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Lao, Chinese Energy Firms to Study Battery Storage System for Laos Power Grid

On 11 September, Électricité du Laos (EDL) and Chinese energy company Shenzhen Yichu Smart Energy Group Co., Ltd. exchanged an agreement to study battery energy storage systems in Laos. The agreement was one of three signed or exchanged at the Laos–Hong Kong Business Forum in Hong Kong, which brought together...

Laos Warns of Lasting Toll at Vientiane Meeting as Cluster Munition Use Rises Worldwide

Laos is hosting the Convention on Cluster Munitions’ Third Review Conference 16 years after...

Laos Halts New Work Permits, Labor Visas for Bangladeshi Nationals Through 2026

Laos has suspended the approval of new work permits, labor import plans and labor...

OP-ED: Cluster Bombs Still Threaten Lao Farmers Decades After War

By Eli Mechanic, Country Director for MAG Laos (Mines Advisory Group) In the early hours...

Xayabouly African Swine Fever Outbreak Kills 5,400 Pigs, Poses No Risk to Humans

The African Swine Fever has spread across six districts of Xayabouly Province since the...

Lao-Japanese Friendship Bridge Opens in Xekong

On the 12th of February, an official ceremony was held inaugurating the opening of the Lao-Japanese Friendship Bridge (over the Xekong River) connecting the Districts of...

2018 Road Tax Now Due and Payable

The Ministry of Finance has called upon vehicle owners to make payment of the 2018 road tax, which is now due and payable. After multiple...

Sepon and Phu Bia Mines Set to Close Operations by 2020

Energy and Mines Minister Khammany Inthilath, in his address to the National Assembly, stated that since 1990, the Lao Government has had an open...

ANZ Bank to Close Retail Services in Laos

ANZ has announced the closure of all retail products and services in Laos following the sale of its retail and wealth businesses across the...

Chinese Investors Urge Lao Government to Improve Visa Procedures

Chinese investors have urged the Lao government to improve visa issuance procedures, saying that the current system is unsuitable and sluggish. The concerns were raised when...

Laos May Get Free Public WiFi System

Business Korea Magazine reported that the South Korean Ministry of Science and ICT has announced on the 6th of February that the latter's information and communications...