Since 2018, USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance has supported international partner agencies’ programs that promote development of Community-Based Disaster Risk Management and other community capacitybuilding projects.
Category: Laos
Two power plants planned for sale of electricity to Cambodia
Construction of two coal-fired power plants will begin at the end of this year in Xekong province in the southeast of Laos. The first power plant will be built by Phonesack Group Company Limited in Kaleum district, with installed capacity of 1,800MW.
Lao Villagers Relocated From China-Backed Dam Lack Land to Grow Crops
Mare than 10,000 villagers resettled in mountaintop towns to make way for construction the China-backed Namtha 1 Dam in Luang Namtha province in northern Laos have been given houses and other facilities but now have no land to farm, leaving them unable to make a living in their new homes.
Wang Yi calls for giving new impetus to Belt and Road Initiative
Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi Wednesday urged China and the Laos to accelerate the development of the China-Laos Economic Corridor and to give new impetus to high-quality cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
Laos: Famed Hin Nam No national park to join IUCN green list
The national park covers 94,000 hectares, mostly comprising pristine karst forests. Together with the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, it constitutes the largest protected tropical karst area in the world.
Thailand challenges Laos dam building spree on Mekong River
Thailand has threatened to sink plans for a Chinese-developed dam planned for the Mekong River in neighboring Laos, in a rare rebuke that hints at a rising tide of dissension in an area where all three countries share Southeast Asia’s largest waterway.
Laos and the Belt and Road Initiative. An Interconnector Helping the Chinese Needs?
The research paper sought to investigate advantages and disadvantages of Chinese infrastructure projects in Laos and how Vientiane can deal with these challenges in order to accrue more benefits from China’s economic expansion in the region. Besides looking at the consequences from the Lao perspective, we focused on the Chinese benefits as well;
how a completed railway connection can change China’s position within the region and further strengthen its role within Southeast Asia.
Boats Washed Away When Lao Dam Releases Water Without Warning
Residents living near a small dam in Laos are calling on its operators to warn them before releasing water after unexpected flooding this week washed away or sunk more than 10 boats used by village fishermen.
Lao Village Farmland, Paddies Destroyed by Work on Lao-China Railway Line
“And though they came to collect information about the damage, they haven’t done anything yet to help us,” a farmer said. “We farmers have now filed a complaint with the China Railway Engineering Group, requesting compensation and a solution to the problem.”
Housing for southern Lao flood victims to be complete in 2021
Some 496 of 700 planned new homes have been completed for victims of the dam failure in southern Laos’ Attapeu province, and will be ready for residents in 2021.