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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,...

Irrawaddy Dolphins Functionally Extinct in Laos

Bangkok -- The population of critically endangered Mekong River Dolphins -- also known as Irrawaddy Dolphins --  in the Cheuteal trans-boundary pool between southern...

President Greets Austria on National Day

President Bounnhang Vorachit on Oct 25 sent a message of congratulations to Mr. Karlheinz Kopf, the Joint Acting President and President of the National...

Lao, Vietnamese Prime Ministers Hold Talks in Hanoi

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc had talks with his Lao counterpart Thongloun Sisoulith in Hanoi on October 25 and thanked him for the sympathy...

Macroeconomics Lack Strong Foundation, Prime Minister says

Briefing the 2nd Ordinary Session of the National Assembly on Monday, Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith said that the national macroeconomic foundation was not strong...

China-Laos Railway to Become a Demonstration Project

China-Laos railway will be built to become a demonstration project in "Go Global" strategy, said Chinese companies participating in a symposium held in Vientiane...

Lao Economy Forecast To Grow 7 Per Cent For 2016/2017

The World Bank (WB) recently forecast that the Lao economy would grow at 7 per cent in 2016 and 2017, ranking second in Southeast...