Lao government has identified common challenges in foreign trade and is taking measures to further facilitate trade, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce said.
Representatives from involved agencies in five central provinces, including those operating import-export businesses, are scheduled to meet next week in Vientiane to highlight the challenges and discuss ways to address the problems, state-run online newspaper VientianeRead more
The First Beidou Continuously Operating Reference Station (CORS) was officially inaugurated at Saysettha Development Zone in Laos' capital Vientiane on Friday.
The Beidou CORS will provide high-precision navigation, positioning and time services for Laos' activities of navigation and surveillance, engineering surveying, urban and rural construction, meteorology and disaster response, among others, said Li Weisen, Deputy Director General of National AdministrationRead more
US President Barack Obama on Wednesday met a survivor maimed by American bombs covertly dropped on Laos decades ago after pledging to help clean up a country he said was still living in the shadow of war.
A day after announcing $90 million to survey and remove unexploded ordinance, Obama visited a US-backed NGO which helps provide prosthetics to theRead more
Barack Obama, on his final visit to Asia as US president, insisted Tuesday renewed American engagement with the region would endure after he left the White House.
"America's interest in the Asia-Pacific is not new. It's not a passing fad. It reflects fundamental national interests," he said in a speech in the Lao capital of Vientiane.
The US president isRead more
US President Barack Obama warned North Korea's government on Tuesday that provocative weapons tests would deepen the country's isolation.
"Today I’ll be meeting with (South Korean) President Park (Geun-Hye) to reaffirm our unbreakable alliance and to insist that the international community remains united so that North Korea understands its provocations will only continue to deepen its isolation," Obama said atRead more
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte expressed regret on Tuesday that a tirade against Barack Obama, in which he called the US leader a "son of a whore", came across as a personal attack.
Longtime allies the United States and the Philippines have seen relations plunge under a barrage of insults from Duterte since he came to office on June 30.
TheRead more
The people of China and its South-East Asian neighbor Laos have enjoyed the benefits of amicable diplomatic and cultural relations, as well as healthy trade and exchange across a shared frontier for many aeons.
Now celebrating the 55th anniversary of official diplomatic relations between the two nation states, both countries and their citizens continue to enjoy increasing benefits of aRead more