Laos aims to boost e-commerce development


VIENTIANE: As online sales of goods and services continue to grow in Laos, the government has declared the bolstering of e-commerce as one of its strategic development aims for 2016-2025, according to a report issued on Friday by Lao National Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

The Lao government has made promoting small and medium enterprises (SMEs) one of its priority targets to drive economic growth, Latthana Douangboupha, deputy director general of the SMEs Promotion Department under the Lao Ministry of Industry and Commerce, said at a seminar in Lao capital Vientiane on Wednesday (Nov 15).

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