Xayaburi is the first lower Mekong River dam to attempt to mitigating environmental and social impacts through state-of-the-art facilities to flush sediments and to allow passage of migrating fish.
Category: Laos
Thailand to sign rail pact with Laos, China
The memorandum will detail the framework for the three countries in relation to the railway network from southern China via Laos to Thailand.
China reports its hydropower plant paves way for poverty alleviation in Laos
Report villagers living along the River of Nam Tha in Bokeo province in northern Laos have never expected that their life would been changed so much with the Chinese-built Nam Tha 1 Hydropower Plant.
Cash for work project benefiting flood-hit communities
The project consists of two main activities: paying cash to local people who work with the project and supporting the elderly in communities impacted by last year’s flash floods.
Chinese Investors Speed Up SEZ Development
A group of Chinese investors have invested at least 10 billion yuan to speed up developing the infrastructure of the Boten Specific Economic Zone (SEZ) in Luang Namtha Province, northern Laos.
Laos urged to address dam project impacts
Calls on Lao PDR to make every necessary effort to address and mitigate potential adverse cross-border impacts of the project.
World Bank reaffirms support for Lao green growth initiative
Vision laid out will be key to ensuring that economic growth is more broad-based and does not come at the expense of the Lao PDR’s natural resources.