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Laos-China Railway Hits New Milestone as Cargo Value Soars Past USD 1.4 Billion

The Laos-China Railway has notched up another milestone in its rapid expansion, transporting more than 2.48 million tones of goods worth over CNY 10 billion (approximately USD 1.4 billion) between January and May this year, according to figures released by Chinese customs and reported by Xinhua. Both freight volume and value...

Laos Proposes Tax Relief for Small Businesses Under Revised Income Tax Law

On 24 June, Laos proposed amending the Income Tax Law to exempt unprofitable small...

Oil Prices Spike After United States Strikes on Iran Nuclear Sites

AFP - Oil prices surged in early trade Monday on concerns of disruption to...

Vietnam Parliament Approves Raising Alcohol Tax to 90 Percent by 203

On 14 June, Vietnam’s parliament passed legislation to increase the special consumption tax on...

Costa Group Becomes Sole Concession Owner of Laos Blueberry Operations

In a ceremony held on 13 June in the city of Pakse, leading global...

Pak Beng Project Awaits MRC Review, Comments

The company preparing to build the Pak Beng hydropower project is standing ready to respond to comments from Mekong River Commission countries and development...

Lao Freight Forwarders Suffering from Competition

Transport service providers and freight forwarders in Laos are suffering from increased competition with the number of companies operating in the sector having increased. Despite...

BCEL-KT: Trade Summary (Dec 13, 2016)

Trade Summary LSX was down 9.51 points or 0.94 percent to close at 1,004.54 points on just 6,500 shares or 19,950,000 kip in terms of...

BCEL-KT: Trade Summary (Dec 9, 2016)

Trade Summary While remained unchanged at 1,014.05 points on Monday, LSX had higher trading volume than last Friday with 36,300 shares traded, worth about 183...

BCEL-KT: Trade Summary (Dec 9, 2016)

Trade Summary Lao stock market was a little quiet on the last trading day of this week, even if the index was stable at 1,014.05...

Construction Material Quality Control Centre Slated

Laos and China have agreed to cooperate in the construction sector, aiming to guarantee and improve of quality of construction materials in Laos. An agreement...