The state lost more than 480 billion kip through corruption over the past five years, and this directly affected national development and poverty reduction efforts in Laos, the State Inspection Authority (SIA) has said. The SIA uncovered the misappropriation in different sectors due to officials taking bribes and abusing power for their personal gain as […]
Read MoreElectricite du Cambodge has signed an agreement with Laos to import 115 kilowatts of electricity from Laos to Preah Vihear province, and on to Kampong Thom and Oddar Meanchey provinces. The EDC posted on its Facebook page that the agreement was signed on Tuesday in Vientiane by EDC director Keo Rattanak and Laos’ minster of […]
Read MoreLao and Vietnamese leaders have vowed to work together to further cement the special relations between the two neighbours as Laos’ top leader pays an official goodwill visit to Vietnam. Secretary General of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President of the Lao PDR Bounnhang Vorachit is leading a high-level delegation on a visit to […]
Read MoreMalaysian Ambassador to Laos Modh Aini Atan has encouraged Vientiane residents and foreigners to join Malaysia Food Festival 2017 at Malaysia Embassy in Vientiane Capital. The food festival is opened from 11:00 am to 20.00 pm between the 19th and 20th December, 2017. The festival draws Malaysian specialties from 19 restaurants and hotels in Laos. Several travel […]
Read MoreHO CHI MINH CITY, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) — Senior officials from Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam agree on Tuesday to build an action plan to implement the socioeconomic development master plan of the triangle area till 2020. At a meeting of the Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Development Triangle Area in Vietnam’s southern Binh Phuoc province, the delegates agreed to […]
Read MoreYunnan province, China: — Laos is strengthening cooperation with China and the Mekong countries by supporting the five-year strategic plan from 2018-2023 which was approved at last week’s 3rd Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) Foreign Ministers’ meeting. A Lao delegation attended the meeting held in Dali, southwest China’s Yunnan province, from December 14-16, led by Minister of Foreign […]
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