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Officials Learn Key Documents Of Laos-China Railway Project

More than 250 senior officials representing government bodies and the media have learnt about key documents on the Laos-China railway construction project which is designed to connect Vientiane with the Chinese border.

Illegal Chainsaws Remain Hidden In Saravan

Forest officials in Saravan province will continue encouraging villagers to hand in their illegal chainsaws with authorities suspecting that many are still concealed.

Foreign Minister Pays Courtesy Call to Thai Prime Minister

Minister of Foreign Affairs Saleumxay Kommasith on Wednesday paid a courtesy call to Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha in Bangkok on the occasion of his working visit to Thailand

Work On Railway Construction Has Begun, Deputy Minister

Work has begun on the construction of the Laos-China railway project with technical development in land compensation taking place for the section between Phonhong and Vientiane.

ASEAN Pushes For Energy Security, Affordable Power

Laos has been working with its ASEAN colleagues to push for energy security and affordable power to promote industry growth and drive development, a senior Lao government official told local and foreign experts and editors this week.

Laos Victims of Unexploded Artillery Face Unintentional Consequences

One day in 2004, Houng Phommachak and two friends ventured out to the countryside near their village in northeastern Laos in search of scrap metal to sell, to supplement their families’ meager rice-farming incomes. They came across a piece of metal half-buried in the ground and set about digging it up.

The three friends recognized it as a piece of an old bomb casing, and assumed it was no longer dangerous. They were wrong.

The Role of the Lao Front for National Construction

The Lao Front for National Construction (LFNC) has been promoting it role in society during celebrations in the lead up to its 66th anniversary on Saturday, August 13.

9 Deaths Recorded As Health Authorities Seek to Suppress Seasonal Dengue Spike In Laos

Infections with the mosquito-borne dengue virus have led to a reported nine deaths from 2,300 confirmed cases in Laos during the country’s ongoing rainy season, the country’s Ministry of Health confirmed to local media Wednesday.