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PM Announces Continued Suspension of Mining Concessions

[:en]Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith said yesterday the government will maintain the moratorium on new mining concessions because it needs more time to inspect a number of operations. The prime minister was speaking at a three-day conference taking place at the National Convention Centre for mining sector officials from around the country and private investors in the industry.[:]

More than a thousand furniture plants ordered to shut down

[:en]The government has ordered some 1,154 family-unit furniture plants across the country to shut down their illegal operations, a government spokesman announced yesterday. Additionally, more than 20 wood processing plants located in or near conservation and protected forests areas were also ordered to close down. The order was approved at the meeting between Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith and his deputies that took place on August 29 when the Task Force Committee reported its findings in relation to the illegal operations.[:]

Tax Alert: Revised Tax Law Pending

[:en]The Lao Government ‘slipped through’ a revised tax law recently (Amended Tax Law No. 70/NA, dated 15 December 2015), with the law set to take effect next week on 24 May 2016. But fear not: much of the revised law is similar to the law it replaces, the Tax Law (2011), with a few new inclusions, revisions and corrections.[:]

Laos needs more entrepreneurs, still facing business hurdles

Laos has only two percent of the population starting a business which is still far too low compared to its 6.4 million people, according to an official.

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