Over 600 vehicles that were illegally imported into Borikhamxay province have now been legalised, despite some challenges in the process, according to a committee in charge of the matter. A senior official on the committee, Mr Khamvaen Panyanouvong, told Vientiane Times on Friday that only 100 ...

The Ministry of Public Works and Transport and the China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding on a feasibility study of the planned expressway linking Vientiane and Pakxe, Section IV. This section will run from Road No. 15 in Saravan ...

It is now the 165th day that Than Htike Aung, a former editor of Mizzima was arrested by the military council. Than Htike Aung and BBC journalist Aung Thura were arrested by military intelligence while attending the trial of NLD Patron Win Htein in Naypyidaw’s Dakkhin ...

The Grassroots Democratic Party yesterday submitted a petition to National Assembly President Heng Samrin to seek clarification from the government over the partial reclamation of Boeng Tamouk lake. In 2016, the government issued a sub-decree designating the 3,239-hectare Boeng Tamouk lake in Phnom Penh as ...

The director of Mondulkiri province’s Phnom Prich wildlife sanctuary, Han Sokhon, is set to face legal action from an indigenous community. The villagers allege he colluded to exploit the very forest he was meant to safeguard after villagers discovered illegal logging in the protected area. ...

The Natural Resource and Wildlife Preservation Organization, a conservation organisation in Kampong Speu, pledged yesterday to file a letter of complaint to authorities after learning that 6 hectares of protected forestland were cleared illegally. ...

Another group of families living along Cambodia’s dilapidated railway tracks is filing a complaint with the compliance review panel of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), accusing the lender of failing to abide by its own resettlement policies. ...

Frontline enforcement officers last from key provinces, ports and border posts in Laos, China and Vietnam completed an inter-agency field mission this week to share experiences, approaches and update the situation on wildlife smuggling networks along the major trade routes between China, Vietnam and Laos. Keep ...

Phanphet Agriculture Development Farm (PADF) is preparing to sell 10,000 tonnes of rice this year after negotiating exports with international partners. PADF President Mr Thongsavan Miboun told the media on 20 January the farm was doing its part to increase rice production and overseas sales. Keep reading ...

Thousands of visitors crammed the provincial capital on Friday to enjoy the colourful activities organised to officially launch Visit Laos Year in Huaphan province. The occasion coincided with the 10th anniversary of Xameua district’s city pillar, which takes centre stage in the townMore ...

The Lao and Japanese governments have highlighted 20 years of achievement in cooperation to strengthen the legal and judicial sectors in Laos, especially with regard to human resource development.The results were reported during a ceremony on Tuesday to recognise Japan’s contribution from 1998-2018.More ...

The government has made a strong commitment to build hydropower projects on the Mekong mainstream in a sustainable manner and has expressed hope that relevant stakeholders will support the country realise its electricity generation ambitions, a senior official has told a major regional forum.More ...

Five years after first ratifying the UN Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT), Cambodia remains delinquent in honouring some of its commitments under the treaty, UN representatives said yesterday. Under the OPCAT, Cambodia was obliged to create an independent National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) to ...

After a mass escape of 70 inmates from the notorious Prey Speu centre on Sunday, the government said they would take mentally ill people rounded up off the streets and house them on the same site as a Kandal orphanage.   ...

The Rice Research Centre is accelerating efforts to improve the efficiency of the current rice breeding and testing programme for farmers’ use in response to climate change.  Dr Phetmanyseng explained that climate change directly affects rice production worldwide, including Laos, and causes national rice production to ...

Local authorities must do more to alleviate poverty by teaching people about ways to earn a living, run a small business and invest their money so they have a better quality of life.Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith gave the advice when meeting with senior officials in ...

The nation’s rivers are set to swell with the release of some 45 million juvenile fish for National Aquatic Animal and Wildlife Conservation Day as well as to commemorate the anniversary of President Souphanouvong’s birth. The dual event is set to instil consciousness to children and ...

A UXO Lao team working in Attapeu province hopes to finish clearing explosive devices from land allocated for new housing for flood victims in Sanamxay district next month. one of the sites has now been decontaminated, with technicians removing and destroying 14 cluster bombs.More ...

United Nations agencies are working closely with the government and humanitarian partners to bring in clean water, food, shelter and medical aid for over 13,000 people affected by the floods in Attapeu province.More ...

A Working Visit Programme to promote Lao and Thai tourism has concluded after journalists from Asean countries and China spent 10 days exploring the charms and beauty of the two countries.More ...