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Last year’s Lao Young Designer Shares Experience

Lao Fashion Week 2016 is ready to welcome back Mr. Siamphan Chanthavichit, winner of the Lao Young Designer Competition 2015.

Singer Sonan Swaps Pop for Folk Rock Approach in Return

Pop rocker Sonan is back and singing better than ever after an unwanted brush with a road accident in June saw him refocusing on his goals during recovery.

Korean Traders Eyeing Local Market

More Korean businesses are looking for opportunities to get their products into the Lao market with its continuing strong economic growth, according to organisers of the Korean- Laos Goods Fair.

Request to Export More Veneer Set for Approval

The government is expected to approve requests by provinces that seek to export more veneer following the earlier announcement by the government to cease further approvals of more export quotas, the government spokesman said last week.

Smaller Plantation Trees Get Export Go-ahead

The government has permitted the export of plantation timbers with trunks measured at 12 centimetres or less after the raising of a suspension that has been in place for several months.

Laos to Leave Money Grey List’ Next Year

Laos is actively working to address Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) deficiencies to graduate from the Grey List of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) next year.

House Fires Raze Properties in Vientiane

In just the past week, there have been four house fires in Vientiane, resulting in damages to five houses estimated at over 1 billion kip but luckily no one has been injured or killed.

Luang Prabang Reports Damage From Flash Flooding

A total of 155 villages in Luang Prabang province have suffered damages from flash flooding after heavy rains from August 8-21, with damages estimated at over 65 billion kip.