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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,...

WWF Commends Laos’s Decision to Dismantle Tiger Farms

The government’s intention to phase out tiger farms announced at the UN CITES 17th Conference of Parties last week in Johannesburg, South Africa is...

Hinheup Primary Students Get New Classrooms

PS Agriculture and Industry Development Import-Export Company has provided 1.5 billion kip and funded construction of a new primary school in Vientiane province to...

ASEAN Officials further Enhance their Single Aviation Market

Senior officials from ASEAN aviation are willing to work towards realising their aspiration to build a comprehensive partnership on the ASEAN Single Aviation Market,...

Flood Victims still in Need of Assistance

Although the floods receded more than a month ago, those affected by the downpours in the northern provinces are still struggling to survive. The government...

Vientiane Authorities Confer on Urban Planning Development

Vientiane authorities in cooperation with the Ministry of Public Works and Transport convened a meeting on urban planning development in the capital to mark...

KOICA to Fund US$7 Million Maternal, Child Healthcare Project

Experts from the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) last week conducted a preliminary study on improving access to maternal and child healthcare services in...