(KPL) Laos will be able to manufacture electric wires and copper rods for domestic market and for export by 2009.

(KPL) Safe animal products for consumption was one of the main topicsdiscussed at the fifth session of the National Assembly on 18 July under the chairmanship of Mrs.

(KPL) In an effort to become a rice-exporting country by 2013, Laos has organised a forum in Vientiane to discuss measures to boost rice production.

(KPL) Trade promotion and export development in Laos has been boosted by a 2.9 billion kip (US$345,000) grant from Switzerland.

(KPL) Thirty Five senior officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Commission for External Relations of Party Central Committee are taking part in a training course and it is to upgrad

(KPL) Luang Namtha province is giving medical treatment to 357 opium addicts but there are as many as 1,377 other opium addicts who are presently not getting any medical treatment.

(KPL) Mr Asang Laoly, Deputy Prime Minister and his delegation, paid a working visit to Oudomxay province on 15 July.

(KPL) The contract signing ceremony between the Lao and Japanese governments regarding cash grants given by the latter to fund two projects worth US$ 143,346 was held in Vientiane on 16 July.

(KPL) A contract signing ceremony to commemorate the provision of a grant worth US$ 37,000 and three computers by a South Korean NGO to the Department of Education of Vientiane Capital was held in

(KPL) Agricultural Promotion Bank branch in Saravane province set a plan to release loan about 13 billion kip to agriculture and industrial production in the province.