VIENTIANE: Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan and Investment, Trade, and Industry Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz have arrived in Vientiane to attend the 44th and 45th Asean Summits and Related Summits. Both ministers arrived on Sunday (Oct 6) at Wattay International Airport at 7.45 pm local time (8.45 pm Malaysian time). The summits will...
VIENTIANE (Xinhua) -- Fifty schools have been temporarily closed due to severe flooding in northern Laos' Luang Namtha province, affecting almost 6,000 teachers and students in the province. Floodwaters ravaged buildings and equipment, with local authorities and volunteers working to clean schools and repair the damage caused and plan to replace items that are no longer...
VIENTIANE: Malaysia, as the country coordinator for Asean-China Dialogue Relations, will intensify efforts to finalise the Code of Conduct in the South China Sea, said Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan. He said Malaysia, which assumed the role of country coordinator this year, aims to establish a code of conduct accepted by all parties. "As the country...
VIENTIANE: A freight train launched as part of the Asean Express, an international rail freight system connecting Malaysia to Thailand, Laos and China, arrived at the Thanaleng Dry Port in Vientiane on Friday (July 5), marking a significant step in boosting trade among these countries. The cargo wagons departed Malaysia’s Selangor state on June 27 and...
BANGKOK: Two Japanese men have been arrested in Laos for allegedly murdering and dismembering the body of a compatriot in Nonthaburi province in April. A source at the Provincial Police Bureau said it had learned that the duo had been detained in Vientiane. The bureau is in touch with Laos police and expects the two men...
A Malaysian fugitive wanted in Thailand for drug smuggling was arrested during a Thai-Lao joint operation last week. The 39-year-old alleged drug dealer and key member of a drug syndicate had been in hiding in Laos, according to Thai police. Assistant national police chief Panurat Lakboon said the Office of the Narcotics Control Board had been investigating...
SEPANG: A non-governmental organisation (NGO) has warned that job scam syndicates based in Myanmar are expected to move their base of operations to Laos. Malaysia International Humanitarian Organisation (MHO) secretary-general Datuk Hishamuddin Hashim said this after three Malaysians were brought back from Myanmar on Thursday. "The three were forced to work for scam syndicates Tachileik and Myawadyy...
