Category: Laos

Protests against Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand’s purchase of electricity from Laos’ Luang Prabang dam A network of civil society groups in eight provinces of Thailand, through which the Mekong River flows, has submitted a petition to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha expressing their concerns over the planned signing of Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), between the […]

Laos Raises Minimum Wage On June 13, 2022, Laos’ Prime Minister’s Office issued Notification No. 829/PMO modifying the country’s minimum monthly wage. The notification calls for two increases over the next 11 months. The first increase will occur on August 1, 2022, when the minimum monthly wage will become LAK 1,200,000 (approx. USD 81). The […]

Laos mega hydropower US$760 million project Nam Ngum 4 now 90% complete The Nam Ngum 4 mega hydropower project in Xieng Khouang province is now 90% complete, valued at over US$760 million, reports Laotian Times. KPL reports that Xieng Khouang vice-governor, Bouangneun Houmayaphom, made an inspection visit of the hydropower installation in early May. During […]

Fifth Lao-Thai Friendship Bridge connecting Thailand’s Bueng Kan province to Laos’ Borikhamxay province over 30% complete Construction of the fifth Lao-Thai Friendship Bridge linking Borikhamxay province to Bueng Kan province in Thailand across the Mekong River is now 32 per cent complete. The project consists of two components: the first concerns the construction of the […]

Laos’ Bokeo international airport now 75 per cent complete Construction of an international airport in Tonpheung district, Bokeo province, is now 75 per cent complete, with the facility expected to open for domestic use by the end of this year and for international travel soon afterwards. The new airport is being built to handle an […]

Thailand’s CK Power to build hydropower plant near Luang Prabang on Mekong River in northern Laos CK Power Plc (CKP), the power generation arm of construction firm CH Karnchang Plc, expects to start building a new hydropower plant near Luang Prabang on the Mekong River in northern Laos as it joins the global trend of […]

Thai Cabinet notes development of Friendship Bridge 5, engineers to create a temporary crossing Government house deputy spokeswoman Traisuree told Thai Rath that a cabinet meeting discussed the ongoing work to build a bridge between Thailand and Laos. This one will be between Bung Kan province and Bolikhamsai on the Laotian side. In order to […]

China’s Envision turbines picked for 600-MW wind project in Sekong and Attapeu provinces in Southern Laos Turbines made by Chinese greentech company Envision Group will be powering the 600-MW Monsoon wind project in Laos, which is set to create the largest wind park in the ASEAN region and supply power to Vietnam. Envision Group announced […]

Huge development project underway in Siphandone in southern Laos Khong district, an island situated in the Mekong River in Champassak Province in the south of Laos is part of the area known as Siphandone (Si Phan Don), meaning Four Thousand Islands, and has long been popular with visitors for its laid-back bucolic feel. Siphandone is […]