Laos News News Laos » Government: Laos advocates use of EV trucks to counter soaring fuel price
VIENTIANE: The government is stepping up efforts to reduce fuel dependence by encouraging the use of electrically-powered trucks, through a nationwide cooperation agreement signed in Vientiane this ...
News Laos » Government: Laos inaugurates first int’l-standard specious mental refinery, advancing self-reliant economy
The refinery is the result of cooperation between the Lao Government and PTL Holding Co., Ltd., and is seen as a milestone in the country’s strategy to enhance macroeconomic stability and reduce ...
News Laos » Government: Submission by Human Rights Watch to the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) on Australia-Lao PDR Bilateral Human Rights Dialogue
We write on the occasion of the forthcoming 9th Australia-Laos Human Rights Dialogue scheduled to take place in November 2025 in Vientiane. The single-party, authoritarian government of the Lao People ...
News Laos » Government: Outspoken Laos lawmaker's election exit sparks rare dissent
When one of the few lawmakers willing to call out corruption in single-party Laos was left off the candidate list ahead of this weekend's heavily managed election, a rare wave of dissent erupted.
News Laos » Government: Controversial dam gets approval in Laos
Laos has given approval to the hugely-controversial $3.5 billion Xayaburi Dam on the Mekong River, reports the BBC. The massive dam, which would provide 95 percent of its energy production to Thailand ...
News Laos » Government: Australian government puts pressure on Lao authorities over methanol poisoning deaths
The Australian government has called in the Lao ambassador in Canberra, amid criticism of the country's response to a fatal methanol poisoning. It comes as the families of Melbourne teenagers Bianca ...