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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,...

Korean Company Expands Leasing Business into Laos

The Welcome Financial Group from the Republic of Korea has expanded its leasing business into Laos after beginning its first overseas operation in the...

Young Lao Editor Recognised by Thai Awards

A love of Lao traditions and culture inspired one young man to work as a journalist examining matters of culture and family life, after...

Authorities Need to Turn on Flooding Assistance Taps

Provincial disaster management committees need to continue financial assistance to people affected by natural disasters with vital funding often too slow at the local...

Supreme Court Pledges Better Justice Delivery

The newly elected Party Committee of the People’s Supreme Court (PSC) has pledged to deliver better justice to society as the seven-member committee will...

Champassak Embankment Start Slated for December

Funding for construction of the Mekong River Integrated Management Project in Champassak province is now secured with officials only waiting for the project design....

Many People Continue to Die in Road Accidents throughout Laos

Two people were killed and one person sustained critical injuries after a jeep collided with a motorcycle in Hadsady village, Chanthabouly district, Vientiane early...