Big water companies have been urged to make voluntary contributions or pay for commercial water use for sustainable ecosystem services. Making this call, senior officials from the Ministry of Environment said the move was to raise money to protect the ecosystem. ...

HGB Motors Assembly Co Ltd is investing about $7 million in a car assembly plant in Poipet town, Banteay Meanchey province. ...

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has in the first two months of this year announced its approval of final registration certificates for 37 investment projects worth about $2.38 billion, an indication of significant progress in economic recovery as Covid-19 wanes. ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Ministry of Energy and Mines has said that seven construction and installation projects related to the national power grid will be completed in the last three quarters of this year.A recent report from the ministry noted that these seven projects ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The United Kingdom government will provide grant aid worth 36 billion kip (US$4,274,709) for clearing Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) and developing capacity in the UXO sector of Laos. The funding will be provided to HALO Trust and Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) to support UXO ...

The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) held a groundbreaking ceremony last week to build four decentralized wastewater treatment plants and a city-level excrement treatment facility in Pakse City, Champasack that would benefit around 9,000 people.These facilities are being developed under the Wastewater and Solid Waste ...

HAINAN, China (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith has underlined the need to uphold multilateral cooperation for shared interests and the important role of globalisation at the 2019 Boao forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference in China’s southern island province of Hainan.The premier attended ...

UPDATED at 7 P.M. EDT on 2019-04-12Lao authorities have arrested three U.S. citizens in Luang Namtha province’s Sing district for distributing bibles and other evangelistic materials, a Christian organization in the United States told RFA’s Lao Service on Friday.Identified by their organization only by their ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Small and Medium Size Enterprises (SMEs) in Laos have to strengthen their capacity to produce premium goods for the international market as their only realistic option, according to an official from International Trade Centre (ITC).“Laos cannot do a big volume at ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The recent unearthing of a mine in Savannakhet province’s Vilabouly district promises to be an attractive site for tourists and will hopefully generate more income for the local community.Officials from both government and private sectors expressed hope in their address at ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Lao sweetcorn products should attract more buyer interest in the regional market now that official standards and grading will be applied to the crop.The Ministry of Science and Technology announced that national standards would be introduced so that the crop’s quality ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Lao government and two firms have signed an agreement for developing Xebangfai 1 (Keng Keo) hydro-power project.The project development agreement was signed in Vientiane on Friday by representatives of the Ministry of Planning and Investment, the Ministry of Energy and ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith has asked members of the National Assembly (NA) to consider the use of incentives to entice private business investment for public infrastructure projects.The government wants to encourage investments that are licensed under a Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) model in ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) has provided more than 4.7 billion kip (US$5.5 million) for the second phase of a UXO project in Laos, up from the US$3 million contributed for the first phase.An agreement concerning the funding contribution for ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Laos is developing a strategic plan to become the network centre for a regional electricity transmission system by 2025.Director of the Energy Management Department under the Ministry of Energy and Mines, Mr Sichard Boudshakittilath, recently detailed the plan during a workshop ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Authorities have told villagers and organisations whose property stands in the path of the planned expressway in Vientiane to declare the assets they will lose and to submit a compensation claim by the end of this month.Xaysettha and Xaythany district authorities ...

(KPL) The Embassy of Malaysia in Vientiane, Lao PDR has encouraged Lao government officials to apply for fully sponsored short term training courses under the Malaysian Technical Cooperation Programme or MTCP.The fully sponsored training courses in Malaysia would enable Lao PDR Officials to experience and ...

The Lao capital Vientiane has been named as one of seven best cities in the world for walking tours by Booking.com Japan.Booking.com Japan is a Japanese arm of Booking.com, a Dutch travel fare aggregator website and travel metasearch engine for lodging reservations.According to Booking.com Japan’s ...

Bim Land Joint Stock Company, a property developer under BIM Group, has reached an agreement with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, for a loan of up to $87.5 million to develop tourism infrastructure in Vietnam and Laos.Tourism is ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Electricite Du Laos (EDL) under the Ministry of Energy and Mines has instructed its staff across the country to ensure that reduced electricity charges are applied to the use of irrigation pumps and livestock farms.EDL Deputy Managing Director Mr Khampaseuth Theppangna ...