Laos and China have launched a new digital payment link that allows Chinese visitors to pay Lao businesses using China’s digital yuan, without needing to exchange cash into Lao kip.
The system connects China’s digital yuan, known as e-CNY, with Laos’ domestic QR payment network. A Chinese visitor can now...
Isobel Coleman, Deputy Administrator (DA) for Policy and Programming for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has announced USD 5.6 million in...
Thai newscaster Sophon Ong-karn has apologized for a gaffe during live television yesterday during which he failed to recognize the Prime Minister of Laos,...
US President Joe Biden opened the US-ASEAN summit with financial promises yesterday, bringing Southeast Asian leaders together in Washington for the first time in...
Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh departed Vientiane yesterday evening to attend the US-Asean Special Summit to be held in Washington, DC from 12-13 May.
Deputy Chief...
A notice issued by the Prime Minister's Office yesterday directed relevant ministries to seek cheap oil from Russia.
The notice was in response to proposals...
