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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...

Last year’s Lao Young Designer Shares Experience

Lao Fashion Week 2016 is ready to welcome back Mr. Siamphan Chanthavichit, winner of the Lao Young Designer Competition 2015. Known to friends and clients...

Singer Sonan Swaps Pop for Folk Rock Approach in Return

Pop rocker Sonan is back and singing better than ever after an unwanted brush with a road accident in June saw him refocusing on...

Korean Traders Eyeing Local Market

More Korean businesses are looking for opportunities to get their products into the Lao market with its continuing strong economic growth, according to organisers...

Request to Export More Veneer Set for Approval

The government is expected to approve requests by provinces that seek to export more veneer following the earlier announcement by the government to cease...

Smaller Plantation Trees Get Export Go-ahead

The government has permitted the export of plantation timbers with trunks measured at 12 centimetres or less after the raising of a suspension that...

Laos to Leave Money Grey List’ Next Year

Laos is actively working to address Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) deficiencies to graduate from the Grey List of the...