Lao and Thai government representatives met in Vientiane on Friday to review and discuss the development of the information and communications technology (ICT) and digital innovation sectors. The issues were covered when Thailand Ambassador to the Lao PDR, Mr Kiattikhun Chartprasert visited Minister of Post and Telecommunications, Dr Thansamay Kommasith in the capital. The meeting […]
Read MoreLaos and Vietnam have agreed to cooperate in the field of digital information technology after reaching an agreement in Vientiane on Tuesday at the Lao Blockchain Forum. The two parties also agreed to work together on the Open Source Software Research and Development Project on the development of a Lao language system by utilising open […]
Read MoreAll enterprises that have been registered and have obtained a tax ID will have to comply with the Value Added Tax Law. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Mr Somdy Duangdy, yesterday presented a draft of the amended Law on Value Added Tax to the National Assembly to consider and approve. According to the […]
Read MoreThe next Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam (CLMV) Summit will be held in Vientiane in 2020 when Laos will chair the summit, while Cambodia will chair the 9th Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (ACMECS) Summit. The host countries for the next summits were announced after the close of the 8th ACMECS and 9th CLMV summits held […]
Read More(KPL) Economists have suggested it may be the time for the government to use its foreign reserve to ease rising fuel prices warning that implications from the rising prices could be high inflation. Ms Valy Vethsaphong, member of National Assembly for Vientiane said at the 5th Ordinary Session of the National Assembly on Monday that the […]
Read MoreTOKYO — Laos is unconcerned about the potential debt burden from a Chinese-led high-speed rail project, its prime minister said on Tuesday, describing the terms of the construction agreement as “favorable” to one of Southeast Asia’s poorest countries. The high-speed rail link, begun in 2016 as part of China’s Belt and Road initiative, will connect Kunming in southern China […]
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