Minister: Debts mounting but Laos won’t default


THE annual amount of debt-service payment has risen from US$1.2bil in 2018 to US$1.4bil this year, a top government official has revealed.

Minister of Finance Bounchom Ubonpaseuth clarified the main reasons for the nation’s growing public debt and possible solutions to the problem when addressing National Assembly members on Monday.

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