THE World Bank has agreed to finance three major projects in Laos designed to reduce malnutrition in children and improve public resource use and service delivery. The bank’s Board of Executive Directors last week approved $72 million in the form of a concessional loan to finance the projects, according to a media release from the […]
Read MoreTHE organisers of Thaifex-World Food of Asia 2019, a Thai food exhibition, are looking for business opportunities with Lao firms in the food and beverage sector, so they can expand their markets in Thailand and overseas. With this vision in mind, representatives of the food fair have invited food and beverage companies as well as […]
Read MoreLaos will do everything it can to help the Mekong-Lancang Cooperation (MLC) deliver as many tangible benefits as possible to the people of the Mekong region. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Thongphane Savanhphet, conveyed this message at an event to mark the 3rd anniversary of cooperation between the countries of the Mekong, which took […]
Read MoreTHE LAO government has taken several steps to make it easier for Chinese nationals to visit Laos, such as reducing the visa fee from $14 to $10, Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism Bosengkham Vongdara (pictured, Vientiane Times) said recently. The minister outlined the measures at the recent Lao tourism promotion meeting in Shanghai. The […]
Read MoreRepresentatives of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam have agreed to assign Vietnam to devise an action plan for effectively implementing the Agreement on Trade Promotion and Facilitation in the Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam (CLV) Development Triangle Area, signed in 2016 in Siem Reap town. This is one of the important contents stated in the minutes of the 12th meeting […]
Read MoreConstruction of the Laos-China rail link will be complete in 2021 but this railway will not be connected to the Thai rail network until 2023. A senior Thai government official, Nathporn Chatusripitak, said last week that construction of the Thai-China railway, which will run from Bangkok to Nong Khai on the Lao-Thai border has begun, […]
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