Foreign leaders continued to express their sympathy to their Lao counterparts over the tragedy caused by the failure of the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy dam.More ...

President Bounnhang Vorachit advised respected representatives from Lao ethnic people and expatriates to continue their support for the country’s development at the 3rd National Ethnic Conference.The conference held yesterday at the National Convention Centre in Vientiane aimed to promote the role of ethnic groups around ...

Luang Namtha provincial authorities have given the green light to a local company to develop a 30 hectare Culture Park in Pae village, Luang Namtha district that is set to be completed in 2021. The project is valued more than 129.2 billion kip (US$ 15.3 ...

Soukhoungheuang company plans to sell 12,000 tonnnes of bananas harvested from its farmland concession in Savannakhet province to Russia. The Vietnamese company plans to invest US$38 million in growing fruit trees on about 5,500 hectares in Nong district, Savannakhet province, and has cleared 1,900 hectares ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a large grant to help farmers and agribusinesses in Laos create sustainable and climate-smart agriculture value chains.More ...

Operators of the Nam Ngum 1 hydropower plant are informing communities downstream of the reservoir that water will be released from tomorrow onwards to ease rising water levels.More ...

The government has become a party to the United Nations Convention on Contracts for International Sales of Goods, hoping to use the law to protect its international trade interests.Minister of foreign Affairs Mr Saleumxay Kommasith on September 26 presented the letter from the government to ...

The Chinese government has awarded 50 scholarships to outstanding local students and those from disadvantaged remote areas so they can study for bachelor and master’s degrees in China. The scholarships were announced last week at the Confucius Institute on the National University of Laos (NUOL) campus ...

Laos and the Republic of Korea (ROK) have signed three memorandums of understanding (MOUs) to further strengthen their cooperation. The MOUs on port management information, intellectual property, technical cooperation and vocational cooperation were signed on the occasion of the bilateral meeting between Lao Prime Minister Thongloun ...

Thousands of people in northern areas of Laos are suffering after rivers flooded following several days of heavy rain. Xayaboury, Huaphan and parts of Luang Prabang and Vientiane provinces have been the hardest hit, with at least 10 districts affected. In some areas, roads have ...

Nagaworld casino has fired more than 400 workers who have spent about 10 days striking to demand a wage increase, union leaders, workers and a leaked internal memo have revealed. A list of names, obtained by the Post yesterday, was emailed to management and senior staff ...

The Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) plans to declare Prey Veng as a mine-free province – the second, after Kep province. ...

According to the newest World Bank’s classification, Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam are Lower Middle Income countries while Thailand is Upper Middle Income. For the current 2019 fiscal year, low-income economies are defined as those with a GNI per capita, calculated using the World Bank Atlas method, of $995 or less in ...

The number of people travelling between Laos and China has increased, especially the number of Chinese visiting Laos from Hainan province, since a direct flight between Vientiane and Hainan came into service last year. The new sector has proved popular and is leading to more ...

The Ministry of Interior on January 20 sent a letter to the National Election Committee verifying 152 of the 179 names in seven suites of complaints related to the new digital voter list had legitimate identity cards and would remain on the final voter list. ...

The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), the EU Delegation and the National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute (NAFRI) last week launched a new project to boost food security and nutrition. The project on Developing Capacities in Agriculture Innovation Systems of Scaling up ...

Phnom Penh City Hall will add five new bus lines to the city’s public transportation system in an effort to increase ridership even though no profit has been made on the service. City Hall spokesman Met Meas Pheakdey told Khmer Times yesterday that the number of ...

Inclusive Development International has launched an online accountability hub to provide resources for advocates to conduct investigative research in support of communities whose rights and resources are threatened by investment projects. Visit ‘Following the money to justice’ to see what it’s all about, and see the ...

A free public forum on 'International financing of dams in the Mekong: Responses to ten years of banking on Nam Theun 2'. 10am, 2 October, Bangkok. ...

Union officials and the garment sector’s factory association said yesterday they supported a new program meant to enhance relations between employers and employees, but remained sceptical of how effective it would be. In a ceremony yesterday, the Ministry of Labour inaugurated the program, which entails training ...