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No Longer Poor: Can Laos be Clean, Green and Great?

By Anoulak Kittikhoun, originally published on Fulcrum Analysis on Southeast Asia Laos will graduate from the UN’s Least Developed Country (LDC) category this year. Doing so not only achieves a national aspiration from the 2000s but also marks the end of a decades-long categorisation that has framed the country as “poor”....

Laos Launches New Climate Project to Support Vulnerable Communities in Northern Laos

Laos has launched a new climate adaptation project in the north, targeting vulnerable groups...

Laos-China Railway Trade Reaches USD 11.7 Billion as Railway Expands

Cross-border trade along the Laos-China Railway has reached a cumulative value of over CNY...

Laos plans to open its first aquarium in Vientiane

Laos is moving forward with plans to develop its first aquarium, following the signing...

Umoney Partners with LOCA to Enable Mobile Payments for Taxis, EV Charging

Two Lao tech companies signed an agreement that allows users to pay for taxi...

Meta Launches Paid Verification on Facebook, Instagram in US

Metas' paid verification is now available across the US following the announcement from Meta CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, last Friday. After initially being available exclusively in...

China’s Flying Vehicle Manufacturer Targets ASEAN as Main Market

China's EHang Holdings, a global leader in the development of flying cars, eyes Southeast Asia's tourism sector as a significant opportunity for air mobility...

US Orders ByteDance to Sell Stakes in TikTok Over Security Concerns

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) has instructed the Chinese tech giant ByteDance to divest its TikTok US market share...

Cambodian Ministry Plans Khmer Version of ChatGPT

Cambodia's Digital Government Committee plans to make a Khmer language version of the popular artificial intelligence (AI) technology, ChatGPT, available to the public. The country's...

Digital 2023 Report on Laos Released: Internet, Mobile, and Social Media

Internet penetration and social media use increased in Laos in 2023, with internet speeds increasing and more adoption of mobile phones.  Meltwater and We Are...

Laos And China Sign MoU to Research Development of Artificial Intelligence

The Research Institute for Smart Technology, Ministry of Technology and Communications (MoTC) of Laos together with the Chongqing College of Electronic Engineering in China...