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Despite substantial obstacles, the Lao federation keeps growing at a fast pace, and the majority of players are women. The national team tends to surprise a lot ...

June 19, 2019. By Todd Wassel · Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Print Share. When her father died suddenly last year, the family of Mrs. Somleuthai (her name ...

VIENTIANE, June 19 (Xinhua) -- The Lao government will continue boosting human resource development in the railway sector to enlarge the labor force for key ...

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (6503.T) announced today that it has established MELCO Elevator Lao Sole Co., Ltd. (MLAO) to accelerate its elevator and ...

More than 800000 primary school students across the country will use new textbooks in September as part of the new national primary school curriculum that is ...

Traditionally one of the most isolated parts of Southeast Asia, Laos awaits the arrival of a high-speed railway—and the impact of more Chinese investment.

From cripsy quail to whole grilled fish, these are the plates to order from Nick Ongsangkoon and executive chef Ben Tiatasin's new restaurant in NoMa.

Laos borrowed heavily from China to finance key infrastructure and development projects. Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith claims the debts are manageable.

As part of its continual support for investment in Laos, Kasikornthai Bank Ltd, Lao PDR, has offered a financial facility to Bangkok Chain Hospital (BCH), a listed ...

Party and state leaders and members of the public planted thousands of saplings on National Arbor Day on Saturday, giving a huge boost to the government's ...

Bufflaloes wallow in the shallows of the Mekong River, where farming villages cling to sandy banks and the occasional boat chugs against the current, carrying ...

As dusk falls along the Mekong River, a nightly dance begins between Thai border security and Laos drug gangs now using drones, scouts and a pool of poor ...

The government in Laos' Attapeu province has once again fallen behind on living allowance payments it promised to survivors of the country's worst flooding in ...

TOKYO -- Laos borrows from China and other countries only for projects that are both necessary and economically viable, the country's prime minister s.

Second-half substitute Rabiul Hasan scored a wonderful goal as Bangladesh beat Laos 1-0 in the first leg of their first round qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup ...

More than 100 giant stone jars, thought to have been used in burial rituals thousands of years ago, have been rediscovered at ancient sites in forests, on ...

(Good). The crispy rice salad at Laos in Town comes out punching. Sprung from a ball of rice, dry coconut and curry paste that gets fried and broken into clusters, ...

She said if Laos does not have the law, it cannot apply anti-dumping and countervailing duty measures against the unfairly imported products. According to the ...

Laos is a landlocked country with a significant rural population. The mountainous countryside makes it difficult to *service* the scattered population. The remote ...

Laos has agreed in principle to provide data and information about water resources and management plans involving the Mekong River directly to Thai ...

Police arrested a Laotian man and three Thais on Monday for allegedly smuggling 7996 methamphetamine pills from Laos to Bueng Kan province.

Members of the Lao National Assembly openly criticized corruption in the country's judiciary and political system in comments made during a meeting of the ...

AFTER a luxurious night's stay in Singapore, I fly to Laos, a nation of northeast-central mainland Southeast Asia, with Scoot. We travel just 10 minutes from the ...

Australian archaeologists and Lao Government officials have reported discovering 15 new sites containing 137 of the massive stone jars, which are believed to ...

According to local legend, the hundreds of gigantic stone vessels that stretch across the Xieng Khouang Plateau of Phonsavan, Laos, are simply ancient mugs, ...

Key View. The pace of growth in Laos eased again in 2018 for the fifth consecutive year, but we expect it to stabilise around the 6.5% level in the coming years.

Two Lao men were arrested on Wednesday night after they allegedly transported 100kg of marijuana across the Mekong River to the bank in Nakhon Phanom's ...

Bangladesh made it to the second round of the Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022 and AFC Asian Cup 2023 Preliminary Joint Qualification after a goalless draw against ...

Some flights are trickier to book than others. For these, budget travelers need to go beyond the major search engines.

Whether or not you're familiar with Laotian cuisine, it's likely you've tried it at some point. A lot of Laotian dishes in the United States are actually sold in Thai ...

VIENTIANE, June 10 (Xinhua) -- The "Night of Chinese Culture and Tourism," an important event of the 2019 Visit Laos-China Year, was held at the National ...

VIENTIANE, May 21 (Xinhua) -- The first bridge span of the China-Laos railway has been built over the Mekong River in northern Laos, the Laos-China Railway ...

Beautiful Laos has an abundance of glittering temples, many concentrated in the capital Vientiane and in the tourist favorite UNESCO city Luang Prabang.

Vientiane (VNA) – Twelve sets of remains of volunteer Vietnamese soldiers and experts who laid down their lives for international missions in six northern Lao ...

When all the attention of the sporting fraternity of Bangladesh is firmly focused on the performance of the national cricket team at the ICC World Cup in England, ...

In April 2019 I traveled through northwest Laos to check in on the current state of several cross-border development projects, including the now-completed ...

Vietnam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company (Vinamilk) and Lao–Jagro Development Xiengkhouang Co., Ltd (Lao-Jagro) have officially started construction of ...

Researchers have announced the discovery of more than one hundred additional jars of the dead in Laos. These huge 'jars' are scattered throughout remote ...

VIENTIANE, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Products or services that Lao government does not promote will be subject to higher taxes if a new law on excise duties comes ...

Dublin, June 17, 2019 -- The "Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar Automotive Market Regulations, Growth Indicators, and Forecast, Q3 2018" report has been added ...

The men in red and green earned a brilliant away victory by a margin of 1-0 at Laos Thursday and will look forward to completing their job by picking up a victory ...

For those of you who are frustrated waiting for the rain to relent at Bristol, and bored watching old match highlights on TV or reading silly comments on cricket ...

The Bangladesh national football team left for Thailand yesterday for a 10-day preparation camp for the first round of joint qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup and ...

The visiting Laos team looked upbeat during a training session on astro-turf at the Birshreshtha Shaheed Mostafa Kamal Stadium yesterday despite having ...

Bangkok – In Bueng Kan district in the north, heavy rains have increased the water level in Mekong River, which helps facilitate river ferries and cargo boats ...

VIENTIANE, June 14 (Xinhua) -- Officials of Laos and Singapore have agreed to work closely together in the fight against transnational and organized crime ...

Nestled in Northern Laos amongst hazy green mountains and the majestic rivers of Mekong and Nam Khan, the charming ancient wonder of Luang Prabang ...

As a Chinese lawyer, the author noticed some issues in the Secured Transaction Law of Laos while providing legal services to some projects there.

LUANG NAMTHA, Laos, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Laos on Friday held the final round of its 12th "Chinese Bridge" contest for non-Chinese secondary school students, ...

(Vientiane Times/ANN) — The Laos government is committed to developing and improving five tourism sites in each province along with road access and other ...

Archaeologists have discovered 15 new sites in Laos containing more than one hundred 1000-year-old massive stone jars possibly used for the dead.

Numerous transport infrastructure projects in the Northeast are in the pipeline to establish links between Thailand and Laos, Transport Minister Arkhom ...

The value of mineral exports and domestic sales in Laos increased in the first quarter of this year despite lower commodity prices on the world market, local.

Members of a Thai folk music group now living communally in Laos fear for their lives. The musicians from the band Faiyen fled their homes in 2014, afraid.

Khmer Foundation Appraisals is eyeing a regional expansion, starting with Laos.

Hong Kong-listed casino services firm Macau Legend Development Ltd is eyeing a “soft launch” for an expansion of its Laos casino resort – Savan Legend ...

VIENTIANE, June 4 (Xinhua) -- The Lao government is cooperating with its development partners and stakeholders to promote higher quality investments in the ...

The new China-Laos railway is spanning the Mekong River and drilling through mountains. So far, many local Laotians are seeing more trouble than benefits ...

THE Lao government is endeavouring to stabilise the prices of various goods, including food items, against the backdrop of rising costs in the processing ...

The "Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar Automotive Market Regulations, Growth Indicators, and Forecast, Q3 2018" report has been added to ...

The teachers and students of the China-Laos Friendship Nongping Primary School in Lao capital Vientiane observed the International Children's Day on ...

PETALING JAYA: A married couple's hopes of enjoying an all-paid-for holiday overseas they received on social media were dashed when they were arrested...

Vientiane (Vientiane Times) - Meeting the target to draw one million Chinese tourists to Laos in 2019 is achievable, according to a report. Efforts to achieve this ...

VIENTIANE, May 29 (Xinhua) -- The collapse of saddle dam D at the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy hydropower project in Laos' southern Attapeu province last year was ...

All the #Lao #news you need to know for June 17, 2019. Lao English news, Lao business news, Lao news today, Lao latest news, Lao news headlines.

VIENTIANE, May 31 (Xinhua) -- The China Tourism and Culture Week, one of the important activities of the Visit Laos-China Year 2019, was inaugurated in Lao ...

The musicians fled their homes in neighbouring Thailand in 2014, afraid of arrest after a military coup overthrew their nation's elected government.

Poor construction methods, with soil used in place of concrete, caused a fatal hydropower dam collapse last year in Laos, a panel of water experts has ...

Chua and Paul Thao, of Empire Farm in Jay, have been farming in Oklahoma 12-13 years and selling at the Tahlequah Farmers' Market just about as long, ...

Bangladesh will be looking to get the job done when they face Laos in the second leg of their 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers first round tie at the Bangabandhu ...

According to China's Xinhua news agency, China and neighbouring Laos have agreed to create more digital TV channels to allow their respective TV audiences ...

VIENTIANE, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Lao government has agreed to conduct a feasibility study on electricity trading and hydropower exchanges with neighboring ...

All the #Lao #news you need to know for June 13, 2019. Lao English news, Lao business news, Lao news today, Lao latest news, Lao news headlines.

VIENTIANE, June 1 (Xinhua) -- The last T-shaped beam was laid between two piers of the Nam Khone super major bridge, the longest bridge along the ...

THE XE PIAN-XE Namnoy dam disaster in southern Laos last July was caused by improper construction, an independent investigation has concluded.

On April 2, 2018, Changyu Shen, Commissioner of China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA), and Houmphan Inthirath, Deputy Minister of ...

by David Martin. World Food Programme (WFP) handed over its school feeding programme in more than 500 schools to the Government of Laos. The ceremony ...

Kon Tum – A ceremony was held by the Party Committee, the People's Committee and the Vietnam Fatherland Front chapter of the Central Highlands province ...

Lao Development Bank (LDB) and Singapore-headquartered blockchain-based fintech Everex have signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the ...

This sports car rally was a rather curious affair organized by the United Nations as a way of calling attention to improved road conditions in that part of the world.

The Lao government is committed to developing and improving five tourism sites in each province along with road access and other facilities over the coming ...

In its latest restaurant, the team behind Columbia Heights' Thip Khao is focusing on the bar and shareable dishes.

VIENTIANE, May 30 (Xinhua) -- The World Bank has agreed to provide credit of 40 million U.S. dollars to the Lao government to foster its green growth reform.

The attempt to launch a remote sensing Yaogan-33 satellite carried by a Long March-4C rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi ...

Public debt in Laos is 'manageable' because the government has measures in place to effectively cope with it, Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith said in an ...

The Vanuatu government is talking with investors from Laos interested in setting up another casino in the country.

In early 2018, the government of Lao had targeted to attract around five million tourists and earn around US$900 million by the year's end. Unfortunately, local ...

Laos looks set to become the latest Asian market opening its market to meat and livestock from Brazil following meetings held by officials last week. Already a ...

Macau Legend Development Ltd. is continuing its efforts to build its empire beyond the Chinese territory. The entertainment and gaming operator is eyeing ...

Lao Airlines announces it will start flying to Phnom Penh again in October.

VIENTIANE, May 29 (Xinhua) -- China Yunnan Construction and Investment Holding Group (YCIH) and the Lao Ministry of Planning and Investment have signed ...

National Assembly president Heng Samrin left on Tuesday to visit Vietnam for three days followed by a three-day visit to Laos at the invitation of the presidents of ...

Laos' energy and mining sector is trying to cut electricity prices so that power is affordable for local residents and businesses.

Bangladesh moved into the next stage of the World Cup 2022 and Asian Cup Qualifying round after finishing their home match on a goalless draw against Laos ...

NAKHON PHANOM: Two Lao men were arrested on the Mekong River bank in That Phanom district with 100kg of marijuana while waiting for a Thai customer ...

Asian casino operator Macau Legend Development Ltd is looking to expand its current portfolio further into Laos and potentially through Cambodia and Vietnam ...

Discover Wat Phia Wat in Muang Khoun, Laos: This ruined temple's giant Buddha statue bears the scars of the Second Indochina War.

Landlocked Laos has no domestic oil and gas upstream industry but that is not for the want of trying, writes Amanda Battersby. The nation currently relies mainly ...

National Assembly President Heng Samrin on Saturday returned to the Kingdom after fruitful talks during a five-day visit to Vietnam and Laos, an official said.

Vientiane (VNA) – Laos will complete the construction of 20 hydropower dams with total installed capacity of 2,707 MW, according to Lao news agency Khaosan ...