Category: Laos

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 […]

Laos touted as hidden gem for land developers Laos is fast emerging as a land of opportunity for land developers, ahead of a highly anticipated launch of a new high-speed train connecting the Southeast Asian country with China this week. The Thatluang Lake Special Economic Zone, the only economic zone in the capital city of […]

Calls to speed up Thailand’s rail link to Laos-China line The government is being advised to speed up the development of a rail network linking Thailand’s rail system with the Laos-China Railway, which connects Kunming in China’s Yunnan province with Vientiane — the capital of Laos. Danucha Pichayanan, secretary-general of the National Economic and Social […]

Laos hopes for economic boost from its new Chinese-built railway A new $6 billion Chinese-built railway line opens in Laos this week, bringing hopes of an economic boost to the reclusive nation, but experts are questioning the benefits of a project that has seen thousands of farmers evicted from their land. The 414-kilometre route, due […]

Laos to construct first university hospital, in Vientiane Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH) of the Republic of Korea has agreed to advise the Ministry of Health on the construction of a hospital under the University of Health Sciences (UHS-Laos). The hospital would be the first to be attached to a Lao university. Its function would […]

Thailand rejects concerns over Lao hydroelectric projects Authorities press ahead with decision to import power despite dire warnings by environmentalists Thailand’s government has shrugged off concerns voiced by environmentalist groups and agreed to import electricity from several controversial hydroelectric projects on the Mekong River in neighboring Laos. The Thai National Energy Policy Committee decided this […]

Innosea to support owner’s engineer team as technical advisor for major floating solar project at Nam Theun 2, Laos Innosea has joined the owner’s engineer team as technical advisor for one of the world’s largest floating solar photovoltaic (FPV) projects, to be built at the Nam Theun 2 hydropower plant reservoir, Laos. The FPV project […]