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Laos placed among the lowest contraception usage in Asia

Laos, Nepal and Myanmar are the countries which have the lowest number of contraceptive users in Asia, according to the latest United Nations’ figures. The figures from the UN’s Department of Economic and Social Affairs, compiled by ANN/DataLeads, show wide disparities in the use of ...

Savannakhet bridge immigration fee ruling not yet enforced

Immigration staff at the Lao-Thai Friendship Bridge, which links Savannakhet province to Mukdahan province in Thailand, are still waiting for instructions from the provincial office about ending the collection of immigration and service fees. Head of bridge operations, Mr Bounkham Phutthichak, told Vientiane Times by ...

PM pushes for further success on back of ASEAN Summits

Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith has called on the government and businesses to convert the success of the ASEAN Summits hosted by Laos last year into productive outcomes, to maximise the benefits brought to the nation. Mr Thongloun made the comment at a ceremony held on ...

Cabinet approves investment in new Bang Pakong power plant

The Cabinet on April 4 gave its approval for the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) to go invest Bt33.94 billion to build a new power plant in Chachoengsao’s Bang Pakong district to ensure a stable and adequate power supply in Bangkok and its vicinity. Construction ...

PM not worried about Trump trade policies

Thailand should remain calm about new US trade policies, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said on April 4, adding that he has assigned relevant ministries to study the issues. He also noted the 180 years of relations between the two countries. Also, Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak on ...

‘Healthcare focus should be on quality’

Authorities are being urged to better distribute the healthcare workforce with an emphasis on quality rather than quantity. Experts at a National Health Commission seminar said on Monday that there might be an oversupply of doctors within the next 10 years, and called for a ...

Millers push for China access

Amid concerns that the European Union could reject shipments of Cambodian rice, exporters are pushing for more access to China as an alternative market for the Kingdom’s principal agricultural commodity. Hun Lak, vice president of the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF), said just 26 Cambodian millers ...

Smooth trade to put $2B exports in reach

Cambodia could expand its foreign trade by up to 16 percent, adding approximately $2 billion worth of exports, by complying with a new international trade protocol that aims to slice through the red tape that slows and complicates cross-border trade. US Ambassador William Heidt said ...

Thailand plans to buy Cambodian water

Thailand’s listed Eastern Water Resources Development and Management Plc’s subsidiary Universal Utilities Plc. a tap water provider, plans to spend some 200 million baht ($6 million) a year to buy water from the still to be built Stung Nam hydroelectric dam in Koh Kong province ...

Hun Sen asked to stop military land seizure

Nearly 40 people representing 59 families from a village in Battambang province have submitted a petition asking Prime Minister Hun Sen to help solve their land dispute with soldiers. The group from Prey Preal village in Klaing Meas commune said soldiers had brought bulldozers to destroy ...

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