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US President Recognises Laos’ Struggle Against UXO

US President Barack Obama has acknowledged the ongoing struggle that everyday Lao people still face coping with unexploded ordnance (UXO) across the developing Southeast...

Laos , UN Endorse New Partnership Framework

The government of Laos and the United Nations signed a new five-year partnership framework in Vientiane on Wednesday aiming to enhance development cooperation and...

Indonesia Offers US$1m to Laos as ASEAN Chair

The government of Indonesian provided financial support of US$1 million to the Lao government on Tuesday in Vientiane in support of its ASEAN chairmanship. The...

29th ASEAN Summit Reviews Cooperation, Future Direction

Laos as chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, yesterday continued to convene the 29th ASEAN Summit at the National Convention...

ASEAN Adopts Integration Work Plan to Enhance Competitiveness

ASEAN leaders adopted a five-year integration work plan on Tuesday in Vientiane, aiming to narrow the development gap, enhance the region's competitiveness and support...

Laos, Japan Agree on Joint Development Plan

Laos and Japan have agreed on a joint development direction for Laos with the two countries joining forces to remove the landlocked nation from...

Laos launches SDG 18 to Make Lives Safe From UXO

Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon yesterday inaugurated the Lao PDR's own national Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) on unexploded ordnance (UXO)...

Foreign Ministers Discuss Ways to Fully Implement APSC Blueprint 2025

ASEAN Foreign ministers yesterday discussed ways and means to ensure the full and effective implementation of the ASEAN Political-Security Community Council (APSC) Blueprint 2025...

Transmission line network management to be improved

Electricite du Laos (EDL) and General Electric International Inc. have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation to study a proposal to improve the...

Vietnam PM is the Last ASEAN Minister to Land in Vientiane Capital

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung arrived at Wattay International Airport yesterday becoming the last ASEAN government leader to have landed in Vientiane for...

ASEAN Needs to Get Out in front of Megatrends’

When Australia became ASEAN's first dialogue partner in 1974 and began the economic cooperation programmes, they couldn't have predicted that ASEAN would dramatically outpace...

Mekong Region Builds Business Networks

A meeting of the Friends of ASEAN Mekong Region or CMLTV Business convened in Vientiane yesterday as part of the ASEAN Business and Investment...

Two Men Arrested with 2,523 Amphetamine Pills

Vientiane police recently arrested two men in Khamchalern village, Hadxaifong district and seized 2,523 amphetamine pills, 18 bags of methamphetamine, 189 million kip in...

Govt Takes Aim at Locust Invasion

The government is making a major effort to wipe out the plague of locusts that is afflicting crops in northern Laos. The locust outbreak is...