Vietnam and the Philippines have been reclassified as upper-middle-income economies by the World Bank, leaving Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, and Timor-Leste as the only ASEAN members still in the lower-middle-income category.
The annual income classifications, released on 1 July, place seven of ASEAN's 11 members in the upper-middle-income bracket or higher....
Although the United Kingdom will leave the European Union, the union's development assistance to Laos will not change, an EU diplomat has confirmed.
EU Delegation...
The number of poor families living in Xekong province fell to 11.9 percent in 2015, the Lao Economic Daily Newspaper reported yesterday.
This brought the...
The Vientiane Office of Management and Service and Luangpaseuth Construction Co., Ltd. are teaming up to launch a feasibility study for a biogas project...
n Sikhottabong district, Vientiane, are still complaining about air pollution and bad odours from a nearby recycling factory.
Meanwhile, Sikhottabong district environment officials have been...
Laos is seeking standards for forest product development, including the production of traditional medicines, as the technology in this field lags behind that in...
The 48th ASEAN Economic Ministers' Meeting (AEM 48) was opened this morning by Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith in the presence of ASEAN Secretary General...
