Category: Laos

Lao Xe Pian Xe Namnoy dam collapse survivors still wait for new homes amid construction delays Too few carpenters and masons are employed on the project, and many are not being paid. Some of the 700 permanent homes being built for flood survivors in Sanamxay district, Attapeu province, in Laos are shown in a photo […]

Lack of data stalls Lao’s newest run-of-river Sanakham Dam on the Mekong river Thailand concerned over impact of Lao hydropower project READ ALSO: Nail In Coffin For Sanakham Dam On The Mekong River In Laos? Thailand has yet to start a stage of Procedures for Notification, Prior Consultation and Agreements (PNPCA) for Lao’s newest run-of-river […]

Asian Development Bank to loan 22-billion-baht to develop the Monsoon Wind project in Laos Will be the electricity-generating facility with the largest capacity in Southeast Asia BCPG Plc, the renewable energy arm of mostly state-owned Bangchak Corporation Plc, has selected Asian Development Bank (ADB) to arrange a new 22-billion-baht loan to develop the Monsoon Wind […]

Thailand’s CKPower leads hydroelectric & clean energy CKPower reinforces its leadership in hydroelectric power plants and clean energy with world-class ISO certification Two companies under CK Power Public Company Limited (CKPower), stock symbol “CKP”, namely Xayaburi Power Company Limited (XPCL), the operator of the Xayaburi Hydroelectric Power Plant, and Nam Ngum 2 Power Company Limited […]

Construction of fifth Lao-Thai Mekong bridge connecting Laos’ Borikhamxay province to Thailand’s Bueng Kan province is 23% complete The bridge is expected to be fully complete in 2024 SEE ALSO: Construction Begins On Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge Linking Laos And Thailand Across The Mekong River VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/Asia News Network): Work on the fifth Lao-Thai (Thai-Laos) […]

Laos opens long-anticipated Thanaleng Dry Port (TDP) and Vientiane Logistics Park (VLP) in ‘land-link’ drive The grand opening of Laos’ long-anticipated Thanaleng Dry Port (TDP) and Vientiane Logistics Park (VLP) took place on 04 December 2021, marking the start of streamlined services to facilitate and cut the cost of transport and related expenditure. Prime Minister […]

Maiden voyage completed on new $6bn China-Laos railway The first train to travel the 422km China-Laos railway pulled into the Lao capital Vientiane Saturday night hauling 50 containers of dicalcium phosphate, used for animal feed, from China. It was sent back to make the roughly 7.5-hour journey to the China-Laos border south of Kunming, in […]

Thailand’s opposition party Pheu Thai take swipe at Thai Government for lagging behind Laos in development of High Speed Rail Comparing Thailand unfavorable to its impoverished neighbor Laos always gets a rise out of the Thai population. This is exactly what the opposition Pheu Thai party did after the opening of the China – Laos […]

S.E. Asian countries want high-speed rail, but wary of Chinese influence Southeast Asian countries are increasingly wary of China’s efforts to expand its influence by participating in railway network projects in the region. On Friday, a high-speed railway connecting China and Laos, a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, was officially opened. Chinese President Xi Jinping […]

China-Laos railway begins with limited service on on Friday 03 December 2021 Southeast Asia’s first high-speed link to stop at Chinese border for now The China-Laos high-speed railway kicked off operations on Friday, and although the first passenger run will be made through Laos on Saturday, it remains unknown when cross-border service between the countries […]