Savannakhet orders 253 furniture plants to shut down
Savannakhet provincial authorities have ordered 253 family-based furniture plants to shut down many of them operating without business licenses, while some are failing to meet set standards. Some 166 plants are operating without business licenses, while the 87 remaining plants approved by districts’ authorities failed to meet the required standards, Director of the Industry and Commerce Department of the central province Mr Sithon Nanthalath told Vientiane Times on March 6. The move is to carry out the government’s order to regulate wood processing businesses across the country to address unlawful business operations and illegal logging.
