Luang Prabang provincial authorities will organise their annual boat racing festival in Namnheungkhan village, Luang Prabang district, seeking to promote Lao culture and customs to visitors.
University Hopefuls Sit Entrance Exams
The National University of Laos (NUOL) yesterday kicked off its entrance exams for more than 16,500 school leavers and will take on 3,476 students this academic year, according to an official.
Switzerland Extends Grant to MRC
The Swiss government has granted more than US$7 million to the Mekong River Commission (MRC) to implement its overall brief, which covers areas such as climate change and adaptation, flood and drought, management and sustainable hydropower.
Finance Officials Asked to Identify Causes of Missing Revenue
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Somdy Douangdy has called on the Party Committee of the Ministry of Finance to identify the real causes of the failure to reach revenue collection targets.
Cambodia Hands MRC Secretariat to Laos
The Mekong River Commission Secretariat (MRCS) will operate out of one single office based in the Lao capital, Vientiane, putting an end to the co-hosting of the Secretariat between Lao PDR and Cambodia. In a letter dated 8 August 2016, Cambodia’s Minister of Water Resources and Meteorology, and Chairman of the Cambodia National Mekong Committee Lim Kean Hor, notified Sommad Pholsena, Lao PDR’s Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, and Chairman of the Lao National Mekong Committee, of the agreement made between Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen and his Lao counterpart Thongloun Sisoulith.
Laos & Thailand Continue Cooperation
Lao and Thai officials met in Bangkok to continue their cooperation in development, investment and combating illegal trafficking between the two nations.
ASEAN Representatives Meeting Preparations
The Committee of Permanent Representatives (CPR) to ASEAN yesterday convened a meeting in Vientiane to discuss preparations for the Senior Officials’ Meeting (ASEAN SOM), ASEAN Coordinating Council (ACC), the 28th and 29th ASEAN Summits and its related meetings.
Officials Learn Key Documents Of Laos-China Railway Project
More than 250 senior officials representing government bodies and the media have learnt about key documents on the Laos-China railway construction project which is designed to connect Vientiane with the Chinese border.