{"id":18242,"date":"2018-11-30T10:01:47","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T10:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.redalpi.com\/web\/?page_id=18242"},"modified":"2018-11-30T10:37:16","modified_gmt":"2018-11-30T10:37:16","slug":"why-laos","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.redalpi.com\/web\/why-laos\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Laos"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div id=\"modal-ready\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;18224&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;18225&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;18227&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;18228&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Social and country stability (no strikes, no turmoil)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Loyal and kind hearted people<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Garments produced in Laos are: duties free (0%) to EU, CANADA, NORWAY<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Very competitive minimum wages<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>61% of Laos population is of working age<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Cheapest cost of energy in Asia with stable supply<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Low cost of living (rental, housing, foods), plenty of land available (much more competitive than neighboring countries)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The well planned and foreseeable increase in minimum wage, etc.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Government friendly policies toward investors and simple bureaucracy<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>A member of ASEAN (Association of South East Asia Nation) free trade bloc<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>By 2021 the Hi-Speed Train from China to Laos to Thailand will be operational (allowing economical transport of raw materials and finished goods)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;18224&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;18225&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;18227&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;18228&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]&nbsp; &nbsp; Social and country&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-18242","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redalpi.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redalpi.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redalpi.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redalpi.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redalpi.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18242"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.redalpi.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18246,"href":"https:\/\/www.redalpi.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18242\/revisions\/18246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redalpi.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}