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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,...

Phalanxay Police Hunt for Hit-and-run Driver

Phalanxay Traffic Police are trying to find the driver of a pickup who fled the scene after hitting a motorbike last week killing two...

New Quota of State Employees Assigned to Govt Bodies

A quota of 5,000 new employees has been allocated to government bodies in Vientiane and the provinces for 2017 in response to the country's...

Josué Hoffet French School to Open New Campus

The construction of the new campus of the Joshua Hoffet French School (Lycée Français Josué Hoffet), which shall serve as an upper secondary school,...

PM Ask Youths to Sacrifice for National Development, Protection

Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith has called for the young generation to devote their efforts to the development and protection of the country, for which...

Government Orders Recycling Factory Shutdown

A recycling factory in Vientiane's Xaysettha district ceased operations yesterday after the government recently ordered the owner to close down, but the facility is...

Deputy PM Pays Working Visit to Savannakhet and Khammuan

Deputy Prime Minister Dr Sonexay Siphandone and his delegation recently paid a working visit to Savannakhet and Khammuan provinces, advising authorities to continue maintaining...