Category: Laos

Laos’ heritage town of Luang Prabang needs preservation By Tom Fawthrop Few sites anywhere in Asia can match the charm and cultural importance of Luang Prabang, the old royal capital of Laos situated on the Mekong River. With a legacy dating back some 800 years, the town and its verdant riverside surroundings were inscribed as […]

Fifth Mekong river bridge linking Laos’ Borikhamxay province to Thailand’ Bueng Kan province now 72% complete The fifth Lao-Thai Friendship Bridge, linking Borikhamxay province to Bueng Kan province in Thailand across the Mekong River, is now 72 per cent complete and is expected to be fully complete by the end of 2024. Work on the […]

Phase 2 of Lao-Thai railway completed Phase II of the Lao-Thai Railway Construction Project (Section II) has been fully completed and is ready to be opened for use by the public. An official in-charge of Phase II of the project told Vientiane Times that 100 per cent of the work has been completed. The railway […]

Construction kicks off at Southeast Asia’s largest wind farm Construction has been launched at the 600-MW Monsoon cross-border wind project in Laos Construction has been launched at the 600-MW Monsoon cross-border wind project in Laos, set to create Southeast Asia’s largest onshore wind turbine complex that will export electricity to Vietnam. A ground-breaking ceremony attended […]

BCPG plans to allocate 39 billion baht to fund domestic and overseas businesses and asset acquisitions BCPG is preparing to start the first-phase development of the 600MW Monsoon Wind Power project in southern Laos BCPG’s wind power facilities in Nakhon Si Thammarat. The company is pushing ahead with a plan to co-develop the 600MW Monsoon […]

Thai, Chinese backers sign power purchase agreement for Mekong River dam in Laos Agreement between China’s Sinohydro Corp., Thailand’s Gulf Energy Development Public Co., Ltd., and the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) The dam in northern Laos would be the third built on the river in the country. Thai and Chinese investors have signed […]

The Last Days of Laos’ Beautiful Luang Prabang, concerns on construction on the Luang Prabang dam site UNESCO experts insist that a huge dam would destroy the “authenticity and integrity” of the World Heritage Site in Laos. By Tom Fawthrop The ancient citadel of Luang Prabang, hidden away in the mountains of northern Laos, has […]

Excavation of Thailand’s longest railway tunnel has begun on Den Chai – Chiang Rai – Chiang Khong railway line Richard Barrow’s Thai Train Guide Excavation of what will be Thailand’s longest tunnel has officially begun in northern Thailand. The 6.2 kilometre long tunnel is part of the Den Chai to Chiang Khong railway that is […]

Southeast Asia’s largest wind power plant to be built in southern Laos’ Sekong and Attapeu provinces The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Monsoon Wind Power Company Limited has signed a 692.55-million-U.S. dollar loan agreement to build a wind power plant in Laos. Comprising 133 wind turbines with a capacity of 600 MW, the Monsoon Wind […]