Vientiane Times

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The government estimates that the revenue earned from foreign visitors will be US$876 million this year, a drop of 2.63 per cent compared to last year.The government had targeted 5 million tourist arrivals last year and income of US$900 million but ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Lao Chemical Import and Export Joint Venture Company plans to invest US$90 million within five years to supply chemical products to various sectors in Laos.The newly opened firm has divided its business operations into three phases and launched its action ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The value of imports and exports from special and specific economic zones (SEZs) in Laos reached around US$679 million in 2018.The value of imports topped US$430 million, while the value of exports stood at US$249 million.More ...

The Lao  People’s Army museum in Vientiane will get a facelift this year to turn it into a new tourist attraction, thanks to financial aid from the government of Vietnam.The Vietnamese government has agreed to provide a grant of over 13 billion kip (over US$1.5 ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Laos-Japan Institute at the National University of Laos (NUOL) is keen to partner with the Lao National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LNCCI) to bolster the development of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). In pursuit of this objective, the two sides ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The value of mineral production is expected to drop by 1.93 per cent this year, attributed to the fact that some large mines are slowing production in anticipation of closure next year.   Last year the government set the target for mining ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Continuing bilateral cooperation and research is seeing the development of markedly improved crop seeds in Laos to meet quality demands in exports bound for China.More ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Health experts met in Vientiane on Thursday to discuss developments in the prevention and control of HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections (STI) around the country.Minister of Health, Associate Prof. Dr Bounkong Syhavong, told the ‘National Committee for the Control of AIDS ...

More than 20,000 women took training courses or entered the job market in the agriculture and forestry, industrial and service industry sectors during 2018.More ...

Laos could serve as an internet cable connector within the region in the future thanks to its geographic location, an internet policy maker has said.“It is possible that Laos could be a regional internet land link,” Director General of the Lao Internet Centre, Mr Keovisouk ...