Government
Vietnam PM urges Dong Nai to maintain high growth rate
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung attended the opening ceremony of the southern Dong Nai province’s party congress on 29 September. The PM praised the province’s accomplishments over the last five years and urged Dong Nai to become a leading force in the country’s modernisation and socio-economic ...
Lao Government promoting CSO involvement in national development
The government wants to encourage more involvement of Civil Society Organisations (CSO) in Laos in a bid to boost government policy in the fields of national construction and development. The government sector and representatives of CSO in Laos began meeting at a seminar in Vientiane on ...
Kuwait proposes Laos visa exemption
The Lao and Kuwaiti governments should offer visa exemptions for their citizens as part of efforts to boost the exchange of tourism and trade between the two nations, according to the Kuwaiti ambassador to Laos, Mr Nabeel Aldaheel. The ambassador announced his government’s proposal to the ...
Southeast Asia’s transparency problem
Most countries in Southeast Asia do not have a transparent budget process, according to a global survey conducted by International Budget Partnership. The 2015 Open Budget Index used 140 observable facts and indicators to measure if a country’s budget system allows opportunities for adequate oversight and public ...
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 ...
Thai officials join ASEAN crime conference
Thai Interior Ministry and Royal Thai Police officials on 28 September joined the tenth ASEAN conference on transnational crime in Malaysia. Among issues discussed was illegal wildlife trading and drug trafficking, to reduce such problems in ASEAN. Keep reading ...
Declaration on transnational crime to boost ASEAN ties
The Kuala Lumpur Declaration in Combating Transnational Crime will see an expansion of cooperation among ASEAN members on sea piracy. Keep reading ...
Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam talk safety
Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam agreed to maintain close co-ordination to ensure security, order and safety at their shared border during the second joint conference of their Defence and Security Committees in Laos’ Champasak Province on 28 September. Keep reading ...
Ethnic armed groups still deadlocked over ceasefire signing
No breakthrough was reported on 28 September as leaders of 18 of Myanmar’s armed ethnic groups failed to resolve differences over how many would sign a nationwide ceasefire agreement with the government next month. Pu Zing Cung, general secretary of the Chin National Front and a member ...
Villagers forced to flee as Kachin State clashes continue
Over 100 villagers in Kachin State’s Mansi Township were forced to flee their homes on 27 September after clashes continued between government troops and the Kachin Independence Army in the state’s southernmost township. Keep reading ...
