From the Newspapers in Laos - 27.5.2011

Lao officials, led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr Hiem Phommachanh, have attended the 67th meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) in Bangkok, Thailand. (Vientiane Times)

Farmers are being asked to grow may nhang (Dipterocarpus) this year in order to meet rising demand for the popular wood. (Vientiane Times)

Laos needs more power plants to ensure a stable supply to meet domestic demand, with consumption predicted to surge after 2013, according to a new forecast from the Ministry of Energy and Mines. (Vientiane Times)

Members of the six-country Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Tourism Working Group met in Pakxe district, Champassak province, yesterday to discuss ways to accelerate programmes to develop tourism-related human resources, jointly market the GMS as a single destination, and promote pro- poor tourism development. (Vientiane Times)

Banque pour le Commerce Exterieur Lao Public (BCEL) has joined with the China UnionPay Company, headquartered in Shanghai, to issue a domestic ATM card that can be used in 110 countries. (Vientiane Times)

Authorities from Laos’ Borikhamxay province and Thailand’s Beungkan province recently met in Borikhamxay province to discuss building a bridge that would link the two provinces across the Mekong. (Socio-Economic Daily)

Lao Securities Exchange Commission and Lao stock exchange officials last week joined DFDL Mekong Legal and Tax Advisers (DFDL Mekong) at a foreign investors’ conference in Singapore. (Vientiane Times)

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