Laos News
Image Credit: Flickr / Prince Roy Laos’ parliament has approved the concession agreement for a controversial dam project, with construction expected to begin before the end of 2015, media sources reported earlier this week. As I wrote in a previous piece for The Diplomat, the proposed 260-megawatt Don Sahong hydropower project is critical part of […]
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Ceremonies Sunday broke ground on the 640 million baht second Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge, linking Mae Sot and Myawaddy, and scheduled to be completed in 2017. Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak and Myanmar Vice President U Nyan Tun said the bridge will begin a new era of bilateral ties. (Post Today photo) A groundbreaking ceremony was […]
Continue ReadingMAE SOT – A groundbreaking ceremony was held on Sunday for the second Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge that will play a key role in the East-West Economic Corridor traversing continental Southeast Asia. The ceremony for the bridge linking the Myanmar border town of Myawaddy and the Thai town of Mae Sot was attended by government leaders […]
Continue ReadingIn its push for coal-fired mega-projects, the government risks turning its back on sufficiency-economy thinking and the need for ‘clean’ energy We are in the countdown to the United Nations Climate Change Conference, to be held in Paris from November 30 to December 11. This is the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties […]
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Mega Home Center Co, operator of the home and construction materials chain, expects the market to slow down as seasonal negative factors such as rain and floods have hurt the construction sector, especially in rural areas. Chief operating officer Supornsri Naktanasukan said sales and construction normally decreased during the rainy season, However, this year the sector […]
Continue ReadingTHAI renewable company Impact Energy Asia (IEA) plans to build the largest wind farm in Asean – and generate 600 megawatts on 400,000 rai in southern Laos – under an agreement signed by the Lao government and the company on Friday. “Called Monsoon Wind Farm, the US$1.5 billion [Bt50 billion] farm will be located near […]
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Transport Minister Prajin Juntong predicts the Chinese-Lao-Thai railway link will be completed within 2020. (Photo by Pattarapong Chatpattarasill) Transport Minister Prajin Juntong expects the double-track railway linking southern China, Laos and central Thailand will be completed within five years. The minister discussed the transnational railway project with Lao authorities in Bangkok on Monday. After the […]
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Laos hopes a railway between Vietnam and Thailand and another connecting Thailand and China will help drive socio-economic development in the impoverished country. Laos and China will jointly build a bridge linking the Southeast Asian nation with northeastern Thailand as part of a U.S. $7.2 billion high-speed railway project that has been delayed by numerous […]
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A group of Thai and Lao business people have announced a plan to spend 10 billion baht to develop a large shopping and hotel complex in Vientiane in order to cash in on opportunities arising from the coming Asean Economic Community. The massive complex on 200 rai has the support of the Lao government, which […]
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Although a bit trite with repetition, no saying better encapsulates the major obstacle facing Laos than “geography is destiny”. The only landlocked country in Southeast Asia, Laos is wedged between the vast rivers and expansive mountain ranges that demarcate its natural borders with China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar and Thailand. Because of its lack of access […]
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