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  The Lao National Institute of Tourism and Hospitality (LANITH) recently conducted an intensive 10-day Training-of-Trainers programme for 26 technical and vocational education and training teachers from the tourism and hospitality sector in Vientiane. Swisscontact is working with provincial schools and colleges and LANITH to implement the Pheun Than Heng A Sip Training Programme to … Read more

  Border crossings between Myanmar and Laos has been upgraded and given international status, according to Myanmar’s Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population. The ministry has upgraded the Wan Pong check point in Tachilek, Shan State, making it an international border entry point for Myanmar and Laos. It has also opened the Myanmar-Laos Friendship Bridge … Read more

  With tourism numbers still on shaky ground, Lao government officials are looking to the proposed Visit Laos-China Year 2019 to play a major role in boosting arrivals from the Mainland, as authorities keep the ongoing Visit Laos Year 2018 campaign alive.   Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith and Chinese President Xi Jinping acknowledged the launch at … Read more

  The “Refillution” marched into Vientiane on 8 November, to get the ball rolling on making the Lao capital an ASEAN Clean Tourist City within a year. Luang Prabang Handle with Care Project Director Dr Hartmut Janus opened the “Laos Tourism Beats Plastic Pollution” campaign at an information reception at the Landmark Riverside Hotel. “We … Read more

  The Heaun Chan Heritage Centre in Luang Prabang will be holding a Craft & Culture Festival from 8-12 December. Celebrate local handicrafts, culture and arts, and traditional music from 09:00-21:00.  

  A Japanese media watchdog has decided to demand that Nippon Television Network Corp. issue a report in response to allegations that it fabricated a Lao festival in a popular variety show broadcast in May. “We’ll also check the broadcast images,” Asaka Kanda, head of the Broadcasting Ethics & Program Improvement Organization (BPO), said Friday. … Read more

  Over 600 students have taken part in the final rehearsal for the grand opening ceremony of the celebration of Viengxay’s 50th Anniversary as the revolutionary stronghold of Lao people. Viengxay Caves The rehearsal was held at the main square of Viengxay district, Houaphanh Province. The coming grand celebration of Viengxay will take place on November … Read more

  Vientiane’s 18-hole Lakeview Golf Club hosted the 2nd Carlsberg Golf Classic with Xaying Tongyethor coming out on top of a field of some 100 amateur golfers on 10 November. Southa Sisalath and Chanpasith Ounaphom finished second and third in the non-handicap event aimed at offer Lao golfers an opportunity to develop their skills to … Read more

  China aims to strengthen commercial ties with Mekong region countries by installing a free-trade zone covering north-western Laos and northern Thai ports on the Mekong River. The free-frade zone covers north-western Laos In the planned zone, Beijing will waive tariffs and value-added tax on imports from countries that do not share a border with … Read more

  The Lao-Chinese railway project has released polluted water from construction work into the Xong River in Vientiane province’s Vang Vieng district, one of the most popular destinations in the country for tourists, an local resident and an environmental official told RFA’s Lao Service. Workers allowed polluted runoff from a tunnel construction site along the … Read more