This photo taken on May 13, 2024 shows the launching ceremony of an e-commerce platform for Lao agricultural products in Vientiane, Laos. Laos' Ministry of Industry and Commerce launched an e-commerce platform, supported by the Chinese government, for Lao agricultural products, aiming to help local farmers access buyers and increase sales. (Photo by Kaikeo Saiyasane/Xinhua)

Laos' Ministry of Industry and Commerce launched an e-commerce platform for Lao agricultural products, aiming 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.

Speaking at the ceremony on Monday, 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 November 19, 2020.

The creation of a platform that is a source of information for Lao agricultural products as a public service website is part of an initiative to create an information technology and communication infrastructure in the field of trade and services in Laos.