Lao food prices higher than neighbours
The prices of food staples in Laos are still around 10-20 percent higher compared to neighbouring countries especially Thailand and Vietnam, the National Assembly was informed. The price of Grade A pork in Laos is 35,000 kip a kg, in Thailand 30,000 kip and 27,720 kip in Vietnam; while Grade B is 33,000 kip in Laos, 28,862 kip in Thailand and 25,870 kip in Vietnam, Minister of Industry and Commerce, Ms Khemmani Pholsena reported at the NA on April 27. The tilapia price in Laos is 19,000 kip a kg, 18,000 kip in Thailand and only 11,000 kip in Vietnam. The price of farmed chicken in Laos is 32,000 kip a kg and 18,000 kip in Thailand while the price of eggs in Laos is 1,000 kip each, 674 kip in Thailand and 924 kip in Vietnam, she said.
