Laos Takes Another Step Forward on Controversial Mekong Dam
The China-backed Pak Lay hydropower project is just one of nine dams that the Lao government has planned for the Mekong River.
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The Last Days of Beautiful Luang Prabang
UNESCO experts insist that a huge dam would destroy the “authenticity and integrity” of the World Heritage Site in Laos.
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Screaming for Mercy, All Along the Mekong
A conversation with the veteran British journalist and filmmaker Tom Fawthrop.
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What's Causing the Currency Crisis in Laos? – The Diplomat
Mounting foreign liabilities and thin foreign exchange reserves have left the nation of 7 million acutely vulnerable to global financial shocks.
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Laos Grants 25-Year Power Grid Concession to Chinese-Majority Firm
Advertisement Earlier this week, the government of Laos and a majority Chinese-owned company signed a 25-year concession agreement that allows the company to build and manage a large part of the country’s power grid. According to a report by Radio Free Asia’s Lao service, the company, Electricite du Laos Transmission Company Ltd. (EDLT), will invest $2 billion in the Lao power grid and will manage large parts of it for a period of 25 years, after which they will be ceded to the Lao government. EDLT was created last September as a joint venture between the state power company Electricite d...
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