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Laos Launches Climate-Smart Farming Project in Six Provinces

Laos is stepping up efforts to tackle climate-related food insecurity and open new export opportunities, with USD 68.5 million in support from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and partners to modernize agriculture in six climate-vulnerable provinces. The new Sustainable Agrifood Systems Sector Project, running from 2025 to 2030, will focus...

Over 70 Million Meth Pills Seized in Bokeo Province in First Half of 2025

Since the beginning of 2025, Bokeo Province has emerged as a major front in...

ASEAN, UK Launch Five-Year Health Security Partnership Program to Strengthen Regional Health Resilience

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the United Kingdom officially launched the...

Laos to Upgrade National Road 13 in October 2025, Completion Expected by 2028

The Lao government will begin a major upgrade of a 50-kilometer stretch of National...

Bokeo Sees Over USD 17 Million in Exports in First Half of 2025

Bokeo Province recorded an export value of USD 17.23 million in the first six...

Transmission Lines Connecting Laos to Cambodia Officially Launched

A ceremony was held this week to mark the opening of a new 500 kV transmission line connecting Laos and Cambodia in Champasack Province. According...

Laos May Not Graduate from Least Developed Country in 2024

The United Nations is reevaluating the likelihood that Laos will graduate from Least Developed Country (LDC) status in 2024 amid the effects of the...

Oudomxay Police Raid Amphetamine Production Facility

Police in Oudomxay Province have arrested a man on drug-trafficking and production charges after a seizure of over 400,000 amphetamine tablets and manufacturing equipment. According...

Many Lao Workers Returning from Thailand Prefer to Stay in Laos

A new report by the International Organization for Migration says that over 200,000 Lao migrant workers have returned from Thailand since the Covid-19 pandemic...

LOCA adding “Ride First, Pay later” to LOCA for Business Accounts

It has been three years since LOCA was first introduced in Laos. LOCA now has more than 400 drivers with the service available 24hrs....

Lanexang Assurance Launches Exclusive ASIA CARE PLUS Health Insurance Product

Asia Care Plus Laos is the most high-end healthcare insurance in the Laos market, with maximum coverage of  USD 1,600,000. For the first time...