Souksavart Sosouphanh has been appointed Managing Director and CEO of Électricité du Laos (EDL), less than two months after four former EDL executives were sentenced to life imprisonment in a corruption case involving a hydropower project.
The appointment was announced on 27 August at EDL’s headquarters in Vientiane during a...
On 31 July, the Bank of the Lao PDR (BoL) suspended applications for new non-bank financial institutions in Vientiane Capital.
Effective from the announcement date...
Heavy rain in recent days has caused flooding, rising river levels, and infrastructure impacts across several provinces, while Lao authorities warn that more rainfall...
Laos has ordered the immediate suspension of the import and sale of Squishy toys nationwide after authorities warned that some may contain hazardous chemicals...
The Lao government has ordered Daochalearn Mineral Processing Sole Co., Ltd. to immediately suspend its iron ore mining and processing operations in Vientiane Province...
