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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,...

4,369b kip Needed to Repair Riverbank Erosion

Repairs to riverbank erosion along the Mekong and one of its tributaries, the Heuang River, will cost about 4,369 billion kip, Minister of Public...

Unlawful Financial Institutions Warned of Legal Action

Illegal financial institutions that have sourced funds by offering abnormally high interest rates will face legal measures, the governor of the central bank has...

Authorities Bolster Efforts to Stem Illegal Wildlife Trade

Despite concerted efforts by officials to end the illegal wildlife trade through regular inspections at markets throughout the country, the trade continues to flourish. To...

BCEL-KT: Trade Summary (Oct 27, 2016)

LSX continued its losing streak, down by 8.18 points to close at 987.03 points with just 8,900 shares traded. The turnover was 43,165,000 kip....

Over 76 Tonnes of Illegal Timber Found Buried in Savannakhet

Savannnakhet authorities are trying to determine who is behind a huge pile of illegal timber found buried in the ground at a timber processing...

Chef Jeremy Herzog Brings Parisian Pastries to Vientiane

I walked into Jeremy Herzog Patisserie on an average evening wanting something flavorful and was not disappointed. I tried three cakes, had an unfortunate...