Category: Laos

The Last Days of Laos’ Beautiful Luang Prabang, concerns on construction on the Luang Prabang dam site UNESCO experts insist that a huge dam would destroy the “authenticity and integrity” of the World Heritage Site in Laos. By Tom Fawthrop The ancient citadel of Luang Prabang, hidden away in the mountains of northern Laos, has […]

Excavation of Thailand’s longest railway tunnel has begun on Den Chai – Chiang Rai – Chiang Khong railway line Richard Barrow’s Thai Train Guide Excavation of what will be Thailand’s longest tunnel has officially begun in northern Thailand. The 6.2 kilometre long tunnel is part of the Den Chai to Chiang Khong railway that is […]

Southeast Asia’s largest wind power plant to be built in southern Laos’ Sekong and Attapeu provinces The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Monsoon Wind Power Company Limited has signed a 692.55-million-U.S. dollar loan agreement to build a wind power plant in Laos. Comprising 133 wind turbines with a capacity of 600 MW, the Monsoon Wind […]

Luang Prabang Mekong hydropower plant in Laos to be completed in 2030 A hydropower plant under construction on the Mekong River in northern Laos’ Luang Prabang province is expected to be completed and able to generate electricity in 2030. Construction of the 1,460 MW hydropower project began at the start of 2020. The concrete dam […]

China-Laos-Thailand rail link plans up for talks Thailand and Laos are in talks about the potential of a China-Laos-Thailand railway link which could reduce cargo transport costs by 30%-50% in three to five years, said the Department of Rail Transport (DRT) on Saturday. Athipu Chitranukroh, deputy director-general of the DRT and Kitjaluck Srinuchsart, deputy director-general […]

5th Thai-Lao bridge opens next year connecting Thailand’s Bueng Kan with Laos’ Bolikhamxai The fifth Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge is set to open early next year which should help boost Bueng Kan’s economic prospects, says the government. The mid-section of the bridge, the last jigsaw piece of the construction, is expected to be completed in the […]

Preliminary construction underway on Luang Prabang Dam, minus key steps yet to be completed Construction work – including the paving of access roads and clearing of a building site – has begun on the Luang Prabang hydropower dam on the Mekong River in Laos, despite an acknowledgment by Lao officials that several key steps in […]

Thai-Chinese high-speed railway project seeking Bht300bn extra New budget needs Thai cabinet approval The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) plans to invest another 300 billion baht for the second phase of the Thai-Chinese high-speed railway project. An SRT source said the blueprint of the 356-kilometre section of the second phase of the project, stretching from […]