Laos

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Thai parties to produce wood pellets in Laos, eyeing Japan, Korea fuel markets

Laos Manufacturing

5 MONTHS AGO

Mitsubishi to supply elevators, escalators to Lao parliament

Laos Manufacturing

6 MONTHS AGO

Thai operator to open 7-Eleven stores in Laos under 30-year deal

6 MONTHS AGO

GMO Internet launches internet infrastructure services with AMZ Group in Laos

BANGKOK, NNA – Japan’s internet and financial service firm GMO Internet Inc. has teamed up with a di...

21, Nov. 2019

An undated photo shows a street in the ancient town of Luang Prabang in Laos. Nippon Koei Co. will cooperate in the town’s smart city project with details slated to be set by 2020. (Photo courtesy of Nippon Koei)

Japanese consulting firm Nippon Koei to upgrade ancient Laos town

Laos Infrastructure

22, Oct. 2019

An opening ceremony for Hitachi Elevator Laos Co., a Japanese electronics giant Hitachi Ltd.’s first Laotian unit, is held on Oct. 9, 2019 in the Laotian capital of Vientiane. (Photo courtesy of Hitachi)

Hitachi opens Laos unit with goal of 5-fold market share increase

Laos Manufacturing

17, Oct. 2019

VietinBank inaugurates headquarters in Laos

Laos Financials

VIENTIANE, VNA - Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Industry and Trade (VietinBank) on Septemb...

18, Sep. 2019

Kansai Electric-backed hydropower plant begins operation in Laos

BANGKOK, NNA - A major hydropower plant built in Laos under a project led by Japanese utility Kansai...

10, Sep. 2019

Tounjai, a Lao farmer in his 20s in a village in Champasak Province on the southern tip of Laos bordering Cambodia and Thailand, cultivates butterfly peas for supply to Tsujiko Co., a Japanese firm producing colored food pigment powder to make blue chocolate “Vientian Blue,” as shown in a photo taken on June 19, 2019. (NNA/Kyodo)

Japan firm, Lao farmers promoting “Vientiane Blue” food, beverages

Features Laos Food

29, Aug. 2019

A new cable plant set up by Japanese electric wire maker Bando Densen Co. in Laos. Bando started production in the Savan-Seno special economic zone in the southern central province of Savannakhet in July as part of its “China plus one” strategy, expanding production bases amid the U.S.-China trade row. (Photo courtesy of Bando Densen)

Bando Densen expands cable production to Laos amid U.S.-China row

Laos Manufacturing

20, Aug. 2019

Japanese gas supplier Saisan Co. launches sales of liquefied petroleum gas for corporate and household clients in Laos via a joint venture with a local trading house AMZ Group Co. from this week.(Photo courtesy of Saisan)

Japanese gas supplier Saisan begins LP gas sales in Laos

05, Jul. 2019

Mitsubishi Electric sets up Laos unit to lift local elevator sales

BANGKOK, NNA - Mitsubishi Electric Corp. has established a unit in Laos as part of efforts to expand...

22, Jun. 2019

Hong Kong’s Kerry Logistics developing Vientiane dry port to link China with SE Asia

HONG KONG, NNA – Hong Kong-based Kerry Logistics Network Ltd. will develop a dry port trans-shipment...

10, Apr. 2019

Japan's Hoya to build HDD glass substrates plant in Laos to meet data centers demand

Exclusives Laos Electronics

PHNOM PENH, NNA – Major Japanese optical glass maker Hoya Corp. will build a hard disk drive glass s...

12, Feb. 2019