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Festival Spirit Flows as Annual Regatta Rows into Luang Prabang

A team from Vientiane rowed past all rivals to capture top prize in LuangPrabang's province's annual boat racing festival held on Nam Khan River...

No Zika Cases Detected in Laos

Health officials are keeping a close eye on the potential for Zika virus to spread to Laos after a number of cases have been...

Poverty Solutions Prove Challenging

Rural development and poverty eradication in Laos could face many challenges in the coming years before getting better in the long term, according to...

East Asia- Latin America Coordinator Role for Laos

Laos has been assumed by the members of the Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation (Fealac) as next year's coordinator on cooperation ties between...

Buddhists, Devotees Lay Out Ancestral Offerings for Annual Feast

People in Laos celebrated the Buddhist feast day of HorKhaopadapdin nationwide by getting up in the dark and early hours of morning to follow...

More Than a Thousand Furniture Plants Ordered to Shut Down

The government has ordered some 1,154 family-unit furniture plants across the country to shut down their illegal operations, a government spokesman announced yesterday.Additionally, more...

Government Agencies and Business Debate Trade Facilitation

The Lao government, in particular agencies involved in trade facilitation, have endeavoured to improve legislation related to import and export to be more simplified,...

Regional Firm to Invest in Champassak

Champassak authorities have granted permission for a regional company with its headquarters in Hong Kong to invest in an US$200-million agriculture and tourism development...

Korean Volunteers Ready to Contribute to Development Call in Laos

Nine volunteers from the Republic of Korea are getting accustomed to the customs, culture, cuisine and vernacular of Laos ahead of formal duty commencement...

Rescue Teams Train Ahead of Summits

Vientiane medical staff and rescue teams have been undertaking rescue drills to improve their emergency response, particularly with a view to any potential call...

Savannakhet to Issue Land Titles in Computer System

Savannakhet province will strive to issue land titles for some 12,000 land plots within the year after the province was selected to implement a...

New Australian Funding for Poverty Alleviation

The Australian Embassy is calling for applications for its 2017 small grants programme to deliver community-level projects that contribute to poverty alleviation in Laos.Individuals,...

Poor Household Prevalence Drops as Poverty Reduction Push Persists

The extent of poor families in Laos has continued to decrease after the government and partners mobilised significant funding and efforts to infrastructure development...

Two Houses Burn Down in Donpamai Village

Two houses burned down in Donpamai village, Sisattanak district, Vientiane, on Wednesday, with resulting damages estimated at some 900 million kip.An official in charge...