorities of a joint project on cross-border water resource development and management.Representatives of the two nations discussed plans recently at a Regional Steering Committee meeting, which identified eco-tourism and fisheries ...
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Lao Govt beefs up revenue collection
The cabinet has instructed the Ministry of Finance and other state agencies to collect at least 20 percent of total revenue targeted for 2019 by the end of this month.Speaking at a press conference at the close of the February cabinet meeting, government spokesperson Dr ...
Ekaphone Phouthonesy