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Indonesia is working on options to reduce the amount of transboundary haze that could affect Singapore, according to Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan.

The 4th Multilateral Naval Exercise Komodo (MNEK), themed "Partnership to Recover and to Rise Stronger", opened on June 5 in the port city of Makassar on Indonesia's eastern Sulawesi Island.

Compound (COMP) traded 7% lower against the U.S. dollar during the 24-hour period ending at 23:00 PM ET on June 5th. In the last week, Compound has traded 11.1% lower against the U.S. dollar. Compound has a total market capitalization of $250.65 million and $16.53 million worth of Compound was traded on exchanges in the […]

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/Asia News Network): Laos has become a logistics hub for the region, with Thanaleng Dry Port and railways playing an integral part of this connectivity, the dry port’s developer told visiting Malaysian diplomats.

Indonesian Transportation Ministry on June 5 announced that students, elderly, and disabled people will be offered a special rate in the earlier free buy-the-service (BTS) programme, or called as "Teman Bus" service, operational in 10 selected cities.

As fuel prices continue to rise, promoting electric vehicles (EVs) as well as installing charging stations in the capital Vientiane of Laos is considered a solution to reducing environmental pollution in the future.

The year-on-year inflation rate in Laos declined to 38.86% in May, down from 39.89% in April, according to the Lao Statistics Bureau.

Laos' central bank, the Bank of the Lao PDR (BOL), has set up a new department to help increase the flow of foreign currency through the banking system and effectively handle foreign currency reserves.

Since entering operation 18 months ago, passenger and freight transport on the China-Laos Railway has flourished, the China Railway Kunming Group told Yunnan.cn on Tuesday.

Critics of Laos' repressive one-party state, both in the country and in exile in Thailand, have been targeted in a recent series of arrests and attacks.