State Counsellor and Union Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and visiting Prime Minister of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic Thongloun Sisoulith attended a bilateral meeting between the two countries at the Presidential Palace in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday, state media reported on 16 […]
Read MoreVIENTIANE, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) — Laos and Myanmar are mulling an electricity agreement to empower Laos’ development needs, local daily Vientiane Times quoted a senior Lao official as saying on Tuesday. Office Head of the Lao Ministry of Energy and Mines, Daovong Phonekeo, told Vientiane Times that the two sides will sign a Memorandum of […]
Read MoreWITH ITS INITIAL success constructing the Bt150 billion Xayaburi Hydroelectric Power Project in Laos, CK Power Plc is negotiating with the Laos government to build another hydroelectric power projects worth over Bt150 billion. A final deal is expected to be signed by the middle of this year, the company’s managing director, Thanawat Trivisavet, said during […]
Read MoreThe central banking authorities of Cambodia and Laos have recently restated their commitment to enhance cooperation to strengthen their banking sectors. Speaking during the annual meeting between representatives of the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) and the Bank of the Lao PDR on Friday, NBC’ governor Chea Chanto said working with Laos’s central bank to […]
Read MoreVientiane authorities have told the capital’s People’s Council they will pursue Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth of more than 10 percent in 2018, a slight increase from the almost 10 percent recorded in 2017. Mayor of Vientiane Dr Sinlavong Khoutphaythoune told the council’s 4th ordinary session, which opened on Tuesday, that the capital would carry […]
Read MoreLeaders from the six countries that the Mekong River runs through yesterday endorsed two key strategies at the latest summit of the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC), which was held in Phnom Penh’s Peace Palace. The Phnom Penh Declaration was one of the documents approved, an action plan that focuses on four main areas: political and security […]
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