Communities and households in four districts of Huaphan and Xieng Khuang provinces are expected to benefit from a project Strengthening Livelihood Systems.

(KPL) The Lao PDR's imports and exports in August 2021 reached approximately US$880 million with exports valued at about US$428 million and imports estimated at US$452 million resulting in a trade deficit of US$24 million.

(KPL) The International Trade Centre (ITC), a joint agency of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the United Nations (UN), is supporting the government of the Lao PDR to implement the ASEAN Regional Integration Support from the EU Plus – Lao PDR (ARISE Plus Lao PDR) project. In this regard, ITC is assisting the Department of Foreign Trade Policy (DFTP) to organise a series of trainings focusing on “Advanced Export Potential Analysis and Trade Policy Modelling”.

(KPL) The Laos - China Railway is a major project for implementing the Belt and Road Initiative and a key solution for Laos to transform itself from a landlocked country to a land-linked nation. On Aug 31, 2021, the External Power Supply Project for the China-Laos Railway Project was completed on schedule, ready to power up the railway. The project involves building 2,220 towers and 936 km of transmission lines, and connecting 24 traction substations.

An opening ceremony for the Laos - China cross-border freight transportation between Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province of China and Vientiane, the commercial and administrative centre of Laos was held in Kunming on Aug 25, according to China Radio International-CRI.

(KPL) The construction of the Laos-China Railway stretching 409 km from Luang Namtha’s Boten district to Thanaleng in Vientiane is now almost 94 per cent completed. Updates on the multi-billion-US-dollar project were reported at the 10th Plenary meeting of the Laos-China Railway Project Steering Committee in Vientiane on Aug 11 by the Head of the Laos-China Railway Project Management Committee Vantoula Phanalasy.

(KPL) The annual 13th Lao Business Forum took place in Vientiane on Wednesday to review progress of public private dialogue aimed at improving business environment in Laos.

(KPL) The government has instructed the Ministry of Public Works and Transport and the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism to work with relevant authorities to prepare for the opening of the Laos-China railway which stretches over 400 km from Vientiane and Laos-China border in Luang Namtha. Built at a cost of 6 billion US dollars, the Laos-China railway construction project is expected to be fully completed in December this year after being constructed since late 2016.

(KPL) Laos-Japan Human Resource Development Institute (LJI), within National University of Laos, with supports of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Department of SME Promotion (DOSMEP) launched the “LJI SUSU” project, implemented under the Business Development Programme in Vientiane on Jul 14.

(KPL/VNA) – Phongsubthavy Group of Laos would be an exclusive distributor of Vietnamese carmaker VinFast under a memorandum of understanding signed on June 28.