Laos and China have launched a new digital payment link that allows Chinese visitors to pay Lao businesses using China’s digital yuan, without needing to exchange cash into Lao kip.
The system connects China’s digital yuan, known as e-CNY, with Laos’ domestic QR payment network. A Chinese visitor can now...
The Sultanate of Brunei, one of the biggest oil suppliers in the region, has expressed its interest in purchasing rice products from Laos.
This interest...
Saravan province has joined the nationwide fight against illegal logging following prime minister's recent order to ban the export of partially-processed wood, tree roots,...
Prime Minister Thongloun is looking to change his country's pro-China image and broaden its economic horizons.
The one-party state, an ASEAN member, remains one of the world's...
The value of ASEAN-US bilateral trade and investment has reached US$212.8 billion and accounted for 9.3% of ASEAN’s total trade.
Foreign direct investment (FDI) flows...
ASEAN-Russia bilateral trade reached US$13.4 billion in 2015, representing 0.6 per cent of ASEAN’s total trade, placing Russia as the eighth largest trade partner...
