Phnom Penh Int’l Airport wins award as passenger traffic soars
The Phnom Penh International Airport has been awarded Best Asia Pacific Regional Airport 2019 for its sustained high growth in passenger traffic in recent years. The award was presented by the Capa Centre for Aviation (Capa) – a world-leading and trusted organisation that provides market intelligence ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/phnom-penh-intl-airport-wins-award-passenger-traffic-soars
South Korea pledges US$500 million for Lao development
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The government of South Korea (ROK) has offered US$500 million for Laos to finance development projects in the country in the coming years, a South Korean news agency reported last week.The Yonhap news Agency reported on September 5 that Laos and ...
Ekaphone Phouthonesy
http://annx.asianews.network/content/south-korea-pledges-us500-million-lao-development-103703
Vientiane province looking to branded oranges for sweet success
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Long known among citrus lovers for their delicious taste, Kasy and Vangvieng districts in Vientiane province plan to cash in on their popular organic oranges by developing a special brand to boost revenue for local growers.The plan by provincial authorities aims ...
Souksamai Boulom
Lao Reproductive Health, Rights And Choices For All
(KPL) Mobile outreach and activities promoting sexual reproductive health aim to reach more garment factories in Vientiane Capital.Vientiane Youth Clinic (VYC) working with Lao Women’s Union (LWU) organized a consultation meeting with factory owners and managers in Vientiane Capital on Jun 7 to discuss expansion ...
KPL
Laos, China ink US$4.5 million deal on cooperation projects
The Lao and Chinese governments have signed a funding agreement designed to finance a range of projects under the Mekong-Lancang cooperation framework.Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Thongphan Savanphet, and Chinese Ambassador to Laos, Mr Jiang Zaidong, on Friday signed the agreement on the Mekong-Lancang ...
Ekaphone Phouthonesy
Vietnam receives AIPA chairmanship for 2019-2020
Vietnam’s National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan received the AIPA chairmanship for 2019-2020 from Speaker of the Thai House of Representatives Chuan Leekpai at the 40th General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) which came to an end in Bangkok on August 29.Through ...
Press release for launching ceremony of challenges to independent media 2017
With financial and technical supports by the European Union and DanChurchAid Cambodia Office, the Cambodian Center for Independent Media (CCIM) is pleased announce that CCIM is going to release a report of Challenges to Independent Media in Cambodia 2017 on Wednesday morning, February 21, 2018 ...
Cambodian Center for Independent Media (CCIM)
Displaced Villagers in Laos Still Waiting for Railway Compensation
Many Lao villagers who were forced to relocate for construction on the Laos-China railway are still waiting for compensation from the government, while others who have received payments say the payments are much lower than they had expected.The railway project linking landlocked Laos with China ...
RFA’s Lao Service
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/laos/lao-china-railway-compensation-delay-07162019170632.html
Three Chinese Arrested in Laos for Passing Counterfeit Currency
Police in Laos this week arrested three Chinese nationals for trying to buy holiday clothing with counterfeit bills that a shopkeeper had noticed were marked by smeared ink, causing her to contact authorities, sources in Laos said.The suspects, two men and a woman, had recently ...
RFA’s Lao Service
Lao cabinet pushes for effective management of exchange rates
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The cabinet has named the management of currency exchange as one of its top priorities in the coming months, as the gap between the official and market exchange rates widens.According to a media release issued at the end of the cabinet’s ...
Ekaphone Phouthonesy
http://annx.asianews.network/content/lao-cabinet-pushes-effective-management-exchange-rates-102988
Govt. Unveils Data Management System for Digital Birth Registration
The government of Laos has introduced a digital central data management system to collect population data in the country. Ministry of Home Affairs launched the Electronic Registration and Vital Statistics System (eCRVS) at a meeting in February to analyze the data on births, deaths, marriages, and ...
Manyphone Vongphachanh
Not worth it: laid-off workers shun free vocational education
Workers losing jobs amid the Covid-19 pandemic say the free vocational education on offer does not help them find new jobs. According to data from the national social insurance agency, of more than one million people receiving unemployment benefits nationwide, only 16,000 people have said ...
Le Tuyet
Demand for cars to boom in 2020: MoIT forecast
The average income per capita in Viet Nam will reach about US$3,000 in 2020 and the demand for cars will boom, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s (MoIT) forecast presented on Thursday at a seminar in Ha Noi.At the seminar, in the presence of Government ...
VNA staff
National ASEAN 2020 Committee makes debut
The National ASEAN 2020 Committee, tasked with making preparations for Vietnam to shoulder the ASEAN Chairmanship in 2020, made debut in Hanoi on December 24.Speaking at the launch ceremony, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said after more than 50 years of formation and development, ASEAN ...
Laos, Hungary to mutually waive visas for diplomats
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Laos and Hungary will waive the visa requirement for each other’s diplomatic or service passport holders as of September 9, allowing passport holders from either country to stay in the host country for a period of 90 days without a visa.The ...
Times Reporters
http://annx.asianews.network/content/laos-hungary-mutually-waive-visas-diplomats-103347
Timor-Leste values Laos’ support for proposed Asean membership
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Timor-Leste highly values the support shown by Laos for the country’s application for Asean membership and is also seeking to broaden cooperation with Asean members in the Mekong sub-region.The country’s Minister of foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Mr Dionisio da Costa Babo ...
Somxay Sengdara
http://annx.asianews.network/content/timor-leste-values-laos%E2%80%99-support-proposed-asean-membership-98315
Conference shines spotlight on nation’s family planning policy
Laos will continue to work with its development partners, including the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to make policy breakthroughs on the national family planning programme.Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment, Dr Kikeo Chanthaboury, made the remarks in Vientiane on Friday at the convening of ...
Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth
Villagers vow to defy fresh ban on marches
More than 1,500 villagers plan to march to the Anti-Corruption Unit and National Assembly in Phnom Penh on Thursday in defiance of a fresh ban issued by City Hall prohibiting them from doing so. The villagers form a group known as the Land Communities for Peace ...
Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villagers-vow-to-defy-fresh-ban-on-marches-59966/
Union Leader Released; ‘Free the 23’ Protests To Continue
Phnom Penh police released union leader Sok Chhun Oeung from custody Monday, a day after dragging him off the street at a peaceful protest he had organized along Phnom Penh’s riverside against the detention of 23 men still in jail for participating in demonstrations over ...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/union-leader-released-free-the-23-protests-to-continue-50902/
CP All Negotiates for 7-Eleven Stores in Laos
Will 7-Eleven come to Laos? The question has been up in the air for many years despite continued reports that it would make a foray into the country.one more such report emerged a few days ago. According to The Nation, CP All, a Thai firm that ...
The Laotian Times