A planned multimillion-dollar farming project, financed by the ministry and a local company, aims to export cattle and processed cattle products to China as well as meet the demand for beef in Lao markets.
Category: Laos
Lao PDR and World Bank sign $42 deal to reduce emissions from deforestation
Under this Emission Reductions Payment Agreement (ERPA), the World Bank commits to making payments to the Lao PDR for verified reductions of up to 8.4 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions in northern Laos.
‘Not Sufficient’: Thailand Rejects Report on Lao Hydropower Dam
The Sanakham dam is one of seven mega-dams that the landlocked country is planning, in defiance of environmental and economic sense.
Lao leadership shuffle will see precarious development
The Lao government has adhered to an agenda that gambles the country’s international reputation and is also starkly out of step with its stated goals around sustainable development
In Laos, Reform Hopes Peter Out Into Business as Usual
The Lao communist party’s newly selected General Secretary Thongloun Sisoulith once promised change. Now he sits atop a closed and sclerotic system.
Thailand rejects new technical report on large-scale Lao Mekong mainstream dam
Thailand called on the developer to conduct an extensive environmental impact assessment and again revise the report before the next prior consultation.
Lao govt to inspect safety of hydropower dams every five years
There are currently 78 operational hydropower plants with a combined installed capacity of 9,972 MW in Laos. According to the Lao Ministry of Energy and Mines, dam builders have to enhance safety systems, both for existing and under-construction dams.
Laos shifts to China equity from loans as party congress starts
China’s rise as the country’s leading lender has been fueled by billions of dollars to finance a building spree of megaprojects, spanning large hydropower dams and economic zones to a flagship high-speed railway.
Thailand Unhappy About China-Funded Laos Dam
The deputy governor of Loei Province, which is immediately downstream of the site, has voiced local concerns that the impact of the dam could be even more significant than that already felt by the Xayaburi dam, despite it being considerably further upstream.
Construction of fifth Lao-Thai bridge begins
The bridge, which will take 36 months to build, will connect Bolikhamxay province in Laos to Thailand’s northeastern province of Bueng Kan.