Laos News
attaLaos Dam Collapse – In Laos, a Boom, and Then, ‘The Water Is Coming!’ 25 July 2018 PAKSONG, Laos — Petchinda Chantamart first heard what sounded like a bomb going off a few miles away. Then came a curious noise, like a strong wind. She knew instinctively what it meant: One of the new dams […]
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Billions Earmarked For Isaan Airports 24 July 2018 During a visit to the northeastern province of Ubon Ratchathani, the interim cabinet of Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha approved spending over 2 billion baht to expand the airport there and endorsed other projects, an aviation official said Tuesday. After meeting to discuss the social and economic development of […]
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The great rail dilemma – Laos having regrets as China’s grand Pan-Asia railway dream sours 22 July 2018 Being erected along green fields in the outback of Vientiane, where Lao farmers still busily grow rice, are a great number of meticulously situated colossal concrete columns waiting to support a high-speed railway which will connect China […]
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EGATi seeks Myanmar power plants Aiming to join forces with local operators to alleviate country’s supply shortfall 21 Jul 2018 Egat International Co (EGATi), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) is in talks with local operators to construct small gas-fired power plants in Myanmar. The company is seeking at […]
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Mukdahan airport study to cost Bt6 million The Airports Department will spend Bt6 million to conduct a feasibility study for building an international airport in the northeastern province of Mukdahan. If built, the new Mukdahan airport would become Thailand’s 30th international airport, said Darun Saengchai, department director-general. Planning for a feasibility study began after Transport […]
Continue ReadingPoyry wins contract for work on 54-MW Nam Kong 3 hydro plant in Laos 9 July 2018 Consulting and engineering company Poyry has won a contract for work on a 54 MW hydropower plant which is under construction in Laos. The Nam Kong 3 plant will be located in Attapue and is being built by […]
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Piers of China-Laos railway bridge rise above Mekong River 10 July 2018 The China Railway No.8 Engineering Group (CREC-8), in charge of the construction of the third section of the China-Laos Railway, said on Tuesday that it has built all the piers of the Ban Ladhan railway bridge over Mekong River above the flood level. […]
Continue ReadingPöyry awarded with owner’s engineering services assignment for Nam Kong 3 Hydro Power Plant in Laos 9 July 2018 The Chaleun Sekong Energy Co Ltd (CSE) has awarded Pöyry with the owner’s engineering services assignment for the Nam Kong 3 Hydro Power Plant (NK3 HPP) project located in Attapue, Laos. The 54 MW green fields […]
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Chinese engineering firm completes main construction work of Laos’ longest bridge 15 June 2018 China Railway No. 2 Engineering Group (CREC-2) has completed the main construction work of the longest bridge along the China-Laos railway which is also the longest-ever bridge in Laos. Zeng Fanbing, the superintendent from the CREC-2 in charge of the construction […]
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Proposed Lao dam ‘a threat to Thailand’ 16 June 2018 Critics worry about the impact on northeast from Mekong projects. A NEW HYDROPOWER dam project on the mainstream Mekong River in Laos has been proposed to the Mekong River Commission Secretariat (MRCS), despite concerns over transboundary environmental impacts from the dam and ineffectiveness of the […]
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