(KPL) The Lao National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LNCCI) held a meeting in Vientiane on Jul 1 with the business sector to discuss constraints and challenges faced by commercial banks, microfinance institutions, insurance companies, leasing companies and other financial businesses.

(KPL) Older people are highly visible across Asia and the Pacific: they work in agricultural fields producing our food supplies, peddle their wares as street vendors, drive tuk-tuks and buses, exercise in our parks, lead some of the region’s most successful companies and form an integral part of our families.

(KPL) The Government of the Lao PDR has begun preparations for a national summit and series of consultations that will identify strategies and financing plans to improve human capital outcomes ― the knowledge, skills and health needed for boosting productivity across the country.

(KPL) In the Lao PDR, more and more people are likely to use electric vehicles as in Vientiane there are more than 160 electric vehicles (as of May 11, 2022) and 15 charging stations including one fast charge station, has said Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Energy and Mines, Mr Khamso Kouphokham.

(KPL) The Governments of New Zealand and Ireland have been long-term partners and generous supporters of the UXO sector in the Lao PDR.

(KPL) On 29 June 2022, the United States through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) officially handed over cold chain and IT equipment worth around US$150,000 to the Ministry of Health (MOH) to further expand COVID-19 vaccination coverage in the Lao PDR, especially in hard-to-reach communities.

(KPL) Laos’ southernmost province of Champassak and its Thai counterpart Ubon Ratchathani have expressed their commitment to strengthen cooperation on border security.

(KPL) The World Bank will support ASEAN Member States to reduce marine plastic pollution with a US$20 million grant for the Southeast Asia Regional Program on Combating Marine Plastics (SEA-MaP), approved on June 22 by the World Bank Board of Executive Directors.

(KPL) Laos’ Vientiane Skills Development Centre signed last weekend a memorandum of understanding on China’s support for the capacity building of vocational teachers of the Lao centre with the Guangxi Technological College of Machinery and Electricity, China.

(KPL) The Government of Germany has provided a financial support of about EUR 1 million to fund the Xe Samou bridge construction in Xepon, Savannakhet Province.