But the economy will recover in 2021, according to the Asian Development (ADB)’s recent report.
Category: Laos
Last Group of Families Displaced by Laos’ Nam Theun 1 Dam Accept Compensation
More than a hundred families have decided to accept compensation, putting an end to a standoff that lasted 17 months.
Rights Groups Call For Release of Lao Blogger ‘Mouay’ On Anniversary of Arrest
Voiced her concern about the government response to flooding in the country’s southern Champassak and Salavan provinces in a Facebook Live video.
Laos the latest China debt trap victim
Laos set to cede majority control of its national power grid to China to service Belt and Road debts
Laos Partners with Chinese Company to Manage Power Grid
There are certain sovereignty concerns involved when a state-linked investor from China holds a controlling stake in Laos’electricity grid.
The telling silence about an abducted Lao activist
You don’t need to have the deductive skills of Sherlock Holmes to discern what happened to the prominent social worker and who made him disappear.
Bananas the largest slice of Laos’ export pie to China
Some plantations harm the environment because of a lack of management by the government, incomplete land allocation, and lax business registration.