VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN): The Laos government is studying the possibility of providing a supporting allowance for low-wage civil servants and increasing the minimum wage for private sector employees, to enable them to cope with spiralling living costs, Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone has said.
The Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Finance have been entrusted to carry out the study to determine if the state budget could afford to provide a supporting allowance for low-salary civil servants.
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