Lao ministry allows more wood products for export
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Ministry of Industry and Commerce has revised the list of wood products approved for export so that Lao furniture makers can more easily sell their goods in local and overseas markets.The ministry has specified three main categories of wood product ...
News Desk
http://annx.asianews.network/content/lao-ministry-allows-more-wood-products-export-101523
Compensation talks begin for Lao dam disaster victims
LAO AUTHORITIES say negotiations have begun over compensation for the victims of last summer’s Xe Pian-Xe Nam Noy Dam collapse, but environmental activists and rights campaigners want the dam’s backers to do more than just pay out money – they should help restore their livelihoods, ...
PRATCH RUJIVANAROM
Regional forum strengthens social protection for vulnerable children
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Social welfare experts from Laos and other Asean member countries met in Vientiane on Monday to enhance efforts to safeguard vulnerable people across the region.In his address at the 14th Asean GO-NGO forum on Social Welfare and Development “Strengthening Social Protection ...
Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth
Stable growth predicted for agriculture sector in Laos
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The agriculture sector is expected to expand by up to 3 percent this year, if Laos does not encounter any serious natural disaster like last year.According to the Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2019 forecast, the agriculture sector is expected to expand ...
News Desk
Laos, UN prepare for better emergency response
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Humanitarian groups from the government, the United Nations and international civil society organisations met last week to discuss gaps in national crisis response and ways to overcome them.The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), as the Logistic Cluster lead organisation, works ...
News Desk
http://annx.asianews.network/content/laos-un-prepare-better-emergency-response-102304
Laos to provide weather forecast bulletins for farmers
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Farmers around the country will soon be receiving seasonal weather forecasts, which will be distributed by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to district and provincial offices.The weather bulletins, which will be produced by the Division of Climatology and Agro-meteorology ...
Phomphong Laoin
Electricity sales generating more foreign exchange for Laos
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Electricity generation looks set to take a leading role in supplying Laos with foreign exchange in the coming years, according to data from the Bank of the Lao PDR.The central bank released its latest annual economic report recently, providing readers with ...
Ekaphone Phouthonesy
Morning Market Mall Complex Slated for Redevelopment
A press conference was held last Friday at Vientiane’s Talat Sao (Morning Market) Mall to inform the public of the future of the market and mall complex, which has been uncertain for some years.The press conference was held by Mr. Atsaphangthong Siphandone, Vice Mayor of ...
Latsamy Phonevilay
https://laotiantimes.com/2019/09/17/morning-market-mall-complex-slated-for-redevelopment/
1.2 Trillion Kip Needed For Road Renovation
(KPL) The Department of Bridges and Roads has said it needs 1,200 billion kip to implement 20 projects and 148 contracts on road repair and construction nationwide.Of the needed funding, 869 billion kip is needed for road repair and renovation, 251 billion kip for road ...
KPL editors
EU continues support for basic education in Laos
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The European Union (EU) will continue to add more than 135 billion kip (14 million euros) for the ‘Basic Education Support Programme in Laos’ to help the nation achieve its education development plans.This was the message delivered during a visit to ...
Keoviengkhone Bounviseth
http://annx.asianews.network/content/eu-continues-support-basic-education-laos-104287
Lao-Thai cooperation targeting better treatment for gastrointestinal patients
Mahosot Hospital is cooperating with experts from Asean countries including Thailand aiming to improve treatment for patients with gastrointestinal problems.The cooperation aims to improve treatment by developing local doctors’ skills in the use of new endoscopy equipment to respond to the increasing number of gastrointestinal ...
Times Reporters
UK Renews Its Support For UXO Clearance In Laos
(Mark Field, Minister for Asia and the Pacific of the United Kingdom)(KPL) During my very recent first visit to Laos, I was briefed by the Mine Action Group (MAG) and The Halo Trust (HALO) about the state of UXO clearance in Laos, and I spent ...
KPL
Expo offers solutions for sustainable tourism in Laos
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The second Sustainable Tourism Solutions Expo opened in Vientiane on Friday, following on from last year’s well received inaugural event in Luang Prabang province.The expo is the region’s leading specialised fair for the tourism industry to celebrate, explore, and exhibit the latest ...
Times Reporters
http://annx.asianews.network/content/expo-offers-solutions-sustainable-tourism-laos-105202
Laos ministry issues regulation for village financial administration
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Ministry of Finance has ruled that village authorities have no right to impose their budget plans independently as they are part of the state administration and subject to implementing the budget law.Minister of Finance, Mr Somdy Douangdy signed the ministerial decision ...
Ekaphone Phouthonesy
Region unprepared for emerging meth epidemic
Last week, Vientiane played host to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime’s High Level Conference on Transnational Organised Crime in Laos and the Mekong Region. The UNODC brought together senior Lao officials, international partners, and select experts from neighbouring Mekong countries.The conference agenda was focused ...
John Coyne
Gov’t Officials Have English Skills Enriched Thanks To Singaporean Government Funding
(KPL) The Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs funded a three-week training course on “Basic English Language and Communication Skills” For 31 Lao government officials from 13 to 31 August 2018.More ...
Lao Villagers Refuse to Yield Land for SEZ, Now Contend With Access Road
At least 140 families from eight villages in the Khong district of southwestern Laos’ Champasak province are refusing to sell their land or relocate to make way for a special economic zone planned for their area.Despite this, developers have begun the hasty construction of an ...
RFA’s Lao Service
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, ...
News Desk
LDB partners with KIWI for transactions through Alipay
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Chinese investors and companies will soon be able to conduct transactions through the Alipay system in Laos.The Lao Development Bank (LDB) entered into an agreement with KIWI Company Limited on July 30 to roll out the service.KIWI is a leading Fintech ...
Manichanh Pansivongxay
http://annx.asianews.network/content/ldb-partners-kiwi-transactions-through-alipay-101455
Activists launch smartphone apps to protect women
Three free smartphone applications designed by Cambodian women to help reduce gender-based violence in the country were launched by The Asia Foundation on Monday. ...
Janelle Retka
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/activists-launch-smartphone-apps-to-protect-women-92398/