This second consultation builds on the outcomes of the first national meeting held in December 2025 and forms part of the ongoing effort to develop a national investment framework for haze-free ...

After repeated natural disasters, Lao Cai has chosen solutions that work in harmony with nature to create a safer environment for residents and businesses. (Photo: Hoang Ha) Lao Cai requires a united ...

Early election also serves as an important test to select capable deputies suited to the new governance model, helping ...

To advance women’s empowerment, food security and climate resilience in Lao PDR, ADB project expands existing social assistance program, introducing a landmark graduation program to build sustainable ...

Laos is developing its forest certification system to certify plantation timber, aiming to increase the value of its wood ...

VIENTIANE: Ireland, through its Embassy in Hanoi, has announced funding of €500,000 (US$581,125) to support the HALO Trust's demining and bomb disposal work in Laos over the next 12 months. The ...

Against a backdrop of increasingly complex global developments, Lao Deputy Prime Minister Saleumxay Kommasith underscored the importance of strengthening defence and security cooperation to maintain a ...

Across Southeast Asia, a region heavily dependent on energy exports brought via the Strait of Hormuz, lives are being upended by higher oil and gas prices. Fishermen on their boats while docked and ...

In Lao PDR and across Asia, community-led forest enterprises are showing how restoration can grow livelihoods, protect forests and advance climate action.

The Lao government has consistently prioritized forestry. The Forestry Strategy to 2035 and Vision to 2050 set clear targets, including defining forest land, increasing forest cover to 70 percent of ...

The long-delayed 93-1 land swap proposal between Cebu City and the Cebu Provincial Government may finally move forward following a surprise visit by Cebu City Vice Mayor Tomas Osmeña to the Capitol ...

SMM Aluminum Flash News] Recently, an international freight block train branded “Yunnan” and fully loaded with Lao fluorite powder departed from Kasi ...