At just 200,000 Lao Kip per day (around $9 USD), this option gives you complete freedom to visit every corner of the city and ...

pointed out that the upcoming increase in the minimum wage may not be enough for workers in light of the ever-increasing depreciation of the Lao Kip leading to a higher cost of living.

Lao Red Cross distributes food, drinking water, and educational supplies to students in the provinces.

Chinese developers are constructing high-rise residential towers across the special economic zone that are geared to Chinese investors, unaffordable to the vast majority of Lao. Warning ...

The kip depreciated by 6% against the US dollar on the official ... and undermined human capital development in the Lao PDR. The survey questionnaire is designed to cover themes such as access to ...

The Lao kip, however, given its close link to the Thai baht, was particularly vulnerable to the exchange rate volatility that rocked the region. Between July 1997 and June 1998, the kip lost 70 ...

About 90 billion kip of the money allocated was used to pay ... development partners, and various Lao and foreign organisations. During the last meeting of the National Assembly, the Ministry ...

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The Lao Economic Monitor 2017 features a thematic section on health sector financing in Lao PDR. Although the country has achieved strong economic development during the last decade, higher investment ...