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Laos Collects USD 12 Million in Digital Taxes From Global Tech Companies

Laos has collected approximately USD 12 million in digital taxes from global technology companies since introducing its digital tax system in late 2024, according to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Santiphab Phomvihane. The tax applies to foreign digital service providers without a physical presence in Laos, including Microsoft,...

Laos Agricultural, Forestry Exports Top USD 1 Billion in First Half of 2026

Laos earned more than USD 1 billion from agriculture and forestry exports in the...

Laos Steps Up Illegal Mining Crackdown After Luang Prabang Gold Mining Cases

The Lao Ministry of Industry and Commerce has ordered a nationwide crackdown on illegal...

Champasak Signs Deal for New 5-MW Solar Power Project

Authorities in Champasak signed a concession agreement on 3 July with a private company...

China Reservoir Collapse Comes as Laos Prepares for Rising Rivers and Flood Risks

Floods in southern China have killed two people and forced nearly 48,000 residents to...

Foreign Ministers Discuss Ways to Fully Implement APSC Blueprint 2025

ASEAN Foreign ministers yesterday discussed ways and means to ensure the full and effective implementation of the ASEAN Political-Security Community Council (APSC) Blueprint 2025...

Transmission line network management to be improved

Electricite du Laos (EDL) and General Electric International Inc. have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation to study a proposal to improve the...

Vietnam PM is the Last ASEAN Minister to Land in Vientiane Capital

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung arrived at Wattay International Airport yesterday becoming the last ASEAN government leader to have landed in Vientiane for...

ASEAN Needs to Get Out in front of Megatrends’

When Australia became ASEAN's first dialogue partner in 1974 and began the economic cooperation programmes, they couldn't have predicted that ASEAN would dramatically outpace...

Mekong Region Builds Business Networks

A meeting of the Friends of ASEAN Mekong Region or CMLTV Business convened in Vientiane yesterday as part of the ASEAN Business and Investment...

Two Men Arrested with 2,523 Amphetamine Pills

Vientiane police recently arrested two men in Khamchalern village, Hadxaifong district and seized 2,523 amphetamine pills, 18 bags of methamphetamine, 189 million kip in...