Laos launches e-commerce platform to support agriculture sector

STORY: Laos launches e-commerce platform to support agriculture sector SHOOTING TIME: May 13, 2024 DATELINE: May 15, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:24 LOCATION: Vientiane CATEGORY: ECONOMY/AGRICULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the launching ceremony of the e-commerce platform STORYLINE: Laos' Ministry of Industry and Commerce launched an e-commerce platform for Lao agricultural products to help local farmers access buyers and increase sales. The launching ceremony was co-chaired by Lao Minister of Industry and Commerce Malaythong Kommasith and Charge d'Affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Laos Wang Chang. Vithoun Sitthimolada, director of Trade and Handicraft Promotion Department under the Lao Ministry of Industry and Commerce, said that the platform was supported by the Chinese government. He added that the e-commerce platform is implemented by a grant aid agreement signed on Nov. 19, 2020. The creation of a platform that is a source of information for Lao agricultural products as a public service website is