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Nikkei Asian Review
April 17, 2018
VIENTIANE -- In Laos, one of the poorest nations in the world, the local film industry is beginning to flower after decades of being virtually non-existent. For years, the only films produced in this impoverished socialist country were government propaganda movies. Recently, however, a new breed of youngÃâà...
South China Morning Post
April 15, 2018
With her husband, Zhao Wei, she now runs the Kings Romans empire, a Hong Kong-registered business that took out a 99-year lease on a 3,000-hectare chunk of Bokeo province in a deal with the Laos government in 2007 and transformed it into a lavish gambling resort. Hundreds of millions of US dollarsÃâà...
South China Morning Post
April 15, 2018
In 2016, the Laos government told the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Cites) in 2016 that it intended to shut down the tiger farms. However, a Post Magazine investigation has found the farms are flourishing, with another major operation having openedÃâà...
Voice of America
April 6, 2018
The capture and trafficking of endangered Asiatic black bears continues to be a problem in Laos, although the government is trying to reduce it. The bears often are sold so their parts can be used in traditional medicine. Protection in action. In early March, officials in northern Laos took three endangeredÃâà...
ASEAN TODAY
April 1, 2018
China has a colonial agenda with Laos. It provides aid and investment, but both come at the cost of Laotian sovereignty. Editorial. Big changes are taking place in Laos. In the north-western village of Ton Pheung, visitors can clearly see those changes. Its residents speak Mandarin. Local transactions takeÃâà...
The Diplomat
March 28, 2018
Speaking to government officials earlier this month, Thongloun said that issues of drugs and illegal weapons “must be addressed,” while adding that “the Ministry of Public Security must do more and enforce tougher measures to combat drug trafficking and the illegal weapons trade.” He went on: “HarshÃâà...
Asia Times
March 28, 2018
Transparency International's latest corruption perceptions index ranked Laos 135th out of 180 countries, a downgrade of 12 places from the previous year's survey. A recent report by Radio Free Asia asserted that the government lost US$50 million in revenue due to corruption last year, three times theÃâà...
SBS
March 14, 2018
Malcolm Turnbull and Aung San Suu Kyi during the 2016 ASEAN Summit in Laos. Source: AAP ... Save the Children Australia's Director of Policy and International Programs Mat Tinkler told SBS News the Australian government must address the Rohingya refugee crisis with Ms Suu Kyi head-on. “Here is aÃâà...
Xinhua
March 10, 2018
Economic and commercial counselor of Chinese embassy in Laos Wang Qihui and General Director of the Office of Lao Health Ministry Nao Boutta signed the agreement on behalf of the Chinese and Lao governments, respectively. "I hope this project will help the Lao government offer the modernizedÃâà...
The Straits Times
March 9, 2018
Failure to achieve this mission will place Laos at risk of economic and financial collapse. The Party and the government are aware of this challenge. To remedy the situation, in 2011 the Lao People's Revolutionary Party adopted four breakthrough approaches, aimed at accelerating and sustain economicÃâà...
Channel NewsAsia
March 3, 2018
Located two kilometres from the bridge, Savan Park is project by the Lao government and Malaysia-based Pacifica Streams Development to attract foreign direct investment to Laos. The park serves as a commercial and industrial hub in Savannakhet and provides an international gateway to the rest of theÃâà...
Borneo Bulletin Online
March 2, 2018
The Lao government recently took steps to reverse illegal wildlife trafficking and environmental crimes with tightened laws on log exports and a new national law on wildlife trafficking due to come into effect. A tangible indication of this reform came this month with this gifting of elephants to the ElephantÃâà...
Xinhua
March 1, 2018
VIENTIANE, March 1 (Xinhua) -- Lao government officials and international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) met in Lao capital Vientiane Wednesday, ... The Third National Conference on the Review of the Cooperation between the Government of Laos and INGOs was attended by Lao Minister ofÃâà...
Asia Times
February 27, 2018
But the government's critics continue to speak out on the sensitive issue. Mu Sochua, an exiled opposition politician, said that despite a ban on Cambodian timber exports to Vietnam imposed in January and the creation of a high-level task force headed by National Military Police Commander Sao Sokha inÃâà...
The Diplomat
February 27, 2018
Yet the nature of the activity, its timing, as well as the messaging that followed, is consistent with the Cambodian government's desire to underline its determination to boost the country's military position relative to Laos as well as its sovereignty more generally as it heads to an election, even as it tries to workÃâà...
ASEAN TODAY
February 21, 2018
Laos is pushing hard to meet United Nations (UN) development targets. The government risks bankrupting the nation in the process. By John Pennington. Laos remains on the United Nation's (UN) list of least developed nations. The government wants the country to graduate from this list. To try to achieveÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
February 20, 2018
The controversial Don Sahong dam in Laos has people arguing that its environmental impacts have not been studied well enough. by Wayne Hay ... The controversial Don Sahong dam is in Laos, and the communist government says it needs the project to improve its economy. But many who rely on theÃâà...
Nikkei Asian Review
February 17, 2018
With the slogan "Simply Beautiful," Laos officially kicked off its tourism campaign, Visit Laos 2018, in November. The landlocked nation is aiming for 5 million international travelers this year. Tourism accounts for 9% of gross domestic product and is one of the government's 11 priority development sectors.
The Diplomat
February 15, 2018
In July, the Thai government required tougher checks on documented workers and jail time for the undocumented. Thailand's construction, fishing, and domestic sectors had long been a favored destination for Laotian workers, who could earn almost double in monthly wages working in Thailand comparedÃâà...
Lexology
February 14, 2018
Laos has attracted substantial foreign investment in recent years, which has contributed to a surge in the establishment of legal entities, both local and foreign. However, the Lao government has noted that a number of legal entities have not actually been operating business activities in the country, nor haveÃâà...
VietNamNet Bridge
February 4, 2018
PM Phuc will visit the Embassy of Vietnam in Laos and attend the Lunar New Year (Tet) programme with the embassy's staff and representatives of the Vietnamese community in Laos. PMs Phuc and Sisoulith will co-chair the 40th meeting of the Vietnam-Laos Inter-governmental Committee on February 5,Ãâà...
Xinhua
February 2, 2018
Xinhua President Cai Mingzhao speaks at the medal award ceremony in Vientiane, Laos on Feb. 2, 2018. (Xinhua/Qin Qing). VIENTIANE, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- The Lao government awarded freedom medals to China's Xinhua News Agency and Xinhua President Cai Mingzhao here Friday during the ongoingÃâà...
Xinhua
December 31, 1999
"Despite the government's ban on logging exports, tighter credit conditions, subdued international mineral prices and lower tourist arrivals, Laos maintains its growth momentum supported by mega infrastructure development projects, increased electricity generation and expansion in the service sector,"Ãâà...
Radio Free Asia
December 31, 1999
The bid to end pesticide and herbicide contamination in Xiangkhouang follows the Lao government's passage of a law to control the use of chemical substances and a decree by Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith limiting the use of pesticides and herbicides in November 2016 and August 2017,Ãâà...
Radio Free Asia
December 31, 1999
Official news sources did not report the reasons for Somkot's dismissal, though a government official told RFA's Lao Service next day that the former ... While Nam and his wife denied any connection to the trucks seized in May, an official source who inspects timber in the southern provinces of Laos told RFAÃâà...
