Category: Laos

Malaysia’s Kumpulan Powernet Bhd gets RM174mil mini-hydropower job in Laos Kumpulan Powernet Bhd has secured a second renewable energy project in Laos, as the group seeks to double its orderbook to RM2bil within the next one year. The company told Bursa Malaysia today that it was awarded a US$40.7mil (RM174.5mil) contract by Zhenghong Building Road […]

Bidding on Fifth Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge project scheduled for July 2020 Bridge to link Thailand’s Bueng Kan province with Laos’ Bolikhamsai province across Mekong River Bidding on the construction of the Fifth Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge project is scheduled in July with a winning contractor being scheduled to sign for it in August, confirmed government spokeswoman […]

JICA backs Laos’ Wattay International Airport upgrade The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Laos’ Department of Civil Aviation have reached an agreement on improving the Wattay International Airport, including the terminal and runway. JICA and the department, representing the Ministry of Public Works and Transport, signed the Record of Discussions on Wednesday to proceed […]

Laos’ Vientiane-Vangvieng expressway is 70% complete The construction of the 113.50km expressway linking Vientiane and Vangvieng is now over 70 per cent complete and authorities expect an official handover ceremony to take place at the end of this year. Head of the Management Committee of the Vientiane-Vangvieng expressway, Khattiyasack Chaiyavong, told Vientiane Times. “The project […]

Construction of Laos’ Bokeo-Xayaboury bridge passes halfway point A 505-metre bridge spanning the Mekong River between Paktha district in Bokeo province and Khop district in Xayaboury province and linking to Thailand is over 55 percent complete. The progress was reported when Deputy Minister of Public Works and Transport, Dr Viengsavath Siphandone and involved officials visited […]

Construction of Laos-China railway almost 90 percent complete Construction of the Laos-China railway was 89.43 percent complete as of the end of May with Lao authorities calling for the project developer to progress work according to plan. General Manager Xiao Qianwen of the Laos-China Railway Co., Ltd. (LCRC), a joint venture based in Vientiane in […]