Cheap internet on its way?

KPL News reports the signing of an MoU between the National Internet Centre and the Japanese company NTT Communications. According to the article NTT will conduct research into a 'reportedly cheap internet and telephone network provision project'.

The MoU was signed by the head of the National Internet Centre, Khamkhit Saysongkham, and the vice-president of NTT.

China Radio International opens Laos office

Following on from the opening of the Xinhua bureau back in January, China Radio International (CRI) now have a presence in Vientiane. The radio station will be broadcasting Lao language programming, in addition to what the Vientiane Times called, 'reports on the news and socio-economic development in China'.

The office was opened by the head of the People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee Propaganda and Training Board and the Chinese ambassador to Laos. CRI has been transmitting news to Laos since November 2006 when a transmitter was set up.

The plans are to have six and a half hours of live programming a day, beginning in October 2011. Those present at the opening ceremony were quoted by the Vientiane Times as saying that this is a 'good model for media cooperation between the two countries'.

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After a few months break the latest media developments in Laos will be updated again on this blog. The rapid social and economic growth of Laos is also reflected in regular developments within the Lao media. As a result this blog will carry bi-weekly updates of the latest news within the Lao media.