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Laos’s inflation rate drops for second month

Laos’s inflation rate in April dropped to 39.89%, a slight fall from the average rate of 40.85% in the first quarter of this year, according to the Lao Statistics Bureau.The country recorded an inflation rate of 40.97% in March, the first drop from th…

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Five cars, 19 motorbikes burned at Hanoi parking area

Five cars and 19 motorbikes were burned at a parking area on Tran Quoc Hoan street, Hanoi’s Cau Giay district, at 13:00 on May 6.As soon as detecting the incident, residents and the parking area operator took measures to control the fire and reported …

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Laos welcomes more than 800,000 foreign visitors in Q1

Laos welcomed nearly 831,250 foreign tourists in the first quarter of this year, according to the country’s Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism.Thailand took the lead in the number of visitors with 344,405, and was followed by Vietnam and Chi…