Laos exported 50,000 workers last fiscal year
Laos exported as many as 50,712 workers in the fiscal year that ended in September, including 27,176 females, official statistics show. Most of the workers obtained jobs in Thailand, while just over 50 people found employment in Japan, according to statistics from the Ministry of Labour ...
Champassak extends dolphin conservation zone
Authorities and residents of Champassak province, especially those living in Hang Sadam and Hang Khon villages, Khong district, recently agreed to extend the conservation zone of the Mekong Dolphin, making it seven times larger. The move has been taken in a bid to conserve the ...
Champassak province celebrates Pakxe city status
Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith yesterday attended a ceremony to officially declare Pakxe district to be a city, as the capital of Champassak province, after the government recently authorised the upgrade of three provincial capitals to city status. The government authorised the change in status to ...
Vientiane Times
Lao debt accumulates to 29,107b, repayment measures outlined
At least 29,107 billion kip of debt has been registered so far and many provinces have not yet reported their figures, an official report has showed. The debt was accumulated by 20 central state departments, four provinces and the capital of Vientiane, Minister of Finance Dr ...
Justice still elusive for acid victims
Two years after Cambodia’s Acid Law took effect, and one year after a subsequent sub-decree further regulated the dangerous substance, significant hurdles remain in securing justice for victims of acid attacks, according to a paper published in the Cambodian Law and Policy Journalon Sunday. In her paper, ...
Stuart White
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/justice-still-elusive-acid-victims
Relocated and living on the edge
Years after their eviction from central Phnom Penh, families continue to trickle back into the city from their relocation sites on the city’s outskirts. They search for cheap rental rooms instead of houses like the ones they were driven out of, in some cases, by ...
Observer registration opens for voter list
The National Election Committee yesterday said that local and international observers have until the end of December to register their credentials with the NEC in order to monitor the registration of new voters this year. ...
Ven Rathavong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50530842/observer-registration-opens-for-voter-list/
Six provincial governors selected for retirement
Deputy Prime Minister Sar Kheng has announced that six new provincial governors have been selected to replace those who have reached retirement age, denying the move has anything to do with the old governors’ performances. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22492/six-provincial-governors-selected-for-retirement/
Civil society groups to boycott Prior Consultation on new Mekong dam
Save the Mekong, a coalition of non-governmental organizations, community-based groups and concerned citizens within the Mekong region, issued a statement on Friday announcing their intention to boycott the Mekong River Commission’s (MRC’s) Prior Consultation for the proposed Pak Lay dam. Pak Lay is the fourth ...
Two killed, nine injured in Xekong bus crash
Two people were killed instantly and nine others sustained injuries after two buses collided head-on in Laksao village, Thataeng district, Xekong province on Sunday. Deputy Chief of the Xekong Traffic Police Office, First Lieutenant Sonevixay Keo-ounvong, told Vientiane Times on Monday the accident happened at ...
National strategy for cassava industry launched
The government has officially launched its new strategy for the cassava industry, which aims to position Cambodia as a reliable supplier of cassava-based products to the global market, according to a high-ranking government official. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50510278/national-strategy-for-cassava-industry-launched/
Against the Grain
On the palm-studded plains of Cambodia, rice farmers’ eyes light up with the prospect of sending their crop northward to China. The poor Southeast Asian natiOn had been trying for several years to export rice to the mainland but Only last year did it gain ...
http://www.chinaeconomicreview.com/china-rice-demand-market-import
Laos, Singapore vow to enhance cooperation
Laos and Singapore are pledging to work together to promote trade and investment between the two countries after their trade volume climbed to US$72.5 million in 2015. As of 2016, investment from Singapore stood at US$187 million, ranking the country in eleventh place among all foreign ...
Laos attends special ASEAN-US foreign ministers meeting
Minister of Foreign Affairs Saleumxay Kommasith led a Lao delegation to attend the Special ASEAN-US Foreign Ministers’ Meeting which was held in Washington D.C., the United States, on May 4. Malaysian Foreign Minister AnifaHj. Aman and the United States’ Secretary of State Secretary Rex W. ...
Hor Pha Keo restoration nearing completion
Renovation of the Hor Pha Keo Museum is now about 80 percent complete, according to the Vice Mayor of Vientiane Mr Saythong Keoduangdy. Speaking at a press conference at the museum on 16 February, Mr Saythong said the first phase of the restoration was almost 100 ...
Laos, Cambodia enhance cooperation
The opening of general consulates in each other’s main cities, cooperation in border security and education, and the progress of border surveys and marker installation are the results of the longstanding cooperation between Laos and Cambodia. These achievements were reviewed at a meeting between high-ranking officials ...
Lao army marks 67th anniversary
Maintaining loyalty to the nation, Party and people while pursuing national development and defence remains the goal of the Lao People’s Army. Minister of Defence Lieutenant General Sengnouan Xayalath gave this message at a meeting held in Vientiane yesterday to commemorate the army’s 67th anniversary this ...
Land issues, SME promotion dominate Party meeting
The leadership of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party has told the government to continue to prioritise the addressing of land issues along with greater promotion of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to boost the economy. The Party leadership gave the advice at the fourth Plenary ...
Prime Minister joins tree plantation drive
Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh joined students at the Faculty of Architecture, Lao National University, to plant 90 rosewood trees to mark National Arbour Day on June 1. This is a part of the government’s plans to plant 35 million trees over 36,950 hectares this year and ...
Times Reporter
Houses, farmland inundated as rivers burst their banks
Downpours lasting several hours have caused rivers in several provinces to overflow and inundate dwellings, farmland, roads and other property. In Huaphan province, 13 households living alongside the Khan River in Hiem district suffered the effects of flooding after a deluge lasting several hours on July ...
Times Reporters