The Bank of Laos (BOL) confirmed it will maintain its 7-day base interest rate at 8 percent per annum following a half-day Monetary Policy Committee meeting on 18 May.
Chaired by Governor Bounkham Vorachit, the session reviewed previous monetary policy resolutions and assessed domestic economic conditions, including fuel supply management,...
A new Vietnamese investment in southern Laos will bring a large-scale coffee plantation and processing project to Champasak province, further expanding foreign agricultural investment...
Authorities in Phine district, Savannakhet, have taken action against illegal gold mining activities, destroying equipment on 11 May that had been linked to unauthorized...
Champasak province is seeking major tourism investment from Vietnam’s Sun Group, the developer behind Da Nang’s Ba Na Hills resort and cable car system,...
Laos is looking to China’s Hainan province as a potential maritime gateway to expand international trade, according to comments made by a Lao official...
Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are discussing a regional fuel reserve system following recent oil supply disruptions linked to the...
Laos is moving ahead with route surveys in Xaysomboun Province for a planned expressway that would become the country’s longest highway, linking Vientiane Capital...