Laos News
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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Mekong River Commission (MRC) agrees on timeframe for consultation on Sanakham dam The Mekong River Commission (MRC) has agreed on a timeframe for the prior consultation process for Sanakham hydropower project, one of Laos’ dams on the Mekong mainstream. According to a statement from the inter-governmental organisation of Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam, the prior […]
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B.Grimm Group, a major supporter of WWF Thailand helping save Thailand’s tigers In the wild, tigers play the role of apex predator. The biggest of the wild cats can roam almost 300 kilometres to find food and mates, and they very rarely come into contact with other tigers or people. Unfortunately, the number of wild […]
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Bangkok hotels face long road back Market was already showing signs of a slowdown in late 2019 before Covid-19 hit, reports Edmund Tie & Company The hotel market in Bangkok was already cooling down late last year, even before the Covid-19 pandemic left thousands of rooms empty, according to statistics compiled by the property services […]
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Laos’ Sanakam dam anger grows in neighbouring Thailand Nan province A conservation group has called for the scrapping of the Sanakam dam which is being built in Laos on the Mekong River two kilometres from Nan province. The group urged Laos and neighbouring countries to embrace more ecological friendly renewable energy projects such as solar […]
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Laos Government okays Singaporean-Lao feasibility study for clean thermal power plant in the southern province of Xekong A Singaporean firm joint-venturing with a Lao partner has agreed with the Lao government to conduct a feasibility study on the development of a clean thermal power plant in the southern province of Xekong. Evolution Power Investment Corporation […]
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RATCH-LAO Service provides Operation and Maintenance personnel for Nam Ngiep 1 Hydroelectric Power Plant enhancing skilled workforce in Lao PDR RATCH Group Public Company Limited disclosed that RATCH–LAO Service Company Limited (“RATCH-LAO Service”), its wholly-owned subsidiary, has entered into the Personnel Providing Services for Operation and Maintenance Services for Nam Ngiep 1 Hydropower Project, Lao […]
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nValid Precision Engineering seals PPA for 76-MW solar project in southern Lao province of Attapeu Renewables developer nValid Precision Engineering Pte Ltd has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Electricite du Laos (EdL) that will result in the construction of an up to 76-MWp solar power plant in Laos. This will be the first […]
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