By: Laoconnection.com, February 19, 2024
Like their international counterparts, Lao people will celebrate it on the 14th of February. However, Valentine's Day is a relatively new celebratory day in Laos in that people have only really taken it on more within the last 5 years or so.
By: Laoconnection.com, February 14, 2024
Felix Yongbok Lee from the famous Korean k-pop band Stray Kids was reportedly spotted in Laos last week. He chose to spend his Lunar New Year vacation there doing volunteer work. News outlets and social media in South Korea began reporting the news on February 7, 2024.
Source: RFA Lao, February 9, 2024
A 20% year-over-year increase of agricultural exports from Laos in 2023 was largely on the back of Chinese plantations, according to trade officials, meaning that the country will reap few of the profits.
Members of the business community told RFA Lao that the government needs to review its approach to foreign investment while improving its agricultural output to avoid a deepening trade deficit and improve the living standards of farmers in Laos.
Source: The Star (Myannmar), February 12, 2024
Phnom Penh - Ly Thuch, first vice-president of the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA), has requested that Laos join the Ottawa Convention as the 165th state party, pledging that the kingdom will support Laos’ mine clearance efforts and adherence to the convention.
Source: VietnamPlus, February 13, 2024
Vientiane – The Lao Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism hopes 6.2 million domestic and foreign tourists will make trips to the country in 2024, much higher than the initial target of 4.6 million set in late 2023.
