Laos’ Economic Woes Will Continue In 2024 . Given their connection to structural features of communist rule, there will be no quick respite from the economic woes. By David Hutt ...

Laos' Economic Crisis. Laos continues to be afflicted by slow growth, remaining below its pre-pandemic level of 5.5 percent in 2019. In 2024, GDP growth reached 4 percent, up from 3.7 percent in ...

VIENTIANE: Tariffs imposed by the United States on goods imported from Laos and other trading partners are projected to have ...

The Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone is the most prominent of more than 90 such areas established across the Mekong ...

Laos' economy has been on the brink of collapse due to a spiraling debt crisis that is crippling the country's finances and bringing it perilously close to default. In June, ...

ASEAN finance leaders end meetings in Laos, ... Estimates for economic growth in members of the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations vary but are generally near a robust 5% for 2024.

Laos had the feeling of a nation moving ever closer to an economic reckoning in 2023, even though the outcome is likely to be ambiguous and protracted. While according to official statistics, Laos ...

The letters warned the countries to not retaliate by increasing their own import taxes, or else the Trump administration ...

Laos has limited options for economic development and views its hydro-electric development potential as key to economic development for its people. With an estimated (theoretical) potential of 18000MW ...