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Draft law on trade remedies adopted
The Council of Ministers on Friday adopted a draft law on trade remedies to protect local producers, businesses, enterprises and foreign businesses operating in Cambodia from imported products being sold below their cost base. Ministry of Commerce spokeswoman Soeng Sophary said the trade remedies law ...
Health alert on imported food
The Commerce Ministry has banned imports of several food products over a health scare and warned the public to avoid them. The Camcontrol directorate-general took action over I.M. Healthy SoyNut Butter and I.M. Healthy Granola products after the US Food and Drug Administration linked them to ...
Koh Kong SEZ supports vehicle giants in Thailand
The Koh Kong Special Economic Zone located just two kilometers from Thailand’s Trat province provides jobs to around 9,000 workers. Thitidej Tongpatana, a Thai national who is vice president of Koh Kong SEZ, recently spoke to Khmer Times’ Chea Vannak on the special economic zone’s ...
PM welcomes Singapore volunteers
Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith on Thursday received a courtesy visit by a group of almost 60 Singaporean students from various schools and universities who are contributing to educational development in Laos. The group was led by the Ambassador of the Republic of Singapore to Laos ...
Tunnel boring must start before rain, authorities
Lao authorities and Chinese developers are speeding works in an attempt to begin boring tunnels of the Laos-China railway project before the coming rainy season, a senior government official involved of the project has said. Tunneling is an important component of the 417 km railway ...
Lao garment exports decline by 5 percent
Laos’ garment exports reached US$165 million in 2016, a reduction of 5 percent compared to 2015, the Association of Lao Garment Industry has reported. The shortage of workers is still a chronic problem in the sector resulting in a reduction of garment exports, President of ...
Vientiane receives completed Infrastructure Improvement project
The Infrastructure Improvement project developer has handed over its completed road improvement project to the Vientiane authority on Friday. The ceremony took place in Phonpapao village, Sisattanak district, Vientiane and was attended by Vientiane Vice Mayor Mr Keophilavanh Aphaylath, Deputy Minister of Public Works and ...
Lao, Japanese experts discuss city bus transport system
Transport officials and senior experts from the Japan International Cooperation Association discussed how to improve the efficiency of the Vientiane State Bus Enterprise Project’s Phase II on March 23. During the meeting the group also reviewed lessons learnt from Phase I, suggesting that the positive ...
15 bidders for 2.07m tonnes of inedible state rice stocks
Fifteen bidders have proposed to a combined 2.07 million tonnes of inedible state rice stocks, which comprise 56% of the total 3.66 million tonnes of the grain unfit for human consumption put up for auction by the government. According to Keerati Rushano, deputy director-general of the ...
Forestry agreement inked as Laos, China pursue sustainable resource development
Bilateral cooperation for sustainable and forestry industry development is set to expand following the signing of an agreement between the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Laos and State Forestry Administration of China. Cooperation is set to cover seven main areas such as afforestation, forest ...
