He said that the Government of Laos has prioritized climate change as a key issue, incorporating the objectives of the Paris Agreement into its National Socio-Economic Development Plan and National Green Growth Strategy.
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Belt and Road starts and stops in China’s backyard
Beijing is seeking to showcase the China-Lao train, and incorporate the stop-and-go progress on a similar rail line in Thailand and a port project in Myanmar, both of which are key to the BRI’s vision of a better-connected regional economic sphere with China at its powerful center.
Laos enlists Japan startup for study on digital currency
The initiative marks an attempt by Laos to extend the reach of its currency, the kip, as a digital Chinese yuan looms as a potentially powerful presence in the Southeast Asian nation with close economic ties to China.
China’s crypto ban a big boon for little Laos
After China’s recent cryptocurrency crackdown, impoverished Laos is now allowing Bitcoin mining, fueled by abundant hydroelectric power from the Mekong River and shrugging off US warnings of disastrous environmental problems.
Lao villagers displaced by Xayaburi Dam still lack farmland, water
Another project, the Sanakham Dam, is scheduled to move ahead despite local villagers’ complaints.
Building a sustainable and green economic corridor for Laos, hand In hand with FAO
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, with active support from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, is spearheading an innovative initiative that envisions bringing together governmental, private, and international partners to build a green growth economic corridor along the Laos-China Railway.
Lao workers on China-backed railway project go unpaid
Twenty at one work site are paid after they cut off power to the project, but more than a hundred are still waiting for their pay.. They earn between one million kip (U.S. $100) and two million kip each month.
New indicative ending date set for sanakham dam consultation
The official six-month prior consultation process that began on 9 September 2019 for the proposed US$2 billion Sanakham Dam on the Mekong River will now aim to cease on 19 January 2022.
Landmark MRC-China’s joint study approved for implementation, new indicative ending date for Sanakham dam set
The joint study is due to be formally launched in December 2021 and will run until 2024. It consists of two phases, the first of which will take place during 2022 and is anticipated to yield immediate recommendations for actions. The second phase occurring in 2023–2024 will be implemented in coordination with the MRC’s Strategic Plan 2021–2025.