The government of Japan has provided grant assistance of US$240,000 for four development projects in rural areas of Laos.
Japan will fund two health projects in Xieng Khuang and Xayaboury provinces, an education project in Huaphan province and an agriculture project in Savannakhet province through its Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects.
Category: Laos
Laos sets priority list of crops for export to China as agricultural products sale could reach billions
China is a key trade partner of agricultural products from Laos, accounting for more than 80 per cent of total exports, with major crops being cassava, bananas, watermelon, sugarcane, and rubber.
Locked in – Why Thailand buys electricity from Laos
The Thai National Energy Policy Committee recently decided to purchase electricity generated by three planned hydropower projects on the Mekong River in Laos. Not surprisingly it’s the low purchases prices Thailand is able to lock in that makes Laos’ hydropower a major player in Thailand’s energy market, all the while brushing aside the incalculable, and mounting, social and environmental impacts of dams and reservoirs necessary to produce it.
Thailand agrees to buy electricity from Laos, ignoring NGOs’ concerns
“Laos is going to build all planned dams, including these two dams on the Mekong River,” the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. “Right now, our ministers are meeting and discussing our plans to sell all our power to Thailand.”
Laos pledges to diversify energy sources to minimise imports
From 2021-2025, we plan to produce 1,807MW of electricity, with hydropower accounting for 57 percent of the total, coal-fired power 19 percent and solar power 24 percent.
S. Korea backs irrigation technology training centre for Laos
Irrigation technology in Laos will be upgraded and the efficiency of irrigation-related projects will be enhanced through training programmes offered at an irrigation technology training centre.
Thailand, Laos agree to push infrastructure development
The sides agreed to move forward their development of public infrastructure, including pushing to build the fifth Thai–Lao bridge connecting Bueng Kan in Thailand with Bolikhamxay in Laos and the sixth bridge connecting Ubon Ratchathani in Thailand with Salavan in Laos.
Korean Fund provides grant for feasibility study of Mekong River integrated management project
The Mekong River Integrated Management Project in Khammuan province may receive loan assistance from Korea’s Economic Development and Cooperation Fund (EDCF), if the outcome of a feasibility study meets the Fund’s conditions.
Ministry mulls route of Vientiane-Vietnam expressway
The government is discussing the planned route of an expressway running from Vientiane through Xaysomboun, Xieng Khuang and Huaphan provinces to the Vietnamese border.