News Friday 03 /9/ 2010

• PM receives foreign guests
• Capacity building assistance in the hydropower and mining project discussed
• Information minister meets Nhan Dan newspaper delegation
• Cutting edge technology set up to beat avian flu
• Officials awarded Front’s 60th memorial medals
• Savannakhet develops night markets
• Lao-Indian Entrepreneurship Development Centre enhances farmers’ competitiveness
• New academic year starts
• Well-known Japanese architect lectures environment friendly architecture for Lao students
• Journalist sang a South Pacific song to Aluna
• Viettel reduces roaming charge in Laos, Cambodia
• Officials awarded Front’s 60 th commemoratory medals

 

News Thursday 02 /9/ 2010

• Rally marks 65th anniversary of Vietnam's National Day
• Vice-President joins Vietnam's 65th anniversary celebration
• 40 AusAid Scholarship awardees revealed
• Laos and Fiji establish diplomatic relations
• Luang Namtha: nine villages hit by flash flood
• Lao-Viet tour caravan gives education equipment to Houai Sane school
• Phongsaly Governor urges frequent promotion of animal husbandry in Mou Chikang
• AIDS kills over 1,000 in Laos
• Aluna revives classical Lao opera songs
• "Nagnobai" Bank releases over 39.8 billion kip of loans for southern provinces
• Preparation for Miss Laos 2010
• Dengue fever kills 15 in Saravane
  

News Wednesday 01 /9/ 2010

• President Choummaly visits Thasano Research and Seed Multiplication Station
• Vietnamese Cultural Centre in Laos honoured
• MTV reveals animated film Intersection to raise awareness of human trafficking
• High price of rice sustains till end-rainy season
• Nongtha development project kicks off this month
• Sikhay-Tatthong road improvement completed by 70 per cent
• Vietnam helps Laos expand radio, TV coverage
• Stanley ’s LED streetlight launched in Vientiane
• Late President Souphanouvong’s memorial opens
• Education Minister urges further development of education
• Laos, Cambodia agree on border demarcation projec
  

News Tuesday 31 /8/ 2010

• PM kicks start Nam Lik 1-2 power plant's power generation
• Government monthly meeting for August ends
• Bouthviset college to produce quality human resource on money market this year
• Vietnam , Laos and Thailand promote trade relations
• Vietnamese National Day celebrated in Laos
• U.S trains Lao medical technicians on blood transfusion
• Lao Diasporas no need to pay for visa during Vientiane's 450th anniversary celebration
• NA Vice-President praises Park-kading for socio-economy development
• Japanese parliament delegation visits rice seed research Centre
• Saravane launches longer birth spacing campaign

News Monday 30 /8/ 2010

• Party chief visits Savannakhet province
• Lao, Vietnamese businessmen join investment in Vientiane modern commercial zone
• Lao leaders greet Hungary National Day
• Lao teachers trained on developing agricultural machinery repairing curriculum
• BCEL opens new office in Houaphan province
• Australia gives help to disabled people in Sekong
• Record audience and interest in FAO's inaugural insect-themed frood celebration
• Cashew nut planting project against poverty launched in Champassak
• Laos to have 62,000 people literate in coming academic year
• Local farmers plant cassavas on 1,500 ha for BMC Lao-Vieng
• Natural resources sustainable exploitation studied into
• Tigo gives a free call to customers
• Sayaboury teachers improve how to use manual for teaching
  

News Friady 27 /8/ 2010

• Vietnamese President ends Laos visit
• Strora Enso plants industrial trees in Laos
• Agriculture and Forestry's Youths review work
• Flash flood warning
• Vietnamese President leaves Laos for Cambodia
• Vietnamese PM urges judiciary ties with Lao border entities
• Lao Ambassador presents credentials to Chinese President
• Vientiane Lao Women's Union receive assistance
• Agro-Bank improves service through electronic transactions
• Message of congratulations
• China's CWE builds Nam Ngieb tributary dam
• Saravane prepares 208 teachers for “year-7” classes
  

News Thursday 26 /8/ 2010

• Vietnamese President urges Luang Namtha to enhance ties with Vietnamese counterparts
• Laos prepares for hosting Convention on Cluster Munitions Meeting
• FAO reels in famous songstress, Aluna to popularise insect dishes
• World Bank teach Lao officials on growth strategy
• PM receives World Bank's high-ranking delegation
• Houaphanh attracts USD 7.81 million in first nine months
• Lao leaders greet Ukraine's National Day
• Lao-Hungarian animal feed factory opens
• Vice-Premier meets Hungarian guest
• Luang Namtha target villages happy with NCA project operation
• "Ban Khong Lao" donates education equipment and sport gears to Lao autistic children
• Vietnam , Laos proud of traditional friendship
  

News Wednesday 25 /8/ 2010

• Vietnamese President pledge stronger investment ties with Laos
• ASEAN + 3 discuss integrated rural development in Vientiane
• Japan provides rice to typhoon victims in Attapeu and Saravan provinces
• Communicable disease control measure needs further strengthening
• PM visits Mother-and-Child Hospital to inspect dengue fever treatment
• Voice of Vietnam Radio opens representative office in Vientiane
• Vietnamese State President vows to strengthen ties with Laos
• Public Prosecutor General Office delegation visits China
• Lao Youth’s Union reviews previous five-year plan
• 500 million kip donated for Savannakhet’s Party Cell’s meeting

News Tuesday 24 /8/ 2010

• Lao President hails Vietnamese counterpart’s visit
• Lao Front Vice-President receives Chinese guest
• Stone-laying ceremony of King Anouvong statue held
• Save the Children Norway further supports Lao youth TV and Radio programmes
• NA Monthly meeting opens
• PM receives ADB Vice President
• Laos marks 35th anniversary of Uprising Day
• Malaysian company builds hydropower plant
• Champassak needs 31 billion kip for irrigation building and repair
• Champassak Vice-Governor promotes market-oriented local production
• Laos, Thailand sign power purchase agreement
• Party delegation back from Cambodia

News Monday 23 /8/ 2010

• National Assembly President attends Party Cell meeting of Khammouane
• MMG supports research into cultural heritage in Laos
• Luang Prabang's New Party Cell Secretary elected
• Dengue fever claims 14 lives in Saravane
• Discussion on land use and allocation in capital city
• Germany funds climate change project in VN, Laos
• Vietnam , Laos cooperate in archives
• Handicraft producers trained in marketing
• Vietnamese residents in Laos celebrate major anniversaries
• Thipvaly and Quest colleges turn out over 350 students
• Welfare treatment for 15 heroes
• APB doubles loan release for Saravane
  

News Friday 20 /8/ 2010

• LFTU's 6th plenary session closes
• Vietnamese President to visit Laos
• More farm lands in two central provinces access to water
• PM attends new school handover in Paksong
• NA gives lecture on Vientiane’s 450th anniversary
• Bank of Laos awards Front’s 60th anniversary memorial medals
• Former President asks Champassak authority to learn good deeds of the Party
• Over 12,000 infected with dengue fever
• Hongsa lignite power plant to start operation as scheduled
• MMG donates copper to cast Buddha statue
• Singapore uses Youth Olympic Games to showcase organisational ability
• Tha-ngone Secondary School ’s English and computer centre resumes operation
  

News Thursday 19 /8/ 2010

• Luang Prabang sets GDP growth by more than 10%
• MIC discusses drafting new policy on national culture
• LPRP high-ranking delegation visits Cambodia
• Savannakhet prepares for Lao Travel Year 2012
• Archaeologists to get training
• Rice policy aimed at improving market-oriented rice farming
• Phongsaly, Pu'er City further co-operation on education
• Ro Tu Chol Meets Laos Vice PM
• Drug control discussed
• LFNC’s 60th birthday marked in Park Seng district
• US gives animal disease lab equipment to Laos
• Only 62 per cent of rice fields planted with rice seedlings

News Wednesday 18 /8/ 2010

• President visits Attapeu to encourage poverty reduction
• Over 2,000 land concessions granted to investors
• Lao leaders greet Indonesian National Day
• Foreign Minister receives ILO Asia-Pacific Regional Director
• PM Bouasone visits Ketsana flood-hit victims in Sekong
• Vietnam , Laos promote investment cooperation
• Labour medal bestowed on World Bank Country Director
• EAS-Asia Emergency Rice Reserve donates rice for flood victims
• A Lao love story: Bandra inspired war artist to paint
• Companies contribute 50 million kip to Vientiane’s celebration
  

News Tuesday17 /8/ 2010

• American Ambassador bids farewell to Vice President
• IFC pledges further support for private investment in Laos
• PM visits Savannakhet and Champassak to boost rice production
• Foreign Minister receives new World Bank Country Manager
• Foreign Ministry’s Trade Union reviews past achievements
• Mayor inspects ongoing That Luang-Viengchaleun road construction
• Adhoc committee for Mekong flash flood prevention set up
• DPRK Govt Arranges Reception for Lao Vice-PM
• Khammouane allows Cho Bounmy to develop industrial zone
• Luang Prabang ceases shifting cultivation practices
• Daoheuang Group gives cash to Savannakhet Party Cell's meeting
• Vietnam , Laos strengthen press ties
  

News Monday 16 /8/ 2010

• US Ambassador bids farewell to Lao leaders
• MMG signs US$70 million logistic contract with local transport company
• Over 50 countries interested in human rights report of Laos
• Laos sends sympathy to China
• 60th birthday of Lao national media marked
• Lao Women Committee discuss on CEDAW
• Lao Front commemorates heroes’ dedication
• 64th anniversary of Indian Independence Day marked in Laos
• Lao and Cambodian assemblies further cooperation
• Lao Brewery Company supports road safety project in Vientiane
• Laos , Vietnam found Lane Xang Securities Public Company
  

News Friday 13 /8/ 2010

• Lao Front for National Construction’s birthday marked
• China gives plant disease analytical devices to Laos
• Message of congratulations
• World Bank to set up hydropower and mining college
• Private sector further supports for City Pillar Shrine construction
• LFNC's Memorial medals presented to Vietnamese
• Leaders attend Keyoun Gnothxayviboune’s cremation
• NA Vice-President urges Vientiane to strengthen development village clusters
• Economic growth to hit 7.8 percent this year
• Borikhamsay Vice-Governor urges improvement of Phakbeuake authorities
• "Nagnobai" Bank to release 11 billion kip in Savannakhet
  
• World Bank, EU grant US$ millions for Lao education improvement

News Thursday 12 /8/ 2010

• Lao Front holds photo exhibition marking its 60th birthday
• German DW-AKADEMIE commits to developing Laos’s television
• Agro, livestock leading key out of poverty, says President
• Laos extends sympathies to Russia over forest fires
• Information minister receives Nhan Dan newspaper delegation
• 60th anniversary of Lao Pasason’s newspaper marked
• Statement by Secretary Clinton to celebrate 55 years of US-Lao Relations
• 229 grassroots officials trained for fundamental advocacy
• US gives 205 mln kip to Houaphanh
• Trained women open beauty shop
• Donations for Lao Front’s celebration
• WB's former manager urges his successor to enhance cooperation with Laos
  

News Wednesday 11 /8/ 2010

• NA President meets Cambodian National Assembly delegation
• Labour Ministry discusses international relation and cooperation
• Japanese government builds four new classrooms in NUOL for teaching Japanese class
• Vientiane eyes on renewable energy development
• Weir renovation in Soukhoumma
• RMA Laos funds free cataract operation
• Laos, USA celebrate 55th diplomatic ties
• Lecture on 55th anniversary of Lao-US diplomatic relations
• NA Vice-President appraises Xiengkhouang’s effort in poverty reduction
• Successful livestock farmer a model family man
• Celebration of Lao Front for National Construction supported
• Luang Namtha tourism discussion on boosting tourist arrivals
  

News Tuesday 10 /8/ 2010

• LFNC's 60th commemorative medals conferred on senior Party officials
• Moroccan Ambassador bids farewell to Lao leaders
• China awards scholarship to 52 Lao nationals
• Indonesia awards 10 Indonesian language and cultural study scholarships to Laotians
• Private companies donate for City Pillar Shrine
• Foreign Minister meets new WFP representative
• Indian Ambassador bids farewell to Minister of Information and Culture
• FAO trains Lao veterinarians in management of animal disease outbreak
• Vietnam supports poor young people in Laos
  

News Monday 9 /8/ 2010

• Brazilian Ambassador bids farewell to Vice President
• US Ambassador bids farewell to Vice-Premier
• Vientiane marks ASEAN foundation
• Dengue fever claims 26 lives
• Laos speeds up building power plants
• Vientiane-Pakse-Ho Chi Minh flight to resume in October
• Long tradition of Lao Front enhanced
• Nagnobai bank releases 36.4 billion kip of loans for Luang Prabang
• PRF builds school for Lansieng village
• Stretches on Road No 13 North damaged
• Savannakhet invests over 50 billion kip in infrastructure development
• Houaphanh gives 3.15 billion kip to national heroes
  

News Friday6 /8/ 2010

• Vice-President attends LFNC’s 60th anniversary in Savannakhet
• Standing Vice-Premier receives WB Country Manager’s farewell call
• Tripartite bodies discuss high level health policies
• That Luang Square Expansion in satisfactory progress
• Sepon mine reports on gold and copper production
• Lao Women’s Union holds traditional handicraft and food exhibition
• LFNC President visits Houaphanh
• Thua Thien-Hue assists Sekong
• Corrugated iron sheets donated for storm-hit schools
• Luang Prabang gears up for annual boat racing festival
• Beer Lao gives 200 million kip supporting Nationwide Badminton Tournament
• IPT and India’s Trigyn Technologies to train trainers of trainers for ICT
  

News Thursday 5 /8/ 2010

• Monthly government meeting for July ends
• PM receives outgoing Brazilian Ambassador
• Germany gives EUR 250,000 to UXO Lao in Luang Prabang
• Bor Mi Tae Chao wins SEA Write Award 2010
• Vietnamese Vice State President welcomes Lao delegation
• Worse dengue fever epidemic claims 20 lives
• Two Malaysians on round-the-world cycling arrive
• High rice price hits low income earners
• Vientiane province awards 1.5 billion kip to national heroes
• Blue-ear pig disease epidemic subsides, but close surveillance needed
• Xiengkhouang discusses zoning smoke-free areas
• Work starts on Vietnam-invested hotel in Laos
  

News Wednesday 4 /8/ 2010

• Deputy PM leaves for Indonesia
• MIC prepares for 3rd Party Cell meeting
• Luang Namtha marks Lao Front for National Construction’s birthday
• Vientiane Health warns dengue fever outbreak may get worse
• Lao Government confers labour medal on outgoing director of ADB
• Champasak: dengue fever infection doubles
• Sekong needs more teachers
• Sengpheth Construction gives cash to fund Luang Prabang’s Party Cell meeting
• Teachers upgrade on technique of law enforcement
• Nambark: 334 families are impacted from flood
• Vietnam-Laos friendship association meets
• Tea and Prosperity Along Ancient Trade Route
  

News Tuesday 3 /8/ 2010

• 60th birthday of Lao Front for National Construction recalled in Champassak
• Champasak to host six-nation Mekong Tourism Forum in May 2011
• Lao leaders greet Macedonia National Day
• India is all out to become a big time investor in Laos
• New resettlement area for victims Mekong embankment project to build
• Vientiane 's walk to mark Peace and Solidarity
• Laos sends message of sympathy to flood-hit Pakistan
• Samane Viyakhet meets CAA president
• Disabled people learn about rights
• NA Vice President receives new UNICEF's Representative to Laos
• Laos, france study into building Thakhor hydropower plant
• 26 Lao nationals awarded Indian government scholarship

News Monday 2 /8/ 2010

• Lao, Vietnamese cultural event broadcast live for Lao, Vietnamese and Paris’s viewers
• Laos marks Oslo convention
• Three people dead of dengue fever in Savannakhet
• Vietnam to encourage local firms to invest in Laos
• 60th birthday of LFNC marked in Vientiane
• LNTA president urges tour operators support Vientiane’s 450th anniversary
• Non-formal education executives meet in Vientiane province
• Maed needs more than 2 billion kip to help flood victims
• Local handicraft producers learn about textile designing
• Vieng Phoukha Coal Mining gives assistance to people in Viengphoukha district
• Four-day talkshop in Vientiane for non-formal education study managers
• Vietnamese, Lao courts strengthen cooperation

News Friday 30 /7/ 2010

• Lao leaders receive Portuguese foreign minister
• Japanese students learn Lao culture in Vientiane
• APB releases 1.3 trillion kip of credit to promote production
• Celebration of 83rd anniversary of Chinese People’s Liberation Army held
• Premier advises Sayaboury to give aid storm victims
• Meeting on farmers’ living condition improvement held
• Luang Namtha: 583 households are above poverty line
• Options for Mekong water use debated at Vientiane forum
• Nayobay Bank further promotes market-oriented production
• 711 students graduate from Vientiane Provincial Technical School
  

News Thursday 29 /7/ 2010

• NA Standing Committee holds monthly meeting
• NA President receives Vietnamese guests
• Japan grants for survivors of cluster munitions and UXOs in Xieng Khouang
• ADB grants US$23 million to improved vocational training
• MoFA supports 20 million kip to Lao Front’s birthday celebration
• New human development report calls for putting people at the centre of development
• Vientiane begins rearranging cables along streets
• Lao, Vietnamese police crack down on smuggling
  

News Tuesday 27 /7/ 2010

• Party chief meets DPRK foreign minister
• International Finance Corporation funds rural lighting
• Portuguese Foreign Minister to visit Laos
• Laos aims to develop tourism industry
• Lecture on Vientiane’s 450th anniversary held
• Mortality rate of pigs with blue-ear disease comes down
• City Pillar Shrine completed by 27 per cent
• MRC meeting sets plans to manage water resource
• FAO supports Lao government to curb blue-ear pig disease
• U.S. Embassy Helps Preserve Cultural Heritage of Laos
• Two Lao students awarded Singaporean scholarship
• Civil Servants upgrade knowledge on state policies
  

News Monday 26 /7/ 2010

• Laos, Japan enhance comprehensive partnership
• PM receives Vietnamese delegation
• In-depth cooperation ties between Laos, Myanmar
• FAO supports strengthening of Lao veterinary legislation
• Officials upgraded on external cooperation techniques
• Young volunteers welcome Hanoi’s anniversary in Laos
• Smuggled pork destroyed
• Attapeu: diarrhoea kills five
• Reduce poverty by means of horticulture
• Maternal mortality in Laos still one of the highest in region
• Vientiane , Hanoi enhance ties
• Dengue fever further threatens people
  

News Friday 23 /7/ 2010

• Brainstorming on 60-year history of Lao Front
• Laos, China pledge to strengthen military ties
• DPRK Foreign Minister to visit Laos
• Indonesian ambassador provides assistance to Champassak
• Vientiane : Agro export increased by 9 per cent
• One killed and three missing in Sayaboury due to flash flood
• ASEAN holds talks with dialogue partners
• Foreign Minister attends US – Lower Mekong ministerial meeting
• Environmental workshop for journalists held
• Low-cost Phongsavanh Airlines to take to the sky next month
• Darkchueng needs 59 teachers for coming academic year
• PRF investment in poverty reduction in Savannakhet
  

News Thursday 22 /7/ 2010

• President receives Russian Foreign Minister
• PM receive outgoing Cuban and Kuwaiti Ambassadors
• Lao construction company links up with India’s Tata
• Farmers are concerned about their harvest
• Vice President receives UNI-Asia and Pacific delegation
• Lao leaders extend sympathy to China
• Chao Anouvong statue to be unveiled soon
• Film Festival to be held in Luang Prabang
• Lao Assistant Minister attends ASEAN +3 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
• Teaching know-how needs to further improve, says Mayor
• Lao boxers ready to fight with Thai fighters
  

News Wednesday 21 /7/ 2010

• President urges Women’s Union to further protect rights and interest of women
• Cuban and Kuwaiti Ambassador bid farewell to Vice President
• Japanese Foreign Minister to visit Laos
• A honcho of Ramsar Convention Secretariat declares Lao as a country member of this body
• SDPM receives new UNICEF resident representative
• Wearing helmet campaign for students to take into effect soon
• Malaysia steps up tourism cooperation with Laos
• Deputy PM attends ASEAN foreign ministers’ meeting
• Deputy PM meets new ambassadress of China
• Plant quarantine officials upgraded
• Chinese Government hands over blue-ear disease vaccines to Laos
• Russian foreign minister visits Laos

News Tuesday 20 /7/ 2010

• LFNC President receives World Buddhist Summit leader
• Vice-Premier calls on all organising committee to work with high spirit
• Lao President congratulates Belgium King
• Over 100 rural villages in Houaphan to enjoy electricity by 2012
• Cuban and Mongolian Ambassadors bid farewell to NA President
• Sekong’s effort for educational development in rural areas
• New DPRK and Thai Ambassadors call on Supreme People’s Prosecutor
• Phongsaly: slash-and-burn cultivation practiced on 465 ha
• Savannakhet: locally made cement shares 80 per cent of market consumption
• Savannakhet releases 200,000 fingerlings into Houay-thouad reservoir
• Lao Women’s Rugby Seven team trains for coming Asian Women’s Seven tournament
• Vientiane Capital ranks top list of crime
  

News Monday 19 /7/ 2010

• Leaders attend Venerable Pramaha Vichit Singharaj’s cremation
• Message of congratulations
• Standing Deputy Premier inspects projects for Vientiane’s 450th anniversary
• World Bank Group Helps Facilitate Value-Added Tax Compliance by Lao Businesses
• Customs officers detain smuggled cars
• Souksavath College to provide master degree programme
• Foreign minister leaves for 43rd AMM in Hanoi
• Road linking Ngeun and Hongsa signed
• Louang Namtha to have 90 per cent of school-aged access primary education
• Savannakhet Governor concerned over dengue fever outbreak

News Friday 16 /7/ 2010

• New edition of Party history launched
• Cuban Ambassador bids farewell to Justice Minister
• Message of congratulations
• Swedish company to plant industrial trees in Laos
• Fingerlings released into Nakai reservoir
• Poor families in Parkngum district recieve assistance
• Russian Foreign Minister to visit Laos
• Luang Namtha helps poor families access electricity
• Vientiane to rearrange cables along streets this week
• National development in new era shared ideas
• 600,000 fingerlings released into Nonghane marsh
• National Circus to open every weekend
  

News Thursday 15 /7/ 2010

• NA’s delegation back from Russia
• Laos and US agree to boost cooperative ties
• France ’ national holiday marked in Vientiane
• Commerce Chamber helps boost economic development, Vice-Premier
• PM praises Oudomsay’s effort in poverty reduction
• Unitel gives free internet use to over thousand schools
• Lao civil servants upgrade their English for work and Party
• 500,000 fingerlings released into Houaysone-Houaysoua reservoir
• Lao leaders greet French National Day
• Mongchao declared as slash-and-burn cultivation free village
• World Vision supports USD 1.81 million for Anti-AIDS and STDs in Laos
• Tigo randomly select FIFA World Cup 2010 lucky people
  

News Wednesday 14 /7/ 2010

• Lao Sports Day marked in Borikhamsay
• Late President Souphanouvong’s birthday commemorated
• Blue ears disease further spread out
• Lao Sports Day marked in Borikhamsay
• Australia supports financial capacity building in Laos
• Four young Laotians take part in Japanese JENESYS programme
• MIC Minister meets new ambassador of China
• Rice farmers are worried with ongoing drought
• Ha Tinh builds four schools for Lao provinces
• Lao Women’s Union executive committee held meeting
• Bank governor meets new ADB representative
• That Luang villagers receive compensations

News Tuesday 13 /7/ 2010

• New Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates presents credentials
• Prime Minister pays working visit to Phongsaly
• Vice Premier urges prompt solution to water shortage for rice farming
• ADB to help Laos improve vocational training, address skill shortages
• NSK provides fellowship to ASEAN Journalists
• Sports committee assesses work over last 12 months
• Asphalted Road 13 B opens to public
  

News Monday 12 /7/ 2010

• SEA Games Committee gives awards to organisations and individuals
• Capping on swine disease outbreak
• Construction of Parklay bridge to take shape
• Mongolian Ambassador bids farewell to Lao Foreign Minister
• Park Lai bridge to link northwestern land
• Lao , Myanmar leaders exchange felicitations on diplomatic ties anniversary
• Dengue fever still poses a threat of outbreak
• MIC minister receives outgoing Cuban Ambassador
• Concerts to mark Lao-US ties held
• Foreign Minister receives UNICEF resident representative
• Medical service for Vientiane’s 450th anniversary discussed
• Samaiphanh gives 10 million kip for new City Pillar Shrine construction
  

News Friday 09 /7/ 2010

• New DPRK Ambassador calls on Mr. Samane Viyaketh
• Blue ear disease kills hundred pigs in Vientiane
• Lao Airlines to buy two 70-seater ATR planes
• High inflation rate, a challenge to economy
• Outgoing Cuban and Mongolian ambassadors awarded Friendship medals
• GTZ helps Laos in producing quality coffee
• Lao high-ranking delegation to visit United States
• Greetings on 55th anniversary of Lao-Myanmar diplomatic relations
• New Chinese ambassador calls on Mrs. Pany Yathortou
• Cambodia , Laos to Strengthen Cooperation
• Meeting on health hazards of drinking held
• Vice-President meets Vietnamese guest
  

News Thursday 08 /7/ 2010

• PM receives ADB Country Director
• Preparation for Vientiane’s 450th anniversary celebration in full swing
• Lao leaders greet Slovenia National Day
• Phasanin village to have light
• Lao minister honoured with Vietnam’s Friendship order
• FAO and MOH engage Non-Profit Associations to improve food security and nutrition
• Message of congratulations
• Laos grants 156 ha to Japanese company for medicinal plant cultivation
• Lao Ambassador presents credentials to US President
• Lao women’s photo exhibition held
• Laos announces plans to host cluster bomb conference
• Front’s achievements highlighted
• Lao Youth Union receives assistance
  

News Wednesday 07 /7/ 2010

• Lao government suspends approving new mining projects
• Vietnam , Laos newswires sign accord
• EGAT inks electricity purchase from Sayaboury hydropower dam
• Message of congratulations
• Lao Ambassador presents credentials to Indian President
• People with disabilities in Savannakhet given assistance
• Oudomsay allocates production groups
• Mekong embankment ready for coming rainy season
• New Director General of Agricultural Promotion Bank appointed
• Paksong names Yik Seua waterfall its new tourist attraction
• Nagnobai Bank gives clothes and shoes to the poor
• Nasaithong makes effort in minimising animal diseases
  

News Tuesday 06 /7/ 2010

• NA President leaves for Russia
• SEZ to attract US$460 million more of investment
• EU further supports victims of Ketsana and drought in Attapeu
• PACSA Chairman meets Newly Appointed Chinese Ambassador
• FAO supports second census with funding from SDC and AUSAID
• Attapeu to have large hospital
• Bountay villagers to see light
• Road, bridge linking Luang Prabang to Sayaboury take shape
• Tigo’s world cup awards five Yamaha Fino to customers
• Cinnamon Lounge Restaurant serves Burgher food from Sri Lanka
• Sikhay-Tardthong road built by 60 per cent
  

News Monday 05 /7/ 2010

• PM receives Indian and Mongolian ambassadors
• US Ambassador hosts reception on National Day
• Message of congratulations
• New IT service for tourists officially launched
• Song composing contest held for LFNC’s 60th birthday
• Local media upgrade skills in economic development
• NA President activities in Huaphanh
• Vientiane has 35 private-run colleges
• FAO mulls over giving help to farmers in drought-persistent areas
• Lao News Agency’s trade union reviews past three-year works
• Vietnam , Laos cooperate in child health care
• Lao PDR is preparing the first Convention on Cluster Munitions
  

News Friaday 02 /7/ 2010

• New Chinese Ambassador calls on vice NA president
• Provincial governors oriented on risk communication of AH1N1
• Lao leaders greet Canada National Day
• Oil prices rise
• Laos, Vietnam pledge to enhance comprehensive cooperation
• Indochina war park to be built in southern Laos
• Vientiane province’s Trade Union review its work
• Lao stock market is 60 per cent completed
• Phabath Noi finances electrification
• New Lao movie “Mork Sivith” set for filming
• New Indonesian Ambassador calls on Labour Minister
• PRF helps Nong in protecting aquatic life habitat
  

News Thursday 01 /7/ 2010

• Monthly government meeting for June ends
• Avian flu plan progress evaluated
• Vice-Premier inspects Luang Prabang airport renovation
• More than half of buyers in the air
• FAO IS CONCERNED FOR FARMERS
• Health Ministry develops policy on management of medical equipment
• Mayor, Japanese company discuss Vientiane urban planning
• Darkdor villagers enjoy gravity-fed water
• Savannakhet burns down seized narcotics
• FAO further improves and expands its integrated pest management activities
• Luang Namtha upgrades English skills for civil servants
• Public health expansion network is on focus
  

News Wednesday 30 /6/ 2010

• National Assembly’s 9th ordinary session closes
• Nam Theun 2 Project Hands Lao Government US$100m of Assets
• Australia Supports Basic Education in Rural Laos
• France gives EUR 50,000 to Lao UXO
• FAO is concerned for farmers
• Result of lucky numbers of Tigo World Cup
• Awareness raising on women rights and life skills assessed
• Health of Nakai villagers shows Marked Improvement
• Lao Cement to build 3rd factory
• Sekong Governor urges Thateng to cope with more challenges
  

News Tuesday 29 /6/ 2010

• Savannakhet urged to focus more on poverty reduction
• New draft law on statistics to be endorsed
• Grassroots producers’ benefits should be in consumer protection law
• Rising rice price intervened
• LFNC prepares for 60th anniversary celebration
• Decree on SEZ and road map to take effect soon
• Laos, Malaysia enhance cooperation on education
• NA President receives Vietnamese guest
• Nagnobai Bank’s loan release for Xiengkhouang and Houaphanh farmers
• Attapeu to build dam on Se Nam Noi river
• FAO strengthens regional capacity to control Avian influenza
• Laos, Thailand enhance cooperation on environmental protection

News Monday 28 /6/ 2010

• Drug destruction on International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
• Lawmakers define draft law on statistics
• New private FM radio opened
• Rising rice price intervened
• PM receives Thai Natural Resources Minister
• Vice NA President receives Vietnamese Dong Nai delegation
• Khammouane, Dong Nai enhance cooperation
• National Assembly asked to raise allocation for education
• Water supply plant to be built in Senedin village
• Singaporean Embassy gives fund for school rehabilitation in Saravane
• Nam Sae irrigation system capable of feeding 300 ha
• New Lao film to screen next month
  

News Friday 25 /6/ 2010

• Consumers to enjoy higher safety if consumer protection law passes
• Laotian PM and party visit PyinOoLwin, Mandalay
• Vientiane Capital delegation back from Japan
• Laos poised for another year of strong growth
• NA members debate new draft law on HIV/AIDS prevention
• Vietnam businesses keen on Lao rattan
• Cuban Ambassador calls on Justice Minister
• SRI rice cultivation expected to be applied on 5,000 ha
• Lao PDR pays attention to drug control
• Scholarships for students
• Lao popular singers join ASEAN+3 Concert in Thailand
• Nepal introduces investment opportunities and tourism to Laos
  

News Thursday 24 /6/ 2010

• Health Minister: formalin-injected meat can be solved
• Prime Minister back from Myanmar
• Laos sends sympathy to China
• Japan gives grant for strengthening road sector capacity
• Weaving School built in Vientiane
• Many suffer from and one dies of dengue fever
• Spending millions of US dollars of grant and loans on priority projects
• Vientiane focuses on blowing out poverty
• 57 per cent of Lao people use safe water
• Bank team wins 1st Lao League Championship7
• US, Vietnam assist Laos in internet policy
• EPF supports WREA’s environment management
  

News Wednesday 23 /6/ 2010

• Draft Law on HIV/AIDS discussed
• Vice-Premier visits Bokeo to boost economic development
• Lao leaders greet Luxembourg National Day
• 22.1 per cent of preschool children access education
• Unitel to provide job opportunities to 300 Lao people
• First time touches Vietnam’s beautiful sea
• Minister of Information and Culture on working visit in Champassak
• Eastern Star Bilingual School stays on top of pole
• RM Laos gives assistance to FAPPL
• Hai Phong veterans enhance cooperation with Vientiane counterparts
• Bank officials upgraded on currency policy
• Lao delegation back from 24th Asia-Pacific Roundtable
  

News Tuesday 22 /6/ 2010

• Fifth congress of Attapeu province’s LFNC closed
• Vangvieng Mineral builds steel melting factory
• Health minister: tackling overstate advertisement of private clinics needs cooperation
• EU funded projects, being carried out smoothly in Attapeu
• Seventh Congress of Oudomsay province’s Party cell opened
• USA finances fund for UXO victims
• Creates awareness of environment to Lao people via rubbish collection
• Australia further support the Lao Disabled People’s human rights
• FAO INTERNS ORGANIZE AWARENESS RAIZING IN VIENTIANE SCHOOLS
• Over 2,000 elders in Sayaboury receive free health check
• Charity Siengnoy shop gives aids blind school
• Chinese herbal medicine has curative power to wean drug addicts from drug
  

News Monday 21 /6/ 2010

• PM Bouasone leaves for Myanmar to bring bilateral relations closer
• Message of congratulations
• Standing Vice Premier: development threatens World Heritages
• Education should be improved, NA member says
• Japanese volunteers pay courtesy visit to PM
• Preparation for Vientiane’s 450th anniversary celebration assessed
• Foreign Minister meets New ADB representative
• Borikhamsay ready to host Lao Sports Day
• Lao student and officials leave for training in India
• Vientiane : road accident decreases, crime increases
• National Internet Centre opens
• China helps expand Dong Makkhay Water Plant’s production capacity
  

News Friday 18 /6/ 2010

• Minmetals and MMG ink agreement to enhance cooperation with Laos
• PM to visit Myanmar
• Laos hosts GMS Cross-Border Transport Agreement meeting in Laos
• Phongsaly needs larger budget for infrastructure development
• Friendship medal bestowed on UNICEF representative
• Salary payment through banking system evaluated
• Nagnobay Bank to lend 15.1 billion kip to Viengsay and Viengthong
• Touching real nature of Phong Nha-Ke Bang world heritage
• Northern Agriculture and Forestry College construction kicks off
• Nagnobay Bank to loan 4 billion kip in Sekong
• Khammouane seeks effective road maintenance and management fund
• Laos learns about access to WTO’s membership
  

News Thursday 17 /6/ 2010

• President Choummaly Sayasone receives Chinese Vice President
• NA Ninth Ordinary Session enters fourth day
• Foreign Minister receives new ambassadors
• Govt focuses on poverty reduction
• Prime Minister appreciates R.M.A and FAPL for helping Lao people
• Beerlao sponsors Olympic Day Celebration
• Cambodia Shares De-mining Experience with Laos
• Chinese vice president vows to consolidate friendship with Laos
• Borikhamsay to increase rice harvest to 127,000 tonnes
• Lao, Vietnamese media share experience on news reporting
• APB to release 130 billion kip this rainy season
• Vientiane considers underground power line running
  

News Wednesday16 /6/ 2010

• Chinese Vice President visits Laos
• PM receives Chinese and IMF guests
• Switzerland gives 2.4 billion kip to Laos to prepare for WTO application
• State Auditing: excessive lapses in expenditure cause huge losses to Laos
• Foreign Minister meets US foreign ministry delegation
• New Indonesian Ambassador calls on Standing Deputy PM
• Five hundred Vientiane residents donate blood on World Blood Donor Day
• New governor of Borlikhamsay province appointed
• The art restoration project in Laungprabang receives generous funding
• LAOS : Critter cuisine could feed a nation
  

News Tuesday 15 /6/ 2010

• Govt believes GDP will exceed by 0.3 percentage point
• Vice Prime Minister receives DPRK ambassador
• Laos-Sweden human rights officials meet in Vientiane
• Japan businesspeople back up Mai Tiew plantation in Vientiane
• NA Vice-President receives Vietnamese state inspection delegation
• Friendship insignia presented to Vietnamese postal institute
• Vice-Premier receives UNICEF representative
• New Indonesian Ambassador calls on Standing Deputy PM
• PM’s decree on securities market to attract more investors
• Pakseng develops tourism service
• Laos , Vietnam co-operation on state inspection expanded
• China vows to advance comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership with Laos: ambassador
  

News Monday 14 /6/ 2010

• 9th Ordinary Session of National Assembly opened
• PM receives foreign guests
• Lao President congratulates Philippines President
• Laos ranked 34th Most Peaceful Country in the world
• Vice-Premier urges Khammouane to make its development plan in line with the National one
• Somvang Neua and Tay villagers complain about power cuts
• Mass media and officials learn about children’s rights
• Laos-India Business Forum held in Vientiane
• FAPPL gives 10 million kip to Lao Front
• Laotian composers write songs about Uncle Ho
• Lao-Thai Friendship Associations meet in Savannakhet
• Republic of Korean donates US$ 80,100 to two villages in Vientiane province
  

News Friday 11 /6/ 2010

• Chinese, Lao leaders vow to bolster ties
• President Choummaly Sayasone congratulates UK National Day
• Chinese Vice-President to visit Laos
• NA ninth ordinary session to be held on June 14-30
• Lao Cement Industry to switch to cleaner process
• Chinese Vice President’s Visit to Laos to tighten in-depth relations
• “I love Uncle Ho Chi Minh” awarded top prize
• Message of congratulations
• More markers planted along Laos-Vietnam border
• Vietnam provides grass seeds to Xiengkhouang
• Lao guides improve quality service for Japanese tourists
• Ricefields in Saravane expected to rise to 583 ha

News Thursday 10 /6/ 2010

• PM back from World Economic Forum on East Asia
• Lao ideology chief leaves for China
• Lao delegation attends international conference in Chile
• Feasibility study on rice production for Kuwait market
• Lao Cable T.V presents vehicle to MIC
• Indian high-ranking delegates on visit to Laos for economic cooperation
• Front’s 60th founding anniversary recalled in Khammouane
• Eight northern provinces learn world food market’s requirements
• New Wave Hair Inspiration 2010 to raise money for charity
• EU and Health Without Borders give US$ 1.3 million for food production
• Civil servants upgraded on administration capacity
• Lao-Vietnamese trade to hit $1 billion
  

News Wednesday 9 /6/ 2010

• NA standing committee-government meeting
• Govt to release stockpiled rice to ease soaring price
• New Chinese Ambassador calls on MIC deputy minister
• Laos, Vietnam further co-operation on state inspection
• Vientiane football team receives sport gears from Tigo
• Thirteen thousand households in Borikhamsay get out of poverty
• Hin Heub needs effective industrial tree plantation
• More markers planted on Laos-Vietnam border
• Toyota presents 60,000 notebooks to Lao students
• Savannakhet plants trees on more than 9,000 ha
• Quang Nam, Sekong provinces strengthen ties
• LNFC marks International Children’s Day and National Arbour Day
  

News Tuesday 8 /6/ 2010

• Party Secretary General receives Vietnamese Party delegation
• NA President receives six new ambassadors to Laos
• Laos and Vietnam party co-operation expanded
• Message of congratulations
• Vietnam , Laos promote trade relations
• NA President inaugurates new road in Sangthong
• Laos, Cambodia share de-mining experience
• Luang Namtha sees recurrence of opium plantation
• RIS rice plantation experiment in Pek is successful
• Restaurant owners beautify restaurants for Vientiane’s 450th anniversary celebration
• T2 road and drainage to get further improvement
• Laos works hard to get tigers to breed
  

News Monday 7 /6/ 2010

• Seminar looks to boost Vietnam-Laos solidarity
• New RoK Ambassador calls on Vice NA President
• WB and EU give over USD 14.7 million to Laos
• Message of congratulations
• Laos opens embassy in Austria
• Laos hopes for trade surplus in next five years
• Laos donates money to quake victims in Haiti
• Lao-Indochina Group to produce organic fertiliser from cassava waste
• More Vientiane residents access to water supply
• 10 central and southern provinces learn rural development
• NA Standing Committee meeting
• PRF finalises projects in 21 poorest districts
  

News Friday 4 /6/ 2010

• President receives visiting Malaysian Prime Minister
• Laos, Vietnam review history book compilation project
• Message of congratulations
• 95 per cent of mothers breastfeed their babies
• BIDV gives 50 computer sets to Sayaboury
• Monetary rewards for people who nurture the cratoxylum trees
• Laos celebrates International Day of Biodiversity
• 110,000 foreign workers work in Laos
• Expansion of Luang Prabang International Airport for big kites
• Seminar on Japanese government scholarships to be held in NUOL
• Viengphoukha enjoys literacy of 6,700 more people
• Oudomsay assesses community initiative promotion
• Road 14 C constructed
  

News Thursday 3 /6/ 2010

• Malaysian PM on visit
• Vietnam , Laos boost ties in Party information work
• Congratulations to Italy
• PM to attend World Economic Forum on East Asia
• Laos needs 32% of GDP for development in 2011-2015 term
• New Thai Ambassador calls on PM
• 32% of GDP vital for 2011-2015 development projects
• “Nagnobai” to release 12 billion kip loans
• Paintings of human trafficking victims on display
• Condolences over Air India crash
• Ground-breaking Ceremony for Km 3 Primary School Attapeu
• Vietnam , Laos tighten army cooperation
  

News Wednesay 2 /6/ 2010

• Two hundred children join Children’s Day
• South Korea lends US$ 46.85 million to Laos
• National Assembly to open 9th Ordinary Session this month
• USAID funds eye screening of children in Khammouane
• Lao-Luxembourg co-operation expanded
• Party and State prioritise mother and child affairs, says Vice-Premier
• Lao and Vietnamese speaking contest held
• National Chamber of Commerce promotes regional business integration
• Vietnamese Party leader welcomes Lao military officials
• Phonsavang-Dongdok and Phontong-Phonphanao roads improvement approaches the end
• Borikhamsay works hard in poverty reduction
• Australia gives USD 9,300 to improve library for drug addicts
• Laos condemns Israeli attack on Gaza aid flotilla
  

News Tuesday 1 /6/ 2010

• Lao leaders plant trees on National Arbour Day
• NA delegation back from Japan
• Malaysian PM to visit Laos
• Lao Premier Meets New Russian and DPRK Ambassadors
• Lao leaders greet Georgia National Day
• Consultation meeting of 7th NSEDP held in Vientiane
• China expands rubber tree plantation area to Luang Namtha
• Attapeu: dry season rice plantation practiced on over 1,000 ha
• Patenque world championship to be hosted in Vientiane end-this year
• Son La province completes 13 border markers
• Naphork irrigation system waters over 600 ha of farmland
• Luang Prabang focuses on construction of sport facilities
  

News Monday 31 /5/ 2010

• Vice President asks Borikhamsay Party Executive to implement political report
• STDP urges all sectors to promote no-smoke
• Malaysian PM to visit Laos
• Vat Sisaket need more money to restore it to its past splendour
• Better flood warning system benefits 60 million Mekong basin people
• Vice PM receives Cambodian guest
• Rattan companies learn about sustainable farming in Laos
• Vietnam-Lao language contest held in Vientiane
• Vientiane : 110 families use biogas
• Khammouane allocates 188 billion kip for Thakhek-Bolikhamsay road improvement
• Businessmen concern over appreciated kip currency
• New Lao Ambassador calls on Cambodian Premier and NA President
  

News Friday 28 /5/ 2010

• Monthly government meeting for May ended
• Standing Deputy Prime Minister receives Thai Ambassador
• Malaysian PM to visit Laos
• ADB grants for improving road transport network in northern Laos
• 450 frangipani trees to be planted on new Chao Anouvong Public Park
• Saysettha Hospital gives vaccines against AH1N1 to 4000 people
• BOL gives 200 million kip for road improvement
• LEPF supports training capacity of NUOL’s Social Sciences Faculty
• Australia Supports School Meals Programme in Lao PDR
• Hinheub complains almost 50 tree plantation projects are yet to begin
• “Matthagnom Six” students need one more year at school
• Vientiane Administration considers untidy cable running
• Od, Phongsavanh Bank, arrest a rumour
  

News Thursday 27 /5/ 2010

• Standing Deputy Prime Minister receives Indian Ambassador
• Vientiane plans to plant tree on 500 ha this year
• Premier calls on people with medical conditions to take H1N1 vaccine
• Agro-Forestry Minister urges for forest protection
• Vietnam , Laos strengthen Party inspection work
• New DPRK Ambassador calls on Justice Minister
• National Assembly’s members learn ICT use
• Over 3,700 graduate from NOSPA
• Canada strengthens Lao lawyers’ capacity
• Vietnam , Laos carry out landmark planting
• Seminar on new geodatabase for animal health management in Laos
• Phonsay to be promoted for market-oriented production
  

News Wednesday 26 /5/ 2010

• Leaders’ escape from Phonkheng prison commemorated
• Laos, Cambodia further co-operation on Party Control Affairs
• Lao President congratulates Norwegian King
• Message of congratulations
• Agro and forest development plan met successful
• Students join upcoming celebration of World Environmental Day
• Legal tools on water resources discussed
• Party Secretary on working visit to DPR Korea
• Bridge construction in Oudomsay kicks off
• PRF invests 2.8 billion kip in Soukhouma and Bachieng Chaleunsouk
  

News Tuesday 25 /5/ 2010

• 10th Party CC plenary prepares for 9th Party congress
• Vice-Premier Meets Russian Ambassador to Laos
• Vice Deputy Prime Minister attends 18th ASEAN-EU Foreign Affairs Ministries Summit
• Hundreds of producers take part in the 1st Processed Agro-Product Exhibition
• Vice-Premier receives Chinese delegation
• Lao Airlines adds more flights on Savannakhet-Siem Reap route
• Mekong embankment completes by over 60 per cent
• Plan to plant commercial trees on 300,000 hectares by 1 June
• Laos, China prioritise 21 projects of transport and public works
• Savannakhet to grow rice on 165,000 ha this rainy season
• Phongsavanh buys three airplanes
• Laos honours Vietnamese sportsmen for help
  

News Monday 24 /5/ 2010

• NA President leaves for Japan
• New Russia Ambassador calls on NA Vice-President
• Good health students, key to fulfil education strategy
• Vat Sisaket library hall completely restored
• Vice-President of National Assembly receives International Telecom Union Secretary
• Regional economic integration disseminated
• LFNC President receives Vietnamese Party delegation
• 100 more graduates from Sengsavanh College
• Vientiane Capital’s bid to extend water supply coverage
• District Development Fund assessed
• More remains of martyrs brought home from Laos
• Vietnam , Laos enhance economic, cultural cooperation
  

News Friday 21 /5/ 2010

• PM supports East Asia Community Building
• Naga figures on Lao-Tai textile researched into
• Southern Finance College to be upgraded to university
• Message of congratulations
• Finland gives EUR 9.5 million for environmental management in Laos
• Laos considers using seaports of Vietnam
• Indian Ambassador calls on Health Minister
• Draft budgetary plan for next five years discussed
• Mekong River Commission discusses environmental impact of mainstream dams
• One more Vietnam-Laos border marker inaugurated
• Savannakhet vaccination against A(H1N1) virus
• Industrial tree plantation in Luang Prabang goes well
  

News Thursday 20 /5/ 2010

• Vientiane marks Ho Chi Minh birthday
• Laos-Japan Human Resource Cooperation Centre upgrades as new institute
• French businessmen seek investment opportunities in Laos
• Rice price in central and southern provinces rises
• Ho Chi Minh’s Commemorative Monument to be built in Khammouane
• Chinese, DPRK Ambassadors call on LPRPCC Organisation Board Chairman
• 59th ASEAN Committee on Science and Technology Meeting Kicks Off In Vientiane
• Lao Post increase postal fee
• Stocks buying company to operate in five months
• New Vietnam-Laos border marker inaugurated
• Cellphone users to dial eight digits as of June 1
  

News Wednesday 19 /5/ 2010

• Party Secretary receives Vietnamese Communist Party high-ranking delegation
• Lecture to mark Ho Chi Minh’s birthday held
• That Luang shopping mall construction kicks off
• Goodwill gifts from Singaporeans to Laos
• NA Vice-President receives new DPRK Ambassador
• Vietnamese businessmen show interests in sustainable management of wild rattan
• Nagnobai Bank to release 48.9 billion kip
• Tax officers learn avoidance of double taxation treaty
• One Village One Product is growing in Borikhanh
• Canada donates database software to Ministry of Finance
• Enrolment rate in Ta-oi is low
• Oudomsay awards Friendship medals to six provinces of Vietnam
  

News Tuesday 18 /5/ 2010

• Laos attends Bahrain Global Forum
• Meeting to mark Uncle Ho’s birthday held in Vientiane
• NOSPA receives contributions for its Party cell meeting
• Lao students win bronze medal at US engineering competition
• Lao company brings joy to cassava farmers
• Eight northern provinces upgrade on making master plan on land use
• Labour skills trainers upgraded
• Rice production in Sekong lacks behind target
• Sayaboury: Veunkham development village group to access electricity soon
• Laos expresses concern over political conflict in Thailand
• Lao-French Integrated Rural Development Project reviewed
• Zhongya Yuxi Yunnan finds at least 2 million tonnes of coal in Ta-oi
  

News Monday 17/5/ 2010

• NA President to visit for Japan to strengthen two legislature bodies’ ties
• Indian ambassador calls on Lao Minister of Public Security
• Laos-Vietnam photo exhibition commemorates Ho Chi Minh’s 120th birthday
• Message of congratulations
• 4th Lao-Thai Mekong Bridge construction given green lights
• Handicraft production model villages announced in Borikhanh and Paksane
• Government’s seven priority projects to be studied
• Phongsaly residents receive A/H1N1 vaccine
• Night market in Savannakhet underway
• Laos demands US$6.3 billion to reach MDGs
• PM to visit Japan
• Govt bodies receive assistance for their e-governance
  

News Friday 14/5/ 2010

• Laos, China pledge to boost cooperation ties
• Govt briefs its presence at UPR meeting
• Lao Airlines cancels Vientiane-Savannakhet- Siem Reap flights
• Australian Mining Mission visits Laos
• Namtha Bridge is complete
• Local investor to study hydropower dam construction in Sayaboury
• Party Cell Enlarged meeting of Agro Ministry summarised
• Education Minister receives Australian Ambassador
• More martyrs’ remains repatriated from Laos
• Nghe An finances Phonsavanh Upper Secondary School’s infrastructure project
• Khongsedone evaluates mother and child health affairs
• New Xiengkhouang Governor gives education materials to local students
• Xiengkhouang discusses data collection on UXO accidents
  

News Thursday13/5/ 2010

• Khoune, Phasay authorities urged to actively work towards poverty reduction
• Japan grants for improving financial reform and human resource development
• AFD donates EUR 1.2 million to strengthen coffee growers’ commercial capacity
• UN HABITAT presents sport gears to 15 schools in Vientiane
• Quang Tri, Savannakhet work on 31 border markers this year
• EFA FTI gives Laos US$30 million for education improvement
• Lao garment export on decline
• Lao government delegation visits MMG Century Mine in Australia
• Wuyi: National Civilised village
• Unitel gives 23 million kip to Party Central Committee Office
• Nagnobai Bank releases more loans to rid poverty in Houaphanh
  

News WednesdAY12/5/ 2010

• More market-oriented production is key factor to lift off from poverty, advises President
• Photo exhibition on Lao-Viet ties in Ho Chi Minh Era to be held
• Long Thanh Golf gives 413 million kip to Lao Front
• Okinawa funds Nong-hay primary school
• Huong Anh Gia Lai donates USD 30 million to Attapeu
• Greetings on Poland’s National Day
• Over three million Lao labourers employed
• New Thai Ambassador calls on deputy MIC minister
• Chinese speaking competition held
• LBA and NUOL urge law students to be lawyers
• “Give Children a Choice” gives 3 million Vitamin Angels to Xiengkouang
• Oudomsay Province Hall built
• Mission of free operation for harelip in Vientiane
  

News Tuesday 11/5/ 2010

• Russian and Thai Ambassadors call on Foreign Minister
• Standing Deputy Premier inspects Kaluem administration office construction
• NA discusses 7th Socio-economic Plan
• 200 illegal logs seized in Bokeo
• India Armed Forces and Civil Services visit Laos
• More cement factory built in Oudomsay
• Workshop on mass culture held in Attapeu
• Vietnamese soldiers and experts remains returned to Thua Thien Hue
• Furniture producers seek access to Chinese market
• Saemaul Undong gives USD 13,000 to Boungphao
• Miss Lao Contest to stage on
• Rice production goes well in past five years
  

News Monday 10/5/ 2010

• Lao Government praises SEA Games supporters
• Vientiane Rally to mark the victory over fascism
• NA Vice-President urges prompt rehabilitation of infrastructure in Parklai
• Laos sends Vietnamese remains back home
• Strengthening social safety network discussed
• Dental equipment company opens in Vientiane
• Cambodian PM Receives Lao Minister of Information and Culture
• Nearly 70 percent of population faces malaria
• Sustainable agricultural development in Paek further carried out
• Khammouane students upgrade on drug awareness
• Painting competition on Climate Change held
• Houaphanh-Xiengkhouang women promote weaving
• A walk for health against mosquito diseases held
• Students tackle climate change through fine arts
  

News Frday 07/5/ 2010

• Lao Pavilion Expo 2010 opened
• Women Advancement Promotion to be included in the 7th socio-economic development plan
• Defence minister receives Japanese government official
• ADB supports water supply expansion in northern Laos
• Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Meets Joint Press Delegation from Southeast and South Asian Countries
• Cambodia ready for more Lao Students
• Vientiane ’s GDP tops 2.2 trillion kip
• New Finance Ministry’s office opened
• Five villages in Long district receive 2,300 fruit tree saplings
• Vientiane completes 80 % of basic infrastructure development
• WIG opens new Phon-Ngam school for students
• Education Minister promotes education in Xiengkhouang
• US donates US$ 650,000 for drug control in Laos
  

News Thursday 06/5/ 2010

• Prime Minister receives new Pakistani ambassador
• EU works closely in reducing poverty in Laos
• Furniture exhibition on stage at Lao-ITECC
• “Pimai” draws 25% more of foreign tourists
• Singaporean company to export 30% of Lao coffee beans
• Eco-agriculture promoted in Sayaboury
• Bokeo to free 20 villages from poverty
• US donates US$20,000 for gibbon conservation
• Lao ambassador to China and USA appointed
• Police seize 13 trucks transporting illegal logs
• Joh Hai: 28 families stop slash-and-burn-cultivation practice
• ASEAN cooperation on preventing transboundary diseases
  

News Wednesday 05/5/ 2010

• President receives new foreign ambassadors
• Preparation for Vientiane’s 450th anniversary celebration evaluated
• EU opens new information centre at NUOL
• News Correction
• Govt invests 8.5 billion kip in Borikhanh development
• Bat dung extraction in Pha Daeng cave
• Storm devastates 47 houses in Parklai district
• Fire victims in Sangthong district receive aid
• Germany , WIG hand over Naphork school to people and pupils
• World Vision gives medical equipment to dispensaries in Park Kading
• Souvanny Trading Company returns benefits to customers
• Nursing and Midwifery Training Centre to inaugurate on Friday
  

News Tuesday 04/5/ 2010

• President receives foreign ambassadors
• Lao Minister of Information and Culture leaves for Cambodia
• Laos marks 124th anniversary of International Labour Day
• Seven sport events set to mark 450th Anniversary of Vientiane
• WCS helps protect crocodiles in Savannakhet
• Sangthong invests over 200 million kip in improving bridges
• Vientiane residents to have free harelip operations
• Lao-Vietnamese-Thai cultural village built in Laos
• Vientiane province pays salary through ATM
• Cambodia , Laos delegates arrive
• Friendship meeting enhances VN, Cambodia and Laos ties
• Sangthong: 99.7 per cent of school-aged children access education
  

News Friday 30/4/ 2010

• LFNC President joins Buddha image consecration in Houaphanh
• EU already gives money for developers in Laos through writing proposals
• New Lao ambassador presents credentials to Brunei Sultan
• Germany donates 300,000 euro to relieve Ketsana victims
• LFNC to celebrate 60th birthday anniversary
• National Border Committee receives sport gears
• New round of pandemic poultry flu and A/H1N1 under surveillance
• Vietnam , Cambodia, Laos meeting opens
• Health Science University ’s training centre opens
• Dengue fever patients’ number over doubles
• Pakse Upper Secondary School may be replaced with a five-star hotel
  

News Thursday 29/4/ 2010

• Law on environment protection not on forthcoming NA session’s agenda
• Australia strengthens support for reducing risks of cluster munitions in Laos
• FAO-rice to 11,380 households in Ketsana-affected province
• Fake money trafficking rings smashed in Borikhamsay
• Luang Namtha accelerates safe water and community sanitation
• Nam Nga Hybrid Power System benefits over 700 families
• Laos celebrates World Day for Safety and Health at Work
• Vientiane industrial complex to stimulate economic growth
• “Mor Seng” gives 65 million kip for Vientiane Capital’s celebrations
• Harvest of dry-season rice crop in full swing
• Free operation for cataract patients
  

News Wednesday 28/4/ 2010

• South Korean investor to launch railway study
• First fish spa opens to Lao customers
• May Day holiday compensated
• Biogas Use Promotion Project accesses Viengkham
• National Committee for the Elderly holds meeting
• Nagnobai to release 100 billion kip of loans in quarter 2
• Sustainable use of natural resources in the Mekong region needs urgent address
• Ancient Vientiane’s town wall area determined for conservation
• Ketsana-hit schools in Champassak receive aid
• Feasibility study on Nam Hoi hydropower plant
• Women’s International Group hands over new Somsamay secondary school
• Sangthong concentrates on forest protection
• Week-long activities promoted for 450th anniversary
  

News Tuesday 27/4/ 2010

• Leaders receive Japanese parliamentarian
• Largest printing house opens
• Measures to spur on economic development for 7.5 % growth
• LAO PDR GROWTH RATE TO ACCELERATE, INFLATION PRESSURES INCREASE – ADB
• Laos-Thailand friendship bridge to boost trade & tourism
• LFNC Vice President urges unity in Saysomboune district
• Counterfeit goods worth 138 million kip burned
• National TV reviews works
• Amone becomes lawsuit-free village
• Road construction linking Vientiane Capital to Sayaboury nears completion
• Laos, Vietnam share experiences on Party-building
  

News Monday 26/4/ 2010

• Laos urges Asian parliaments to boost cooperation
• Standing Deputy Premier receives Yunnan Vice Governor
• Laos, China join investment in steel factory construction
• Investment circumstances this year likely to go down
• Vientiane tops “Matthayom 4” Best Student Exam
• International boxers to fight on Vientiane’s stage
• Ford Motor awards USD 20,000 to six talented environmental protection projects
• Vientiane GDP increases by 12% in last five years
• Laos expects two million tourist arrivals this year
• Vietnam law makers learn a lesson on drafting law on tobacco from Laos
• Nagnobai Bank releases billions kip loan to local farmers
• State investment projects top over 100 projects in Vientiane
  

News Friday 23/4/ 2010

• Vice NA Chairman receives Australian guest
• Dao Heuang Group improves duty-free business
• More airports to be built and improved in northern Laos
• Manual on forest land use introduced
• Australian parliamentarian calls on foreign minister
• Laos awards Labour Medal to AFD
• Lao and Chinese businessmen discuss investment in Bokeo
• Sayboury achieves dry-season rice farming by 97 per cent
• Big 3 Concert marks TIGO’s 3rd birthday anniversary
• Business people invest in 99 projects in Oudomsay
• 55th anniversary of LPRYU marked in Vientiane province
• Rural development, poverty reduction in Oudomsay
• Luang Namtha devastated by hail storm
• Foreign affairs department established in Khammouane
  

News Thursday 22/4/ 2010

• Soft opening of Prime Minister’s Office
• France grants 800,000 EU to build capacity for scientific analysis
• Vice-President welcomes Bac Kan official
• FAO project aims at improving swine health in Laos
• Savannakhet welcomes 16,000 visitors at Pimai
• Handbooks on infectious diseases for school kids
• Indochina Bank gives scholarship to six Lao students
• Oudomsay rakes in over 16 billion kip in first half
• Long has 30 more village heads literate
• Nagnobai Bank further releases loans into Oudomsay market-oriented agriculture
• Senior judges upgrade on court management
• Vietnam , Laos enhance local cooperation
  

News Wednesady 21/4/ 2010

• NA President meets RoK business delegation
• Government, provincial administrations review important issues for 2010
• Media countrywide learn about A/H1N1 vaccination campaign
• Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum on Population to be held soon
• Houai Namyen has new school funded by Boo Young
• Security maintenance campaign for important national days
• Luang Prabang: 142 overseas investment projects over the past eight years
• “Nagnobai” Bank releases 60 billion kip in Luang Prabang
• That Luang market fire victims get relief
• Laos ’s condolence for Polish president
  

News Tuesday 20/4/ 2010

• New Chinese Ambassador calls on NA President
• RoK Ambassador calls on PM Bouasone Bouphavanh
• Road death toll rises
• Living conditions of Vientiane Capital residents improve
• MMG LXML unveils its exploration plan and budget nearly triples for 2010
• Thaphabath has 12 more cultural villages
• MIC hold seminar on state inspection
• Central Bank donates 345 million kip to Ketsana flood victims
• Vientiane ’s 450-Year souvenirs are for sale
• Xiengkhouang and Nghe An further cooperation
• Laos to host international boxing
• Laos to host Asian International Tennis event
• Oudomsay governor urges Mor district to achieved poverty reduction
• Savannakhet sets ambitious plan for industry production
  

News Monday 19/4/ 2010

• Foreign Minister receives Japanese guest
• Daoheuang to turn out instant coffee
• Vietnamese Party Chief sends message of thanks to Lao President
• Lao education sector is low quality and demands more investment
• Vietnamese investment in Laos tops USD 2.1 billion
• Luang Prabang gives green lights to Nam Bark Dam feasibility study
• Lao-Indochina Group’s cassava plantation project reviewed
• Influx of overseas tourists drives GDP upward
• Navang Thong to produce 50 tonnes of rice species this year
• Untouched waterfall in Xieng Khouang unveiled
  

News Friday 16/4/ 2010

• Vietnamese Party leader wraps up Laos visit
• Lao and Vietnamese Party Chiefs celebrate Lao New Year in Luang Prabang
• PM visits Houaphanh to boost rural development
• Coffee plantation attractive to foreign business people
• Laos, Vietnam join hands in developing Vung Ang port
• Houaphanh marks Lao Youth Day
• Sayaboury: Phieng declares five more villages as cultural communities
• Khammouane celebrates Lao Youth day
• Savannakhet promotes tourism during Lao New Year
• The Nenglao, a model farmer of market-oriented agriculture
  

News Thursday 15/4/ 2010

• Former LPRPCC President receives Vietnamese Party chief
• Pimai celebration in Vientiane kicks off
• Foreign Minister receives RoK guest
• BeerLao backs “Pimai” activities in the Capital
• Medals presented to Public Health Ministry’s staffs
• Lao Airlines increases Vientiane-Luang Prabang flights at Lao New Year
  

News Wednesday 14/4/ 2010

• Lao leaders call on Vietnamese Party Chief
• Northern and Southern Bus Stations crowded with passengers
• Laos, Vietnam hold talks in Vientiane
• President’s PIMAI message
• Pakse organises night market for Lao New Year
• Son La province delegation visits Phongsaly
• China is main market of Laos
• Clean water supply to reach Nongboua, Nongveng by this year end
• RoK finances US$1.5-million for road paving in Lingsan
• Lao Youth marks 55th birthday
• BIDV gives 640 computers to Laos
  

News Tuesday 13/4/ 2010

• Communist Party leader of Vietnam arrives in Vientiane
• Prime Minister receives Vietnamese delegation
• Laos awards Thai Ambassador Friendship Medal
• President’s PIMAI message
• More billons of kip injected in poorest districts
• Condolences to Poland
• Safety measures for Laos-Thailand buses during Lao New Year
• New Ong Tue Buddha image for Houaphanh completed
• Construction of new Lao-Cambodian border checkpoint
• Health workers in Sayaboury trained
• Baci for diplomatic corps at PIMAI
• Sida village in Laos slowly attracting more tourists
  

News Monday 12/4/ 2010

• PM arrives home from Asean summit
• Rural children in six Lao provinces to have school meals
• ROK high-ranking delegation to visit Laos
• Better thing for rural people is a Government’s key
• Twenty leading hotels in Laos awarded
• Finance Ministry satisfied with economic growth in the first half
• Road linking China and Thailand brings Laos growth & challenges
• Dry season rice production shrinks in Capital
• Samphanna village harvests second rice crop
• Champasak-Ubon Ratchathani further co-operation on border security
  

News Friday 9/4/ 2010

• Ministry brainstorms to design an attractive package for investors
• Foreign military attaches visit Champassak
• Sepon mine hands over profit tax to government
• Huge parcel of kip to end Mekong bank erosion goes on
• DPRK Embassy marksKim Il Sung’s birth
• Golden Triangle fast becoming a tourist destination
• Laos to spend US 3 billion on food stuff production
• Lao Youth Union recalls its founding day
• Officials learn diplomatic role in boosting economic growth
• Lao Digital TV helps Sisattanark better access to information
  

News Thursday 8/4/ 2010

• NA Vice-President receives Vietnamese and Cambodian guests
• Local media pinned on labour medals
• Northern Laos promotes eco-tourism, adventure travels
• Goods price control in coming Pimai Lao celebration
• Lao Delegation to the 122nd IPU Assembly
• More than 1,000 donate blood to save friends’ life
• Japan donates rice to Lao government
• Nam Se irrigation achieved by 82 per cent
• Central Bank Governor meets Vice WB President
• RM Asia Laos gives computers to Pasason newspaper
• Vietnam , Laos cooperate in clean water supply
• SEOM on the sidelines of the 16th ASEAN Summit
• Anti-HIV/AIDS advertisement discussed
  

News Wednesday 7/4/ 2010

• Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia discuss on auditing
• FAO strengthens the emergency preparedness for avian influenza outbreaks
• Lao Premier leaves for ASEAN Summit
• World Bank projects 7.7 growth for Laos in 2010
• Vice Luang Namtha Governor visits Sing and Long districts
• Nutritional community launched for central and southern Laos
• Mekong embankment discussed
• South-bound buses added for Lao New Year
• Regulations imposed on slaughterhouses
• Khammouane prepares for resettlement in Theun-Hinboune hydropower plant area
  

News Tuesday 6/4/ 2010

• Lao Info version 6 for mother and child statistics launched
• Information Minister leaves for 16th ASEAN Summit in Hanoi
• Lao and China businessmen enhance cooperation
• Vietnamese Communist Party Secretary General to visit Laos
• Lao Women’s Union President visits Cambodia
• Hundreds households in Bolikhamsay rural area access to safe water
• Laos-Vietnam supreme courts cooperate on judicial matters
• People affected from Nam Ngum II settle down in new village
• Vietnam helps Laos train culture and arts managers
• Luang Namtha discusses irrigation strategy for upland agriculture
• Thai investor goes on in electricity investment in Laos
• Leading Lao and Thai banks further cooperation
  

News Monday 5/4/ 2010

• PM asks police officer to address social negative impact
• Ho Chi Minh song contest launched in Laos
• Large pile of logs belongs to whom
• World Bank donates USD$27.8 million to develop Public Works and Transport
• Korea loans to Laos for fire fighting and medical facilities
• Hongsa to sell 1,473 megawatts to EGAT
• Prime Minister receives new Chinese Ambassador and World Bank Deputy Chairman
• Water supply and electricity payment possible via ATM
• Monk Phetsarath’s residing house is restored
• Visit Asia Travel expects 100,000 foreign tourist arrivals this year
• Vientiane Capital to promote road safety on Lao New Year
  

News Friday 2/4/ 2010

• Cabinet meeting approves many decrees and legal drafts
• Germany helps to professionalise Lao women’s Youth Football
• Lao-Chinese business cooperation on building a steel factory
• SEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement creates newopportunities for business in Laos
• Unitel’s internet service for public opened
• China Union Pay accesses Laos
• Seset Bridge construction achieved by 80 per cent
• Tigo selects lucky people at random for Thai singers
• HIV/AIDS: low infection but big challenge to socio-economic development
• Vietnam , Laos tighten cooperation in combating human trafficking
• Sustainable use of land is necessary, Land Management Authority President
• Loan from Thailand to Laos for road renovation

 

News Thursday 1/4/ 2010

• EU backs food security in Laos
• Vice Foreign Minister Meets New UNHCR Representative for Southeast Asia
• Elephant Care Manual for Mahouts and Camp Managers
• RoK gives 3.3 bln kip to secure food for the poor
• U.S. provides humanitarian medical service in Xiengkhouang
• PanAust Receives Asia Mining Congress Sustainability Award
• Restaurant of Samneua-style dishes to open next week
• Switzerland gives medical equipment to Mother-and-Child Hospital
• Seminar on status of mothers and children
• Young taekwondo fighters compete at President’s Cup
• CCI improves strategic plan for better business service
• Lao-Vietnamese human trafficking prevention MOU discussed
• 1,300 households in Vientiane province to enjoy electric lights soon
  

News Wednesday 31/3/ 2010

• Vietnamese Party leader vows to lift ties with Laos for mutual benefit
• India helps irrigation development in Laos
• Phu Bia Mining to develop new gold mine
• First batch of MBA degree
• Vietnam ranking state officials welcome Lao delegation
• Painting exhibitor to raise fund for deaf till April 30
• Sepon marks gold and copper production records
• Five prototype wheel chairs on trial use
• Malaysian Military high ranking delegation on visit
• MMG Builds Human Resources in Laos with four new scholarships
• Asia foundation further supports Lao Foreign Affairs Institute
• Vientiane ’s priority projects assessed
  

News Tuesday 30/3/ 2010

• Vietnam , Laos agree to tighten cooperative ties
• Foreign Minister receives US delegation
• Japan grants USD 97,837 for building water supply system and school in Bokeo and Sekong
• US foreign policy for Asia-Pacific disseminated
• Diplomatic corps, UNHCR visit Lao Hmong repatriates
• Tiger Charity Open to celebrate LFNC Day
• Water supply to meet 2015 consumption demand
• Petanque Federation has new president
• Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has a special policy for women
• Champassak announces plan of Lao New Year celebration
• Luang Prabang: almost 70 per cent of population access electricity
  

News Monday 29/3/ 2010

• High-ranking Lao officials on working visit in Vietnam
• PM meets Vietnam Airlines leader
• Prince Akishino visits Luang Namtha
• ASEAN member countries discuss on improving medicines quality
• Earth Hour in Vientiane saves 110,000kw of electricity
• 214 villages in Savannakhet found under poverty line
• Lao Telecom invests in building internet cafe for students
• “Electricity du Laos” backs the Earth Hour
• Thongmisay focal area speeds up development projects
• Nam Theun 2 Makes Great Contribution to Laos
• Fixed farming allocation accelerated for Nongsane villagers
• Poverty Reduction Fund upgraded to national programme
  

News Friday 26/3/ 2010

• Laos, China boost all-around cooperation
• Premier meets Vietnamese, Cambodian writers
• Laos is short of skilled labour while world still suffers from economic tsunami
• Vice President to visit Vietnam
• Vice NA President in Savannakhet to boost agro production
• 4th Mekong bridge construction suspended till April’s end

 

News Thursday 25/3/ 2010

• President Choummaly Sayasone receives Japan’s Prince Akishino
• Vice-President receives Shaanxi delegation
• Khammouane sets ambitious plan for agro production
• LTC gives out Earth Hour T-shirts
• Foreign Minister receives Vietnam Party delegation
• Mekong Literature Awards presented to Indochinese writers
• Hmong repatriates enjoy equality, said Lao Brigadier General
• New RoK Ambassador calls on foreign minister
• Beijing declaration on women development reviewed
• ITEC Day celebrated in Vientiane
  

News Wednesday 24/3/ 2010

• Thai ambassador bids farewell to Prime Minister
• Singapore Company gives safety helmets to traffic police
• Turning off light for Earth Hour on Saturday
• Elephant Protection Extended at Nam Theun 2
• Lao style opening ceremony for Lao Central Payment Network
• Confucian Institute opens in Laos
• Lao-Indochina Group builds road for Natham village
• Tigo donates blood to save life
• Labour and social welfare ministry celebrates Party Anniversary
• The Pizza Company enters Laos’s market
• Vietnam , Laos exchange Front’s experiences
• Pangolin smugglers arrested
• Taekwondo competition is to find talent athletes
  

News Tuesday 23/3/ 2010

• Grand rally held to mark Lao Party anniversary
• Laos, Singapore boost financial cooperation
• Message of congratulations
• Japan grants for infrastructure development in Savannakhet and Houaphanh
• Premier calls for protection of water resources
• Vietnamese, Lao armies vow for cooperation
• Greetings to Lao People’s Revolutionary Party
• Indian Ambassador bids farewell to Lao Premier
• Premier meets Chinese Import-export Bank President
• Motorcycles given for forestry work in Borikhamsay’s four districts
• Former President Khamtay Siphandone opens historical museum in Savannakhet
• PRF helps develop Lao village cluster
• Lao government congratulates Japanese volunteer
• ANZ Lane Xang Branch announces lucky winners
  

News Monday 22/3/ 2010

• Chinese Vice Premier on working visit to Laos
• Party photo exhibition marks its 55th anniversary
• Japanese Prince to visit Laos
• Sale of paintings to fund publication of sign language dictionary
• Japanese scholarships awarded to Lao students
• Students learn about climate change
• Beer Lao enhances friendship with media
• Seminar held to mark Party’s 55th founding anniversary
• Women trained in communication and relation skills
• Circus show marks Lao party’s anniversary
• Nam Ngum 2 dam starts storing water for electricity generation
• Students donate blood
• Businesses look to boost investments in Laos
  

News Friday 19/3/ 2010

• Solidarity with Cuba is requisite
• Indian Ambassador bids farewell to Foreign Minister
• Germany and EU help improve food security in Northern Laos
• IFC grants for applying new tax collection system
• Cuba is extending solidarity to the world
• Cyclists raise 140 million kip for people with disabilities and orphans
• Savang-Dongdok-Phontong-Phonpanao roads to complete by this month’s end
• Political System of the Lao PDR
• Investment in agro-forestry increased by 79.2 per cent
• LGFA President visits Xiengkhouang
• Construction of New Road in Vientiane to kick off soon
• Phongsaly: Road No 2 construction is 21 per cent completed
• Almost 1.3 billion kip donated for Vat Sisaketh restoration
  

News Thursday 18/3/ 2010

• NA President receives Cuba delegation
• Public Works and Transport authority urged to heed political ideology
• Japan grants US$ 223,000 for infrastructure development in Sanasomboune
• Executive councils of micro finance upgraded
• Laos to join the Earth Hour on 27 March
• Sengvisay donates 100 million kip for rehabilitating roads destroyed by Ketsana
• LIG cassava flour factory to produce biogas from own waste
• Project ESTHER provides medical care for people with AIDS
• Political System of the Lao PDR
• Belmont Hotel Investments develops hotel in Luang Prabang
• Foot-and-mouth disease to be erased by 2020
• Binh Duong expands cooperation with Lao province
• Cambodia , Laos, Vietnam Jointly Hold Trade Fair in Rattanakiri
  

News Tuesday 16/3/ 2010

• Mongolia interests in investment on agriculture
• Government of Australia donates H1N1 influenza vaccines to Laos
• FAO supports NOUL to develop a geodatabase
• Lao Airlines operates flights from Laos to Bangkok and vice versa on normal basis
  

News Monday 15/3/ 2010

• Monthly government meeting for February ended
• Laos and Vietnam further cooperation on sports
• Laos issues Thai travel warming
• One thousand Laotians study in Aussie tertiary institutions
• Prime Minister receives a delegation from Vietnam’s Ministry of Justice
• Construction of new Luang Prabang airport kicks off
• Cambodia , Laos Boost Cooperation on Religion
• Disabled job seekers receive cold reception from employers in Laos
• Political System of the Lao PDR
• Laos switches off all lights during Earth Hour
• Sayabouly to export over USD 13 million in quarter 2
• Result of the 7th Japanese Speech Contest
• Vietnam , Laos move to step up sports cooperation
• Water environment management discussed
  

News Friday 12/3/ 2010

• State President receives Vietnamese delegation
• Nationwide meeting of NA Administrative Office closed
• Lao leaders greet Bulgaria National Day
• Vientiane Environment Agency inspects cassava powder plant
• Foreign Minister meets US Foreign Affairs Assistant Minister
• Banker of Lao Central Bank predicts Laos will one day become a cashless society
• Charity concert to help quake victims in Haiti
• Political System of the Lao PDR
• Children enjoy the 6th book festival
• Central provinces share perspectives on 7th NSEDP
• Local telco gives consumer goods to assist mothers and children
• Nayoby Bank to release more 300 bln kip of loan in 47 poorest districts
• MAG Lao gives assistance to UXO in Khammouane
• Phongsaly: rural road construction kicked off
• To begin constructing Lao-Vietnamese veterans’ association this month’s end
  

News Thursday 11/3/ 2010

• NA Vice President visits Hmong village, Phonkham
• Poland shows interests in mining investment in Laos
• Japan further grants for UXOs clearance in Paek district
• Asean customs declaration document to take effect by this year end
• Mitr Phol Sugar Company donates 10 million kip for new City Pillar Shrine construction
• Rubber latex plant breaks ground in Laos
• Cambodian Premier Meets Outgoing Lao Ambassador
• Political System of the Lao PDR
• Friendship insignia conferred on German-Lao Friendship Association President
• Nurses upgraded for better nursing skills
• FIBA trains Lao basketball referees
• Sengchanh knocks out Sengphet in Muay Lao M-150
• Japan finances USD10.5 million for solar power use and forest info management in Laos
  

News Wednesday 10/3/ 2010

• Lao Prime Minister honoured by Thai University
• Premier inspects irregularly low Mekong River
• EU holds drawing competition
• Improvement of three airports in the North planned
• Proposal to make Bueng That Luang a natural and cultural heritage park
• Prime Minister receives German delegation
• Vice Prime Minister pays working visit to Bokeo
• Political System of the Lao PDR The Lao People’s Democratic Republic is a people’s democratic state.
• Pakse Airport to reopen in two months
• Private investment in mother-and-child healthcare service
• Deputy Culture Minister goes to Bokeo to develop tourist attractions
• 30th anniversary of Lao women’s newspaper marked
• Vietnam continues to invest in Laos
• Science and technology officials upgrade knowledge on biotechnology safety
  

News Tuesday 09/3/ 2010

• State President wraps up Japan visits
• Premier receives Chinese Foreign Assistant Minister
• Lao , Singapore businessmen network to collaborate in businesses
• Japan NGO grants primary school construction in Laos
• Vietnamese Government Office Chairman visits Laos
• Outgoing Lao Ambassador Meets Cambodian National Assembly President
• Laos ’s ASEAN works disseminated
• Oxfam Australia in Laos helps reduce poverty in Samouai
• Political System of the Lao PDR
• 21 loaded cargo boats stuck at middle of Mekong River due to severe drought
• Fourth women’s artists’ exhibition recognises women’s day
• Mainstream dams are killing the mighty Mekong River, slowly and painfully
  

News Friday 05/3/ 2010

• Vice-President welcomes CPP high-ranking delegation
• Public and private sectors seek ways to improve state investment policies
• Hot weather desperately worsen till May
• Japan to further support Laos
• Luang Prabang prepares for the 9th National Games
• Rice single sapling plantation promoted
• Political System of the Lao PDR
• Feasibility study on Nam Mo 1 hydropower
• International Women’s Day Gala
• Chile ’s temblor causes spike in copper price, advantage for Lao copper miners
• Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare reviews 2009’s work
• Vietnamese Defence Minister welcomes Lao army delegation
  

News Thursday 04/3/ 2010

• Savannakhet urged to focus on market-oriented production
• Illegal log trucking means revealed
• President’s decree on promulgation of investment promotion law
• Lao-Thai SME fair opens
• Lao Friendship medal presented to CWW
• Phine and Sepon urged to focus on market-oriented agriculture
• Bokeo province develops tourism service
• Greetings to Kuwait
• That Luang shopping mall to be built
• Industry and Commerce officials absorb Party tradition
• Chao Anouvong Park to be complete by Vientiane’s 450th celebrations
• NPF eyes for strong Boule throwers for international events
  

News Wednesday 03/3/ 2010

• Lao PM receives ANZ bank delegation
• Job Fair for the disabled
• Children book festival to hold next week
• Government has a special policy for Hmong people
• NOSPA marks its 15th anniversary
• International Women’s Day Gala
• Luang Prabang trains tour guides
• The people’s administrative power and democratic regime
• Construction of Postgraduate distance school starts
• 86% of Vientiane province’s population are literate
• Sang Sinsay gets on stage
• Indian Embassy awards prizes to kid painting winners
• Attapeu governor urges eco-friendly production
• Luang Prabang Community Radio popular among locals
  

News Tuesday 02/3/ 2010

• US Ambassador bids farewell to Culture Minister
• system of rice intensification is popular among farmers
• Message of congratulations
• Vietnam , Laos to accelerate border demarcation
• Cashless payment becomes a new lifestyle in Laos
• International Women’s Day Gala
• 4th Mekong Bridge construction begins this month’s end
• The people’s administrative power and democratic regime
• Indian residents celebrate Holi Festival in Vientiane
• Indian Ambassador bids farewell to Culture Minister
• A Friend of Laos Aids Khamkeuth Villagers
• Koudkhae villagers enjoy electricity
• Handicraft makers enjoy export contracts
• Rehabilitation of people with mental illness assessed
  

News Monday 01/3/ 2010

• President leaves for Japan
• Deputy PM meets Myanmar delegation
• ADB head bids farewell to foreign minister
• Vice-President receives Chinese guest
• Lao Telecom denies illegal ivory possession
• GMS smoke crossing border addressed
• Environment Fund urges efficient use of natural resources
• The people’s administrative power and democratic regime
• Parents and civil servants learn sign language
• Korea Association helps extend and repair Nongnieng Primary School
• Chess to be included in academic agenda
• Oudomsay province drafts strategy on war against drug abuse
• Vientiane expects 800,000 visitors this year
• Local company invests in dam construction in Borikhamsay
  

News Friday 26/2/ 2010

• Party leader asks war veterans and retired officials to strengthen unity
• ADB backs US$20m for transmission line expansion in north
• Lao business forum transferred
• International Women’s Day Gala
• Vice-President guides Kaysone Phomvihane monument maintenance
• Interplast Australia and New Zealand finances operation on burn patients
• Under the light of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party
• Bokeo: Stupa aged 500-600 in Mekong River emerges
• Savannakhet assesses local education development
• Enlarged meeting of Ministry of Information’s Party cell opened
• Donations flow to Ketsana victims
• Civil servants in Saravane speak and write English better
• Laos to host 16th Asean University Games in 2012
  

News Thursday 25/2/ 2010

• Laos presents Friendship medal to outgoing Chinese Ambassador
• ADB awards 2009 Best Project
• Laos and Myanmar further cooperation on border affairs
• Pre-school children still suffer malnutrition
• Lao League 2010 scheduled
• Champassak develops Mt. Salao and Bachieng Park as tourist attractions
• Under the light of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party
• Houaphanh: Groundbreaking Ceremony for Viengthong Secondary School construction
• Vietnam , Laos plan 500 kV transmission line
• Luang Prabang tourism rebounds
• Luang Prabang has more water resources reserve
• VN, Laos reviews friendship in post-colonial period
  

News Wednesday 24/2/ 2010

• Stone foundation-laying for new City Pillar Shrine held
• Laos signs GMS agreement to promote Customs Transit
• State President to visit Japan
• Furniture exhibition to stage in May
• Lao Government presents Friendship Medal to Incheon City
• Laos to launch modern customs system
• Mekong Level threatens Rice farming
• Super-luxurious train brings high-heeled passengers to Laos
• Under the light of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party
• Judges upgrade on court management
• Laos, India railway network to boost business cooperation
• Luang Prabang and Thai SME create business partnership
• Lao sports develop strongly after SEA Games 25
• Laos serious with drug control
  

News Tuesday 23/2/ 2010

• Party senior official inspects Vietnamese funded project in Luang Namtha
• EDL, Schneider Thailand cooperate in energy management
• New City Pillar Shrine construction starts
• Big pulp mill to be built in Savannakhet in 2011
• More fund needed for environment conservation
• Lao defence minister visits Vietnam
• Laos to allow expatriates to stay longer
• Under the light of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party
• Laos, Cambodia cooperate in border demarcation survey
• Digital Divide Data recruits the poorest and provides MBA training for them
• Northern provinces discuss ASEAN integration
• State President to visit Japan
  

News Monday 22/2/ 2010

• NA standing committee holds February meeting
• Chinese Ambassador bids farewell to Standing Deputy Prime Minister
• Friendship insignia presented to JICA experts
• Water Supply Network Expansion comes to an end
• Better way for protecting Vat Phou discussed
• Village address system presented to development village cluster in Kham
• Year seven of secondary school hits focus
• Laos to have Earth Hour on 27 March
• Under the light of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party
• Kaysone Phomvihane district lives over poverty line
• Natural That Luang Swamp is a rich cash cow
• SWGC meets on coordinated approaches to drug trafficking and serious crime
• Nine families receive compensation and 137 families wait patiently
  

News Friday 19/2/ 2010

• Thai Ambassador bids farewell to Lao leaders
• Vice-President talks to military officers of Unit 163
• Laos and Mongolia want two-way friendship to go on forever
• Lao-US ties celebrated in Vientiane
• Phu Bia Mining’s Livelihood Improvement Programme Makes a Meaningful Contribution in Laos
• Capitalisation policy to take effect soon
• Lao leaders greet Brunei National Day
• Nam Theun 2 pledges to carry out world class community work
• 960 have died of AIDS since 1990
• Khamla returns to muay
• 40 million kip donated to Vat Sisaketh Restoration Project
• Electrification in Xiengkhouang
  

News Thursday 18/2/ 2010

• Chinese Ambassador bids farewell to Vice President
• Friendship medal bestowed on RoK ambassador
• Laos prepares for hosting international cluster munitions meeting
• Renovation of ASEAN Road for Vientiane’s 450th anniversary celebration
• Vice-Premier receives UN representative
• Future Lao young leaders Visit Japan
• Jichiro to build more reading rooms for children
• “Gender Indicators nees to be included in the next Agriculture Census”
• More force deployment to deal with social evils
• Ketsana victims in Champassak receive aid
• Avian flu control and prevention reviewed
• Borikhamsay gives priority to road construction in Viengthong
• Stone foundation laying of new City Pillar Shrine scheduled on February 24
  

News Wednesday 17/2/ 2010

• ROK Ambassador bids farewell to Lao leaders
• Women seek for effectively carrying out CEDAW
• NA constituency in Vientiane province opens new office
• That Luang Swamp rice farmers sell land for township plan
• Local companies begin to attach importance to logistics
• PEPSI awards distributors
• Vientiane applauds That Luang Swamp Waste Water Treatment Project
• Three deaths during celebration of Chinese New Year
• Substation opened in Muene
• Disabled weightlifters train for Asian Para Games
• 25 officers trained in teaching development
• Lao journalists attend workshop on Global Environment Fund
• Shooters prepares for Asian Games
  

News Tuesday 16/2/ 2010

• Samane Viyaketh dialogues with members of ethnic groups
• PM visits Xiengkhouang
• Top Lao literature “Sang Sinsay” to go on stage
• Message of congratulations
• DPRK Embassy celebrates leader’s birthday in Vientiane
• Cataract patients receive free-of-charge operation
• Lao leaders greet Serbian National Day
• That Luang square expansion to take away hundred houses
• Vientiane pig raisers hit by imported pork
• Development of tourism complex near fourth Mekong Bridge
• ADB contributes to mortality rate reduction in northern provinces
• Lecture on trade unions law held for NA
• Moon the Night and Customs withdraw from Lao League
• Dispensary nurses trained in birth attendance
  

News Monday 15/2/ 2010

• Chairman of International Criminal Court brief Laos on ICC functions
• Laos-Morocco further co-operation on foreign affairs
• DPM visits Phak Beuak development focal area
• Information and culture minister visits Bokeo
• Vientiane High School holds arts and sport competition
• Phonhong junction road building outraces target
• Japanese businessmen to develop herbal medicine in Laos
• Chinese Ambassador bids farewell to LFNC President
• Third Nam Sam Bridge to improve living condition of Samneua people
• Lao Red Cross helps the poor struggle with cold weather
• 450th proclaiming anniversary of Vientiane discussed
• Laos increases transport services during Vietnam’s Tet
• Save the Children Norway gives assistance to NUOL
• Star Telecom expects profit rise by six folds
  

News Friday 12/2/ 2010

• New governor of Houaphanh province appointed
• Conference on integration of 10 ASEAN countries’ economies
• Government cares about sustainable environment protection
• PK Lime to build first lime factory in Laos
• International photo exhibition showcased in Luang Prabang
• Khammouane to create economic zone at bridge head
• Laos drafts laws on natural resources usage
• Chao Anou School rebuilt
• Nam Theun 2 donates 5 bln kip to improve four bridges in Khammouane
• Myanmar Senior General receives new Lao Military Attache
• Luang Prabang nurses trained to provide medical treatment in absence of doctor
• MoH Rehabilitation Centre receives assistance
• Lao League comes back
  

News Thursday 11/2/ 2010

• RoK Ambassador bids farewell to NA President
• Luang Namtha authority asked to build strategy development plan for districts
• Mechanical Team tops Robot Contest 2010
• Laos learns China’s experiences in entering WTO membership
• Chinese Ambassador bids farewell to NA President
• JAIF gives over 6 billion kip for UXO resolution
• Lao businessman enjoy LAK use promotion
• New Brunei Ambassador calls on Vientiane Mayor
• Luang Prabang Cement to build second plant
• Lao PM meets Maeil Business Newspaper of ROK
• Media meeting on awareness raising of environment protection reviewed
• Sustainable agro and forest promotion to further carried out
• Vietnam gives high-yielding rice species to Khammouane
• Laos and Montenegro establish diplomatic relations
  

News Wednesday 10/2/ 2010

• Vietnamese Ambassador hosts ‘New Year’ reception
• Medals, insignias and certificate of appreciations presented to Vietnamese
• China supports Laos’s entry to WTO
• 15 young officials train in Japan for future leadership
• ETL awards best sellers 200 million kip
• Vientiane province records USD 2 million of export in 1st Q
• Malaysia donates 24 million kip to flood victims
• Paklai gives up slash-and-burn cultivation
• Asean youth discuss HIV/AIDS prevention
• Hot spring at Km 20 re-opened
• World Bank gives USD 46.5 million for four projects in Laos
• FIFA teaches Lao football coaches
  

News Tuesday 9.1/2/ 2010

• President calls on Bokeo to boost agricultural production
• Stricter measures for protecting world heritage town taken
• Chinese Ambassador bids farewell to PM
• Phongsaly to build new municipality in replacing old one
• Laos , India co-operation expanded
• Laos , China to have joint border inspection
• Norwegian People’s Aid support UXO clearance in Attapeu
• Minmetals presents artifacts to Lao government
• Oudomsay constructs new sport complex for national games
• Myanmar Prime Minister receives Lao Sports Committee President

News Tuesday 9/2/ 2010

• Vice-Premier receives Russian Communist Party delegation
• Laos and Vietnam further co-operation on trade unions
• MMG pays US$280-million tax for 2003-2010 periods
• Sweden helps Ketsana victims in Laos
• Metal age skeletal human remain discovered
• Vietnamese Premier stresses Vietnam-Laos education cooperation
• Information Minister receives outgoing Chinese Ambassador
• Unitel Vietnam presents computers to Laos’s school
• Charity body gives gifts to typhoon victims
• Lao officers learn Indonesian language
• Japan disseminates culture to Lao students
• Laos-RoK Friendship Association meet in Vientiane
  

News Thursday 4/2/ 2010

• NA President receives Russian Communist Party delegation
• China backs human resource development of Laos
• FAO to build a Shangri-la cum natural paradise on Bueng That Luang
• EGAT buys 1,400 MW from lignite power plant in Laos
• Who will lead Lao Petanque?
• Asphalt road to be built for Road No 16A
• Chinese Ambassador to Laos Addresses Sepon Staff on Australia Day
• Sikhottabong Administration has new office
• CVA and LNVF Make Signs a Cooperation Agreement for 2010
• Five sets of personal computer given to Propaganda Committee
  

News Wednesday 3/2/ 2010

• Honorary doctorates presented to Lao leaders
• Vice-Premier receives Japanese delegation
• Lao Women’s Union prepares its 55th anniversary celebrations
• Myanmar Premier praises Laos for successful SEA Games
• Five-star hotel to be built in Vientiane
• Lao Telecom hands over new school in Champassak
• Higher education strengthening discussed
• Lao Post Enterprise pays over 2.3 bn kip of taxes
• JAPAN further grants livelihood improvement in Savannakhet
• Sepon copper production reaches new record
  

News Tuesday 2/2/ 2010

• Prime Minister receives Suzhou University delegation
• Students to benefit from the promotion of reading
• Vice NA President visits Luang Namtha to boost law implementation
• Authorities upgrade labour inspection
• Royalty payment to government
• Over 1,000 biogas tanks built
• Standing DPM receives Vietnamese guest
• Bolikhan-Phakbeuake road improved by 30 per cent
• Lao station of World Bank reports on economic history of Laos
• Save the Children of Norway and Australia merge
  

News Monday 1/2/ 2010

• Medals presented to outstanding organization for 25th SEA Games
• Standing DPM meets ASEAN Secretary General
• LPFL invests US$ 40 million in tree plantation in southern Laos
• Vietnam grants 500 million dong to build Pakchaeng school
• Sepon Trust Fund to expand Development Focus in Vilabouly
• New MMP-Tien Phong Plastic Factory inaugurated
• Daobandith plants rubber trees on 500 ha
• Honda Foundation awards scholarship to Lao students
• Petanque medalist to play for the nation
• UK Company to further prospecting oil in Laos this month
  

News Tuesday 26/1/ 2010

• President calls for government members to continue working with higher spirits
• VN, Laos strengthen cooperation in fighting crime
• Singaporean company invests in coffee plantation in Laos
• NA Vice President praises Nga’s materialization of 8th Party Congress’ resolution
• Romantic Mekong River sunset cruise is for all
• Vietnamese Party’s founding day celebrated in Laos
• Ministry of Information and Culture core carders learn Marxist-Leninist theories
• Hophakeo, That Luang and Sisaketh receive over 29,000 tourists last month
• Sayaboury is out to eradicate poverty by 2012
• Lawmakers’ role in environment protection promoted
  

News Monday 25/1/ 2010

• Premier receives Japanese guest
• Visit by Lao inspectors to boost Vietnam-Laos ties
• Japan further support UXO clearance activities in Laos
• Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam vow to maintain cultural connectivity
• NA Vice President urges Namhang and Panghok to do market-oriented production
• ASEAN’s capacity building on sustainable forest management
• Annual festival of Vat Phou temple kicked off
• Indian Republic Day marked in Vientiane
• Army day marked in Khammouan province
• Military attache of Indonesia visits Lao National Military Academy
• Illegal chain saws presented
• Vietnamese investors in Laos shift to new fields
• Over 308 billion kip invested in PRF projects
• Japan finances labour skills development training course in Laos
  

News Friday 22/1/ 2010

• Party Secretary General meets Vietnamese delegation
• NA President and Vice President awarded first class of Issara Order
• Vietnamese, Lao officials discuss inspection work
• Annual elephant festival to hold next month
• Australian National Day
• NCMI provides cows to people in Vientiane province
• Foreign Affairs department established in Attapeu
• Phonesack Group supports for tourism festival
• Vientiane receives financial support from Korea
• ADDP introduces Frisbee to people with disabilities
• That Luang square development needs large fund
• First Hip Hop International Dance kicked off
• Phongsavanh Bank establishes new branch in Sayaboury
• Laos to allow expatriates to stay longer
• Khammouane prepares for tourism festival of five central provinces

News Thursday 21/1/ 2010

• Russian Ambassador bids farewell to Vice President
• Lao delegation to Vietnam
• Lao Manuscripts go online
• Streetlight master plan for Vientiane Capital
• High ranking delegation of Vietnam visits Laos
• Four northernmost provinces further promote eco-tourism links
• Vientiane Sport and Gymnastic celebrates Army Day
• World Bank predicts slow economic recovery for Cambodia I
• Lao people’s army upholding traditions
• Malaria is on the increase in remote areas in Laos
• Bridge the Gap gives assistance to Dentistry Faculty
• Concert of Ah-Lo attracted Vientiane youngsters
• Indian Embassy organizes Painting Competition for Lao children
  

News Wednesday 20/1/ 2010

• President visits military post, Kor 1 unit
• Rally held to mark LPA 61st anniversary
• Wreath laying on Army Day
• ADB shares new policy to strengthen safeguard protection in Laos
• Minister for Information and Culture leaves for Myanmar
• Vice-Premier advises on accelerated agricultural production for export
• Vietnam company to build hydro power plant in Laos
• Buddha image cast for Phosaysanaram temple
• Germany constructs technical schools in three Northern provinces
• Foreign minister back from Fourth FEALAC Foreign Ministers Meeting
• Local company furthers aid Ketsana victim in Attapeu
  

News Tuesday 19/1/ 2010

• President meets Vientiane core cadres and senior officials
• Fund raising for Vientiane’s 450th proclaiming anniversary
• NA standing committee meet for January
• Laos to host 1st Mekong Health Congress
• Khwa and Samphanh residents to enjoy electricity supply in mid-2011
• Fund raising for the poor
• Foreign Minister receives ASEAN guests in Savannakhet
• Lao and Vietnamese Public Works ministers visit Phongsaly
• People’s Prosecution Institute celebrates 20th anniversary in Phongsaly
• Tax collection beats Q1 target 17.3 percent
• LFNC President visits northern provinces
• Korean government aids nutritious food to Lao students
• Lao Red Cross expects blood from 2,500 donors
• Home-grown foundation helps typhoon Ketsana victims
• Phongsaly governor boosts agriculture in Pakphae village cluster
  

News Monday 18/1/ 2010

• Lao President receives Vietnamese Vice-President
• Vietnam-Laos cultural exchange helps boost ties
• NA President receives outgoing Russian Ambassador
• EU-supported BENC ends
• Prime Minister receives Vinh Phuc delegation of Vietnam
• SEA Games Golf Club opened
• Workshop on human rights held
• Lao Telecom Communication wins ISO 9001:2008
• Lao Brewery Company introduces new product
• Air Asia plans opening new route to Laos
• Attapue floods victims receive assistance
• SE Action grants US$653,000 to promote reading activities in pre-school classes
• Central Bank to adjust interest rate
  

News Friday 15/1/ 2010

• New Finland and New Zealand Ambassadors call on Prime Minister
• Annual Elephant Festival to hold in Sayaboury
• Laos would suffer USD 300 million trade deficit this year
• Unitel introduces new service “Sumo”
• Prime Minister visits Khaysone Phomvihane National Defense Academy
• Demonstration area to handle climate change impact operate in Laos
• Sekong province needs 85 billion kip carry out reconstruction work
• Luang Namtha to take measure for A/H1N1 prevention
• Women and children urged to receive tetanus vaccination
• Foreign Minister back from Vietnam
• Cross-border trade between Laos and neighbouring countries dumped
• Vietnam, Laos bolster bilateral cooperation
  

News Thursday 14/1/ 2010

• President Choummaly Sayasone receives credentials from new foreign ambassadors
• Nationwide conference on public prosecution opened
• PM receives Russian Ambassador to bid farewell
• Laos to showcase Paksong-grown coffee at German trade fair
• Luang Namtha and Vietnam co-invest in infrastructure development
• Vientiane produces sufficient food for its people
• Lecture to mark 51st anniversary of Cuba’s revolutionary triumph
• Lao ICT Expo 2010 opened
• Almost 4,000 Oudomsay households turn to new occupations
• PRF to reduce poverty in 51 villages in Savannakhet
• NOUL trains librarians on keeping info-data with IT
• Pathoumphone allocates protection for Kiet-ngong swamp
• Lao expatriates give money to relieve southern floods victims
• Foreign minister to attend 4th FEALAC in Japan
  

News Wednesday 13/1/ 2010

• Party Secretary General receives Mongolian guests
• NA President visits central and southern regions to boost law enforcement
• Asia Foundation supports capacity building for Lao Women’s Union
• Public Investment management upgraded for Luang Namtha officials
• LDB to release more credits this year
• Association of Vietnamese Investment Enterprise set up
• Vice-Premier advises Bokeo administrators on national defence
• Laos prepares for 8th ASEAN labour skill competition in Thailand
• Lao boxers won boxers from Thailand
• Vietnam-biggest investor in Laos
• Sorphaysane Motor donates ambulances to Ministry of Public Health
• Khammouane promotes SMEs
• Commercial logging causes serious deforestation
  

News Tuesday 12/1/ 2010

• Lao President highly values Lao-Indonesian cooperation
• Japan grants for bridge construction in Xiengkhouang
• Foreign Minister leaves for Vietnam
• Commerce officials upgrade on export business
• Laos, Indonesia further cooperation on various areas
• Laos-Vietnam co-operation committees hold 32nd meeting
• Laos, Vietnam speed up border marker planting
• Lao Toyota Service awards Shuttlecock Federation 95 million kip
• Ancient artifacts found in Luang Prabang
• Large Vietnam-Laos border marker gets built
• Power grid installation in Viengphoukha
• Laos, China join hands in road and Mekong bridge construction
• Sekong reviews sanitation project
• LNSC President praises SEA Games athletes
  

News Monday 11/1/ 2010

• National Assembly Senior delegation visits potassium plant
• Foreign Minister receives U.S Congressmen
• Lao Airlines inks deal to purchase new airplanes from China
• Lao Electricity Company gives double whammy punch to lower income Laotians
• COMAC promotes Laos’s participation in World EXPO 2010
• German bodies mobilise fund for school construction in Savannakhet
• EICS to increase percentage of Lao people accessing electricity to 70 this year
• Vice NA President promotes agricultural production in Vientiane province and capital
• IV-Japan extends assistance for four more years in Laos
• Lao ICT Expo 2010 to stage this week
• Khammouane reviews market-oriented agricultural promotion
• Discussion on drafting the law for the disabled in Laos
• US congressmen visit Lao Hmong returnees
• Xiengkhouang launches computerised collection of land tax
• LTC awards SEA Games medalists over 2 billion kip
  

News Friday 08 /1/ 2010

• SDPM says CAFTA will narrow development gap within ASEAN
• Kuwait helps Laos in energy development
• President of Lao Buddhist Organization visits City Pillar Shrine construction site
• Indonesian foreign minister to visit Laos
• Laos, Guangxi further cooperation on agricultural development
• Vietnam presents gift to Lao Defence Ministry
• Laos, Thailand cooperate on e-learning
• EDL accelerates to clear electricity bad debts for Vientiane
• Laos, Vietnam build radio-TV station in Luang Prabang
• 2008-2009 Reforestation plan half fulfilled
• Latest Hmong group returned home
• Xiengkhouang evaluates women advancement project
• Laos expects 1.6 million tourists this year
• Young Development Professional Programme
• Thai Ambassador bids farewell to LFNC President
  

News Thursday 07 /1/ 2010

• Vice-President visits City Pillar Shrine construction site
• Laos, Guangxi boost greater economic investment and relationship
• Laos and Cambodia co-operation expanded
• Lao leaders congratulate Cuba on National Day
• Foodstuff supply is inadequate
• New Year’s road accident toll down
• Over 15,800 indigenous rice species recorded
• Year 2009: Golden year of Lao rugby
• Competitors may work hard to compete Lao wushu players
• Thateng to electrify all its villages within 2010
• Electricity supply in Saravane returns to normal
• Chapassak strongest boxers to face tough competitors from Thailand
  

News Wednesday 06 /1/ 2010

• State President receives Cambodian Vice-Premier
• Laos extends condolences to Indonesia
• Anniversary of King Fa Ngum Statue installation draws large crowd
• Vientiane and Hai Duong agree on cooperation in sports, culture and tourism
• Hip Hop dance to be performed in Vientiane
• Tang Ngeui villagers access clean water
• Minister of Justice visits Lao Hmong camp in Paksan
• Lao-Indochina Group raises price of raw cassava
• Hmong ethnic repatriates sent home
• Oudomsay builds Great Buddha Image
• City Pillar Shrine construction to kick off next month
• Tigo holds meet and greet for Lao football fans
• 2,000 Luang Prabang households access to electricity
• Deputy Education Minister urges Savannakhet to pay more attention to education development
  

News Tuesday 05 /1/ 2010

• 62nd anniversary of Myanmar Independence Day marked
• Vice-Premier receives Vietnamese Investment delegation
• Lao News Agency constantly develops during its lifetime of 42 years
• Lao-Cambodia governments discuss cooperative ties
• Standing Vice-Premier receives Vietnam’s Dong Nai delegation
• Chinese company invests US$ 3 million in rubber plantation
• Young blood donors in Savannakhet out of reach
• Weekend Master course on health science opens
• German Red Cross donates 260 million Kip to Saravane
• ST Group and Osotsapa awards 559 million kip to SEA Games winners
• Six northern provinces upgrade officials on civil servant database management
• Borikhamsay: industrial and handicraft production increased
• Indochina Fuel donates 18 million kip to Xiengkhouang Provincial Hospital
• BoL has new office in Oudomxay
  

News Monday 04 /1/ 2010

• Government asks sectors and provincial administrations to increase co-ordination
• Standing Vice-Premier tells people in Nam Cho Lo Mai to go green
• Cambodian foreign minister to visit Laos
• Drink drive causes road accidents during recent countdown
• Vietnam’s largest project kicks off in Laos
• New building of State Inspection Agency kicks off
• Construction of new State Audit Office kicks off
• Lao Red Cross receives 2008’s medal of International Health Professional development
• Vice-Mayor presents certificates to officials
• Luang Prabang Education offices receive desk computers
• Money given to veterans
• Concert for 25th SEA Games attracts thousands of young people
• Lao officials complete training in stock market
• Annual meeting on national economy held
• Lao Hmong people in France donate 10 million kip to help Ketsana victims
  

News Sunday 03 /1/ 2010

• Premier inspects inscription stones of old city pillar
• Congratulatory message to President Choummaly Sayasone
• Russian Ambassador bids farewell to Vientiane Mayor
• Lao Diplomats contribute to national defence and construction
• Nationwide meeting on Party and State Inspection closed
• 115-KV power grid installation project for Phonsavanh and Samneua
• Borikhamsay – Nghe An further co-operation on socio–economic development
• PMC Laovieng cassava flour mill starts production
• 6.6 million kip donated to help people with AIDS
• New building of bank presented
• Fire victims receive financial aid
  

News Friday 01 /1/ 2010

• Front President visits Houaphanh to celebrate Hmong New Year
• Lao leaders greet Myanmar National Day
• Premier meets Vietnamese National Economic University delegation
• New beer company in Savannakhet engages in beer war
• Officials learn more about VAT
• China finances 4.8 billion kip for building agriculture experiment centre
• Luang Namtha lays foundation stone for NA office
• Lao Hmong volunteer home
• Government officials in Oudomsay to get paid via banking system
• Newborns on 1st January 2010 will receive free medical treatment

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