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NA Session Opens to Debate National Issues

The National Assembly (NA)'s Eighth Legislature opened its second ordinary session yesterday to debate issues of national importance. These include the National Socio-economic Development Plan...

PM Pledges to Create Favourable Conditions for Vietnamese Investors

Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith vowed that the Lao Government would create the most favourable conditions possible for Vietnamese investors and direct ministries and sectors...

Officers Seize Bus, Truck Loaded with Illegal Timber

Khammuane customs officers early this month seized a bus and a truck loaded with smuggled timber while they were en route to Vietnam. The...

Public, Private Sector Discuss Measures to Improve Trade Facilitation

Public and private sectors, and Trade for Development partners have discussed measures to improve the facilitation of trade and the investment attractiveness of Laos. The...

Media Enrich Understanding of Communicable Diseases

The Department of Epidemiology and Disease Control of the Ministry of Health hosted a session to help media practitioners better understand communicable diseases and...

Project Seeks to Improve Hygiene, Nutrition in 40 Villages

Children living in villages where community members defecate in the open or use unhygienic sanitation facilities are on average 1.1 cm shorter than those...

Traffic Police Record Higher Accident Rate in October

According to the Traffic Police Department of the Ministry of Public Security, 331 road accidents occurred across the country from October 3-16 resulting in...

Police Arrest Hit-and-run Driver

The Vientiane Traffic Police Department recently arrested a man in connection with a hit-and-run accident involving a motorbike in Khounta village, Sikhottabong district, Vientiane. The...

Footbridges Replaced in Luang Prabang to Allow River Crossings

Local authorities and residents have built temporary wooden footbridges after the previous structures collapsed at the end of last month in Viengkham district, Luang...

EU Scholarships Now Available for Lao Students

The new Erasmus Plus programme is now open for those who wish to further their study in European universities so as to strengthen their...

CLMV, ACMECS Summits to Review Framework, Future Cooperation

The 8th Cambodia-Laos-Myanmar-Vietnam (CLMV) and 7th Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (ACMECS) Summits and the World Economic Forum on Mekong (WEF-Mekong) will be held...

Census Results Announced: Laos Has more Males than Females

Laos has more males than females, while the birth rate per woman has fallen, according to the final report on the 4th Population and...

Tax Dodging Traders Sneaking through Rural Border Crossings

Many traders are using the shortcomings of smaller, informal border crossings to avoid paying customs duty on goods purchased in other countries, an official...

Southern Laos Wins PATA CEO Challenge Top Destination 2016 Award

Southern Laos has won the top tourism destination 2016 award presented by the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), recognising the region as a top...