Vientiane Times
Parliament session opens, hails robust economic growth
The National Assembly (NA)’s fifth ordinary session kicked off yesterday, welcoming robust economic growth and highlighting the need to overcome challenges. Delivering the government’s report, Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith told the biannual session of the NA’s 8th Legislature that it was estimated economic growth in the ...
Souksakhone Vaenkeo
Laos ranked 61st for total contribution of tourism to GDP
Tourism is increasingly contributing to the growth of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and driving important economic activity in most countries around the world including Laos. In 2017, Laos was ranked 61st out of 185 countries by total contribution of travel and tourism to GDP, according to ...
Somsack Pongkhao
Korea’s new foreign policy to boost cooperation with Asean, Laos: diplomat
The Republic of Korea’s renewed foreign policy will advance relations and cooperation with Southeast Asian countries including Laos, the Korean Ambassador to Laos has said. The ‘New Southern Policy’ under President Moon Jae-in’s administration is designed to expand economic ties with the Association of Southeast ...
Souksakhone Vaenkeo
Australia backs project to reduce child undernutrition
The Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health of Australia is providing over US$700,000 from 2018-2021 to help reduce child malnutrition in target districts of Vientiane province.More ...
Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth
US extends support for school meals programme
The United States government has announced new support of US$27.4 million in funding for the school meals programme to help strengthen the Lao government’s national school meals initiative.More ...
Vientiane Times
Champasak readies hilltop site for tourists
Champasak provincial authorities are eyeing a site at Phou Sa Lao Mountain in Phonthong district, with a view to turning it into a tourist attraction and bringing more people to the area. Local authorities are compiling data for a tourism management plan after inspecting the ...
Vientiane Times
Govt, int’l experts dig deep to resolve problem of damaged roads
Government officials and members of international organisations met in Vientiane yesterday for talks on road maintenance, with a view to better regulating road transport and preventing damage by overloaded trucks.More ...
Vientiane Times
Health officials launch nutrition action plan
The addition of micronutrients to processed food as an efficacious and cost-effective way to improve the micronutrient status of the population is commanding the attention of health experts. A meeting held on Thursday to discuss the issue was attended by Country Director and Representative of ...
Vientiane Times
Huaphan’s Lid Rapids to be developed as new tourist site
The Lid Rapids in Add district, Huaphan province, will be turned into a tourist attraction for use by visitors, further promoting the province’s scenic beauty. Deputy Director of the provincial Information, Culture and Tourism Department, Mr Phouvanh Phetmixay, told Vientiane Times on Friday the rapids in Nakham village ...
Vientiane Times
Human resources the key for Asean economic integration: PM
Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith has highlighted the significance of human resource development to boost economic growth and enable Laos to better integrate with the rest of the region and the world. The prime minister delivered the message when addressing over 500 students and academics at ...
Vientiane Times
