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).
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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.
Lao cattle project for China
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.
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.