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Global Financial Bodies Warns of Slower Growth, Higher Inflation for Laos in 2026

Laos' economy is expected to continue expanding this year, even as slower growth and inflation present challenges, according to a global financial institution. In its latest outlook released on 9 July, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) forecast that Laos’ economic growth will ease this year while inflation surges, driven largely...

Authorities Say Sinkholes in Savannakhet Caused by Erosion, Not Mining

Authorities Say Sinkholes in Savannakhet Caused by Erosion, Not Mining Authorities have confirmed that eight...

Laos Seizes Major Drug Hauls, Arrests Over 4,000 in Six Months

Laos arrested 4,025 suspects in connection with 1,786 drug cases during the first six...

Young Lao Footballers Win International Titles as World Cup Fever Grows

While the FIFA World Cup dominates football headlines, a Lao youth footballers has returned...

Railway Expansion, Education Reform Among Key Issues at National Assembly

Expanding the railway to southern Laos, rolling out a new school system, reducing poverty,...

Thailand Encourages a Dangerous Addiction to Debt in Laos

Laos is back in the Thai baht debt markets again, with issuance from the Republic coming just two months after the country’s government-owned utility...

Sinxay Literature Awards Announce Winners

Huknee Nilundon by Ms Thiphakeson Douangchack from the University of Health Sciences took out the Sinxay Literature Award for Novel during a presentation ceremony...

BCEL-KT: Trade Summary (Nov 7, 2016)

Trade Summary LSX was mixed on the first trading day of the week, the index growth 8.85 points to 999.79 points from the matching of...

Australia Supports School Expansion in Xaythany

Somsamay Secondary School in Xaythany district, Vientiane, now has new classrooms for an additional 100 students so they can enjoy a better learning environment. The...

Gov’t Promotes Small-scale Rice, Fish Production

The Department of Livestock and Fisheries last week held a meeting to discuss the results of an experimental initiative to increase the yield of...

Trailer Carrying Excavator Causes Champassak Bridge Collapse

The Sahalao Service Company, owners of a low loader trailer that was carrying an excavator, has agreed to fund repairs to the old metal...