Mekong Blues (Laos) – Hydropower dams on the lower Mekong in Laos would threaten the future of the world’s most productive freshwater fisheries, the stability of the densely populated delta, and the river’s biodiversity – including critically endangered river dolphins and Mekong giant catfish. 60 million people depend on the health of the lower Mekong.
Category: Laos
EDL-Gen selling more bonds
Laos’s hydrodam operator EDL has completed the filing and is now ready to issue two series of bonds, with a total amount of 3,700 million baht (US$114 million) and coupon rates of 5.90 percent and 6.50 percent over three or four years, respectively.
Thanaleng Dry Port, Vientiane Logistics Park to drive Lao economy, PM’s aides told
Planned to connect to the Laos-China Railway, which is slated to open for services in December this year, the Thanaleng Dry Port and Vientiane Logistics Park will link to the intended global transport network leading to Europe via the railway.
Feasibility study scheduled for new Triangle Special Economic Zone
Phongsaly provincial authorities have given the green light to a Chinese business group to carry out survey and a feasibility study on the development of the 250 square kilometer Triangle Special Economic Zone (SEZ), located at the shared border between Laos, China and Vietnam.
Thanaleng Dry Port, Vientiane Logistics Park will drive Laos’ land-link, mega-project effort
The dry port and logistics park is one of four mega projects under the Lao Logistics Link (LLL) project, which PTLH has been granted a concession to develop. The other three projects are the Vung Ang seaport in Vietnam’s central Ha Tinh province, which the Lao developer and its Vietnamese partner will jointly develop and operate; a planned railway connecting Vientiane with the seaport; and a planned 2,000MW coal-fired power plant in central Khammuan province.
China remains the largest foreign investor in Laos
Of the 53 countries that have invested in Laos, China has the largest number of investments, undertaking a total of 813 projects worth US$ 16 billion.
Laos drowning in debt that can’t be repaid: experts
“It is an environmental tragedy of the highest order that key rivers in Laos, such as the majestic Nam Ou, have been sacrificed to build these dams for an outcome that has seen not state revenues and sustainable development for the people of Laos, but elevated debt burdens and financial stress.”
