The government yesterday asked the National Assembly (NA) to lower economic growth targets over the next four years after encountering difficulties that resulted in failure to meet the target set for last fiscal year.
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.
BCEL-KT: Trade Summary (Oct 24, 2016)
LSX lost 9.65 points on Monday to finish at 991.75 points as its heavily-weighted stocks, namely EDL-Gen and BCEL, traded in negative territory. The market posted thin trading volume of just 900 shares, worth about 4 million kip. BCEL and EDL-Gen lost 50 kip each to close at 5,150 kip and 4,850 kip respectively. LWPC, PTL closed unchanged at 6,100 kip and 2,500 kip respectively, while SVN closed lower at 3,050 kip.
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 to work with Vietnamese firms to seek solutions to specific matters.
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 drivers of the two vehicles escaped arrest.
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.
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 related issues.
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 living in villages where everybody uses improved sanitation.
