SME’s in Laos: baby steps on The Net
Came across a presentation of Oudet Souvannavong, VP of the Lao National Chamber of Commerce and Industry, who held a presentation at the regional Seminar on Informatisation July last year. The presentation was posted on the site of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for asia and the Pacific and contained a few notable [...]
Laos and Thailand dependencies
As an addition to “What is up with the Thai bashing” I will try to make the point that Thai bashing by certain Lao people is not only pointless but also very counterproductive to Laos. The issues of kinship and cultural ties of Laos and Thailand have already been made. I want to emphasize a [...]
Investing in Laos
Many people are considering to invest in Laos. This could be for humanitarian reasons or purely because you think it will bring great returns on your investments.
Based on the “Law on the Promotion of Foreign Investment” of 2004 you should consider that certain business rules in Laos work out a little different from the business [...]
Is It Fair To Ask Money From Your Reader?
How would you fell if you came upon a blog that instead of asking for comment at the end of each post, but asking for money instead, such as ‘if you liked this post, buy me a beer’ and linking it to his/her pay pal account? I’ve seen in some blogs that have a [...]
Laos got no love for whales
Apparently, Laos does not care much about whales. Why would they, you ask, Laos is a landlocked country where the chances you see a whale are about as high as seeing a water buffalo on the Arctic. Still, Laotian Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh agreed to join the world’s whaling body or International Whaling Commission (IWC). [...]
