Champassak eyes Pakxe’s transformation into smart city, logistics hub
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Champassak province and Tai Hoe Holdings will cooperate in conducting a development feasibility study to set up a smart and eco-city in Pakxe in the nation’s south, after reaching an agreement this week.Director of the Champassak Department of Planning and Investment, Dr ...
Times Reporters
Cross-border commerce falls short
Cross-border trade fell by 3.4% in 2019, weighed down by the strong baht, volatile foreign exchange and the prolonged trade war.The Commerce Ministry’s foreign Trade Department said on Tuesday that the country’s overall cross-border trade, including transit trade, amounted to 1.337 trillion baht, falling short ...
Phusadee Arunmas
Long Covid clinics launch at nine Bangkok hospitals
People with symptoms of long Covid can now seek treatment at special clinics set up by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) at nine hospitals in the city.Dr Suksan Kittisupakorn, director of the BMA’s Medical Service Department, said on Friday that the Long Covid Clinics would ...
The Nation Reporter
SSO joins banks in providing low-interest loans to small businesses
The Social Security Office (SSO) is cooperating with financial institutions to earmark Bt30 billion to provide low-interest loans to small businesses so they can continue employing their workforce, Labour Minister Suchart Chomklin said on Tuesday (August 18).He explained that the government prioritised economic recovery under ...
The Nation Reporter
Farmers happiness index improves from previous year
Thai farmers’ happiness index in 2018 has improved from the previous year, according to the survey by Office of Agricultural Economics (OAE). OAE secretary-general Rapheephat Chansriwong revealed on Thursday (December 19) that the OAE has surveyed and compiled the happiness index of Thai farmers nationwide ...
The Nation Reporter
NESDC explains economic and social restoration with 1-trillion-baht loan
The National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC) has explained the undertaking of economic and social rehabilitation under a 1-trillion-baht loan decree.In response to many sides commenting that disbursement of the funds was slow, the NESDC Deputy Secretary-General, Danucha Pichayanan, said today the council serves ...
Pollution at hazardous levels in Vientiane
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Wildfires in Laos and neighbouring countries are causing dangerous levels of air pollution in many regions of Laos, especially in the capital.Director General of the Pollution Control Department under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Mrs Sisouphanh Luanglath, told Vientiane ...
Phomphong Laoin
Vientiane gets to grips with plastic pollution
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Lao People’s Revolutionary Youth Union has joined forces with the environmental preservation group Green Vientiane to reduce the use of plastic and find solutions to the scourge of plastic waste.Members of the Youth Union and Green Vientiane yesterday held a ...
Viengdavanh Banphahaksa
Northern Laos battles locust outbreak
VIENTIANE, May 23 (Xinhua) — Northern Lao province of Huaphan has been affected by yellow-spined bamboo locusts and local authorities are working hard to stop further destruction of vegetation.“We have found locusts in 143 sites that are spread across 63 villages and nine districts. Each ...
Yang Yi
Ignorance of the labour law denying workers their rights in Laos
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – A lack of understanding of the Law on Labour by most members of the workforce, especially in rural areas, puts employees at a disadvantage when dealing with employers, according to a leading official.Minister of Labour and Social Welfare, Dr Khampheng Saysompheng, ...
Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth
Cooperation - key in Vietnam’s fight against COVID-19
The international community has attributed Vietnam’s remarkable achievements in taking on COVID-19 to the close cooperation between the country’s Government and its people.Given the complicated development of COVID-19 around the world, with 4.8 million affected and deaths totalling 316,000, Vietnam, with 320 cases of infection, ...
Chinese trucks suffer long wait at border crossing into Yunnan
LUANG NAMTHA, Laos (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Chinese trucks carrying fruit and crops from Laos into China through the Boten-Mohan border crossing in Luang Namtha province are forced to move slowly, which means there is a long line of vehicles parked by the roadside.While the trucks ...
Khonesavanh Lathsaphao
Air pollution in Bangkok falls to lowest level in 2020
The website data show that Bangkok air quality index (AQI) had a PM2.5 level of only 53 micrograms per cubic metre (μg/m3) on average. The AQI is a standard that indicates the level of air pollution. 100 AQI is considered ‘moderate’. The suburbs with the ...
Greeley Pulitzer
Laos, Cambodia assemblies cement cooperation
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The legislative bodies of Laos and Cambodia should continue to encourage their respective governments to address border issues to allow the completion of border marker installation.This proposal was made at a bilateral meeting between high-level delegations from the Lao National Assembly ...
Somxay Sengdara
http://annx.asianews.network/content/laos-cambodia-assemblies-cement-cooperation-97748
Lao designer to be honoured with Italian design award
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Lao designer Douangmany Heuangkhamsene (Tookta) and the ‘Her Works’ label will receive a prestigious fashion design award at a ceremony to be held in Italy this month.Ms Douangmany told Vientiane Times she will receive the Iron A’ Design Award from the ...
Sisouphan Amphonephong
http://annx.asianews.network/content/lao-designer-be-honoured-italian-design-award-97920
Coral-damaging sunscreens banned in marine parks
Sunscreen products with chemical compounds that are harmful to coral are now prohibited from being used in Thai marine national parks, the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation said on Wednesday.The chemical compounds banned are Oxybenzone (Benzophenone-3, BP-3), Octinoxate (Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate), 4-Methylbenzylid Camphor ...
Apinya Wipatayotin
Cabinet approves Higher Education Act
The cabinet on Tuesday (Aug 7th) has approved the Higher Education Act. The Education Minister, Clin. Prof. Udom Kachintorn, said the approval of the Higher Education Act would lead to the establishment of the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation. He said the National Legislative ...
Supawadee Wangsri
NGOs: Rail link better, not tunnel
Two active NGOs in Penang want the Penang Undersea Tunnel project scrapped because it will be redundant with two bridges connecting the island to the mainland. []Yan Lee was referring to the Kunming-Singapore railway network, which will crawl northwards from the island republic and connects with ...
The Star Online Reporter
Government, tech giants unite in campaign targets online fraud in VN
The Information Security Authority and Meta Group have jointly launched the “Identify Scams” campaign, the first of its kind in Vietnam in 2024, to combat online scams.The “Identify Scams” awareness campaign will focus on six of the 24 online scam types identified by the Information ...
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International organisations join fight against child boxing
Three weeks after a 13-year-old boy died in a muay thai ring, the bill banning children from participating in paid matches has yet to reach legislators.In response to this, the Child Safety Promotion and Injury Prevention Research Centre (CSIP) has stepped up pressure on the ...
Kornrawee Panyasuppakun