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As part of its continued expansion in the market, Coffee Concepts (Laos) Limited, Starbucks operating licensee in Laos, today announced the opening of its second store in View Mall in the capital city, Vientiane. Following the opening of its first location in…
US coffee chain Starbucks has expanded its footprint into Laos under the partnership with its licensee Coffee Concepts, a subsidiary of Hong Kong-based Maxim’s Caterers. The Laos launch marks Starbucks’ 84th market globally, “reaffirming the company’s…
Thai renewable energy firm BCPG Pcl on Tuesday said that its consortium had signed a 25-year agreement to deliver wind energy from a 600-megawatt project in Laos to Vietnam. An agreement between Vietnam’s electricity firm EVN and Impact Energy Asia…
Japan’s Mitsubishi Corporation will develop Southeast Asia’s largest wind farm in Laos to supply electricity to Vietnam, where demand is expected to grow continuously. The 600-megawatt onshore project, the first wind farm in Laos, will be located in the…
National utility Vietnam Electricity (EVN) has signed three memoranda to purchase power from Laotian companies amid expected energy shortages. EVN will buy power from two hydropower plants and one coal-fired power plant in neighboring country Laos starting…
Starbucks is to make Laos debut next year with its first store opening in the capital city of Vientiane. Laos will become Starbucks’s 17th market in Asia, with the first store scheduled to open in the third quarter of next year. Starbucks Laos will be managed…
Thailand’s CP Group is taking the 7-Eleven convenience-store chain into Laos after winning franchise rights for the country. The first 7-Eleven store in Laos will be opened in the capital city, Vientiane in 2022. “With its remarkable success in Thailand, I…
This story about the Vientiane 10s has been kindly provided by the Lao Rugby Federation Later this month rugby players and enthusiasts from Lao PDR, Vietnam, China, Singapore, Thailand, the United States, UK, and Australia will come together in Hanoi and…
Japanese casual wear retailer Uniqlo plans a four-fold increase in its Southeast Asian store count during the next decade. Tadashi Yanai, chairman, and CEO of the firm’s parent company Fast Retailing said in an interview with Nikkei that Uniqlo is seeking a…
Even weaker economies with less developed industries can threaten Vietnam’s auto industry due to its low localization rate, the Trade Ministry said. While the domestic auto industry is already facing fierce competition from car imports, mostly from Thailand…
Vietnamese military-owned operator Viettel has announced that its subsidiary in Laos Unitel has become the first mobile operator in the market to launch eSIM technology. The Unitel eSIM service was introduced at the beginning of March, and Unitel is aiming to…
Vietnamese consumers are embracing digital payments as a faster and more convenient way to pay, with consumers using their credit and debit cards more often for in store and online purchases, according to figures released by Visa, the world’s leader in…
Axiata Group Bhd’s 63%-owned subsidiary edotco Investments (Labuan) Ltd (edotco Labuan) is acquiring an 80% stake in Laos’s Mekong Tower Company Ltd (MTCL) for LAK12.8 billion (RM6.08 million) cash. Axiata said in a filing with the stock exchange that edotco…
Lotte said on Tuesday it has donated $100,000 to relief and reconstruction efforts following the Laos dam disaster in Attapeu. Oh Sung-yup, head of communications at Lotte Corporation, delivered the fund to Community Chest of Korea, a non-profit charity…
Mobile payments platform Alipay is expanding its cross-border footprint with new outposts Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos and the Philippines. The deployment is aimed at connecting merchants with an estimated 520 million active users in China through its Alipay’s…
It’s a rarity in Milwaukee, where Laotian fare like larb, green papaya salad sai oua (Lao sausage) often take a backseat to popular Thai dishes at area restaurants. But, that’s something Alex Hanesakda is trying to change.A first generation Lao American,…
