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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...

RHB Bank Lao Opens 3rd Branch in Dongdok

RHB Bank Lao has opened a third branch in Dongdok on the 26th of January, 2018. The official ceremony was attended by Country Head Danny Ling,...

Laos Featured on Travel + Leisure’s 50 Best Places to Travel in 2018

Luang Prabang has done it again by landing on top travel magazine, Travel + Leisure's 'The 50 Best Places to Travel in 2018." This UNESCO World Heritage...

Drug Bust Finds 11 Million Meth Pills from Laos

The Royal Thai Navy Mekong River unit has confiscated 11 million methamphetamine pills that originated in Laos, according to reports this week. The Thai navy...

Official Visit Laos Year 2018 Song: ‘Simply Beautiful’

Check out the official promotional music video for the Visit Laos Year 2018 campaign song entitled "Simply Beautiful." Apart from the extraordinary voice talents of local...

Maybank Expands Women Eco-Weavers Programme to Laos

Maybank Group through its Corporate Responsibility arm, Maybank Foundation, has expanded its “Maybank Women Eco Weavers” programme to Laos making it the third country...

Government Attempts to Improve Almsgiving Practice in Luang Prabang

Visitors to Luang Prabang relish the long rows of saffron monks at dawn that have become a highlight of the tourist experience in this...