Category: Laos
Gold mining operation kicks off in Xaysomboun
As part of the gold mining development project, the company will seek permission to establish the Lao People’s Bank to provide loans to local people and farmers in the project area.
Confronting Property Rights and Wrongs in Laos
The issue of property rights looms large as part of various issues that the Southeast Asian country and its people are contending with.
Vietnam will face severe power shortages from 2021: ministry
“We believe that Vietnam will have the capacity to resolve their power shortages by increasing electricity imports over the coming years, which will come largely from Laos and China.”
Receding rivers leave villagers unfazed
There have been many reports about the alarmingly low level of the Mekong this rainy season, both in Laos and in neighbouring countries, but other rivers are also shrinking.
Thailand urged not to buy power from Lao dam
The Thai government must suspend plans to buy electricity from the Thai-built Xayaburi dam in Lao, conservationists said Friday, as water levels along the kingdom’s section of Mekong river plummet to near-record lows.
Severe Drought in Mekong Region Reduces Rice Planting in Laos
Lao farmers have planted rice on less than half the country’s cultivable land this year because of a persistent drought in the Mekong River region.
Laos Hit by Worst Drought in Decades
The lack of rain has delayed rice production in the country’s 800,000 hectares of wet-season rice fields, with transplantation only 40 percent completed.