Category: Laos
Laos links 195MW power to Cambodia
Nearly 200 megawatts (MW)of electricity from Dan Sahong Dam in Laos was linked to Cambodia’s national grid this week after the dam finished tests on four electricity generators.
Vietnam Utility Dares Mekong Devastation
There is good economic rationale why the dam planned at Luang Prabang, or others for the Mekong main stream, may not be completed.
Tigers have likely been driven extinct in Laos
Sad news as Nam Et-Phou Louey has been seen as a potential last refuge for beleaguered big cats in Southeast Asia.
Mekong sandbanks obstruct cross-border boat services
The lowest level of water in the Mekong river in several decades has caused sandbanks to emerge, obstructing boat services across the border between Thailand and Laos.
Vietnam in deals to buy Laos electricity from 2021
The electricity will come from hydropower plants with combined capacity of 363 megawatts.
Ups and downs of Laos’ road to graduate from LDC status
Laos’ economic development depends alot on mining and hydropower, which breeds new risk for the country’s ambitions to graduate from the United Nation’s Least Developed Country status in 2024.
Laos, Vietnam to open new shared border crossings
Laos and Vietnam are preparing to upgrade two more local crossing points to official border crossings to facilitate international visits in the northern and southern provinces of the two countries.
Laos is on course to graduate from least developed country status
If at least the current level of progress is maintained, Laos will graduate from LDC status three years after its next 2021 triennial review in 2024.