On 9 July, the Vientiane Capital People’s Council approved a proposal to increase tap water prices, citing mounting production costs that have left the city’s water utility operating at a loss.
The approved plan calls for an adjustment to be implemented over three years from 2025 to 2028.
The decision follows...
The Nam Ngiep Dam northeast of Vientiane Capital has officially come online.
The Nam Ngiep Dam, a hydropower investment by Japan’s Kansai Electric Power Company,...
Cambodia has asked Laos to speed up the transmission of electricity that it purchased earlier this year.
Cambodia’s Electricite du Cambodge (EDC) signed an agreement...
A senior Lao government official has warned that unregistered currency exchange services that violate currency regulations must be punished.
A number of foreign currency exchange...