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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,...

Lao Needs Specific Law on Product Sciences

Laos is still in need of creating a specific law aiming at the administration and promotion of Lao scientists as well as the commercialisation...

Update on Wooden Product Exports Allowed and Prohibited

An updated list of wooden products allowed for and prohibited from export has been released in a move to regulate timber businesses, while closing...

Bus Passengers to Benefit from New Tracking Systems

Vientiane bus users should no longer have to worry about waiting for public buses because transport officials are installing a bus locator system and...

Stakeholders Hope Capacity Building Continues Once Programme Ends

Officials, experts and beneficiaries of a Norwegian assistance programme hope target communities continue the capacity development founded by the project once the support ends. They...

Hin Namnor Ready for UNESCO Submission Next Year

The submission to world heritage list of the HinNamnor National Protected Area in Khammuan province is scheduled to be deliviered to UNESCO early next...

Authorities Confirm Contractor Responsible for Roadside Repairs

Many roads and drainage systems in the capital have been resurfaced and repaired recently however in the process some concrete slabs or front yards...