Laos

Plans designed to improve agricultural production, enhance food access, promote the agricultural sector and implement services to replace imports with domestic products are being implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

Artifacts from approximately 2.000 years ago -including axes and a large vase used in burial rituals during the transition from the Bronze to the Iron Age, have been uncovered within the Sepon mine area by Lane Xang Minerals Ltd

Local ride-sharing startup LOCA recently launched its operations in Pakse City, the third city in the country to benefit from the service

Vientiane residents have expressed their dissatisfaction with the high electricity bills for April, May and June, despite a 3% discount on electricity tariffs to residential consumers in these months

Authorities in the capital have ordered that heavy trucks must reduce their weight by 20 percent during the rainy season in order to save money for road repairs and upgrades

The government placed a temporary ban on the import and export of livestock and beef products to prevent the spread of lumpy skin disease

In a new decision by the authorities, citizens are now allowed to exercise outdoors in public parks during the closure period

The country and China are cooperating to build the Vientiane Saysettha Development Zone into a low-carbon demonstration model for South-East Asian countries

The Asian Development Bank predicts positive growth for the Laos economy despite the effects of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic

The country has been cooperating with China to build the Vientiane Saysettha Development Zone into a low-carbon demonstration model for Southeast Asian countries

The country has just finished celebrating its New Year 2021

A campaign activity to raise awareness of air pollution among local people has been undertaken by Zero Waste Laos in Khamhoung Village, in the Xaythay district

Vietnam’s Ministry of Construction to gift a $111 million building to the National Assembly House