The Vietnam Journalists Association (VJA) and the Lao Journalists Association (LJA) co-organised an international workshop in the central province of Nghe An from July 25-28.
The Lao government has devised a policy to promote tourism, considering the industry a priority in the country’s national economic development plan, said Lao Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism Bosengkham Vongdala.
Laos’ exports via the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) and free trade agreements (FTAs) neared 1.31 billion USD last year, accounting for 24.3 percent of the total exports, according to the Lao News Agency KPL on May 6.
Representatives from members of the Organisation of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA) and guest agencies have highly valued the theme of the 44th OANA Executive Board Meeting (OANA 44), along with the efforts of the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) as host.
A delegation of the Lao news agency Khaosan Pathet Lao (KPL) on January 18 visited the central province of Thanh Hoa, which has set up twinning relationship with Hua Phan province of Laos.
The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) held a grand ceremony at its headquarters in Hanoi on January 15 to receive noble orders granted by the State of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic.
National Assembly Permanent Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong hosted a reception for a visiting delegation from the Laos news agency Khaosan Pathet Lao (KPL) led by its General Director Sounthone Khanthavong in Hanoi on January 15.
Lao President Bounnhang Vorachit on December 10 issued a decree on promoting the military rank of Defence Minister Chansamone Chanyalath from Senior Lieutenant General to General.
The Lao Government has decided to halt the implementation of all hydropower projects on which Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) and Project Development Assistance (PDA) contracts were already signed for further assessment and revision.
A delegation led by Lim Jock Hoi, Secretary General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), on July 29 visited people who were affected by the collapse of the Sepien-Senamnoi hydropower dam in Sanamxay district of Laos’ Attapeu province.
The Sepien-Senamnoi hydropower dam collapsed because of substandard construction, the Lao News Agency KPL quoted the country’s Minister of Energy and Mines Khammany Inthilath on July 27.
Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan has sent a message of condolences to her Lao counterpart Pany Yathotou over the collapse of the Xe Pian-Xe Nam Noy hydropower dam in Attapeu, Laos on July 23.
Top leaders of Vietnam have expressed sympathy with their Lao counterparts over the great losses in humans and property caused by the collapse of Xepian-Xe Nam Noy hydropower dam in the Lao province of Attapeu on July 23.
Several hundreds of people have gone missing and several died after an under-construction hydropower dam collapsed in Attapeu province in southeastern Laos on the evening of July 23, according to the Lao news agency KPL.
General Director Sounthon Khanthavong of the Lao news agency KPL highlighted support that the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) has offered to KPL since its establishment, especially in training of reporters.
Laos has signed an agreement on the Establishment of the Asian Forest Cooperation Organisation, becoming the 10th country to sign this document, the English-language newspaper Vientiane Times reported.
An annual bilateral meeting between the Ministry of Public Security of Laos and the Ministry of Interior of Cambodia was held on January 17 in the Lao capital of Vientiane, aiming to discuss security issues between the two countries.
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