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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,...

NUOL Celebrates 20th Anniversary with Bold Aspirations

The National University of Laos (NUOL) plans to bolster education at all levels, from kindergarten to tertiary education, so that the university matches the...

Lachanthaboun Appointed as President of National Olympic Committee of Laos

Sengdeuane Lachanthaboun has been elected as the new President of the National Olympic Committee of Laos (NOCL). Also the Minister for Education and Sports in...

Borikhamxay Districts Achieve Milestone in Sanitation

Borikhamxay province: Two districts in this province - Pakxan and Thaphabath  are the first in the country to achieve Open Defecation Free (ODF) status...

Kyoto Extends Support for Waste Management Project

Japan's Kyoto Prefecture has committed to continue to help clean up Vientiane after an initiative launched by the two cities in November 2015 proved...

Ministry, Partners Seek to Ensure all Children Finish Primary School

The main challenge facing the government and its development partners is the need to ensure that many more children complete primary school. The Ministry of...

Oudomxay Schoolchildren Get Refurbished Library after Floods

Room to Read Laos has approved a special project to re-establish a library at Mokvieng Primary School in Baeng district, Oudomxay province, which suffered...