Environment and natural resources

Forests and forestry

Vietnam, Laos step up collaboration in forestry law enforcement

Ha Tinh (VNA) – Representatives from the Vietnam Administration of Forestry (VNFOREST) and the Lao Department of Forestry Inspection (DOFI) sat down in the central province of Ha Tinh on October 30 to review their cooperation in forestry law enforcement.Vietnam and Laos share a borderline spanning ...

VNA editor

First-In-Laos Pulp Manufacturer Launches Trial Operation

(KPL) Sun Paper Holding Laos, the first pulp manufacturer in the Lao PDR, has launched three-month trial operation following ten years of conducting feasibility study, farming eucalyptus and building a pulp factory. Our company has invested 432 million US dollars in building this pulp factory ...

KPL

World Population Day marked amid nation’s progress 

The Ministry of Planning and Investment and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to Laos yesterday held a joint workshop to celebrate the World Population Day 2018. This year, the celebration of World Population Day with the theme “Family Planning for everyone”, sees more people exercise ...

Vientiane Times

MRC, JICA Launch Study On Mekong Forest Conservation For Better Basin Management

(KPL) The Mekong River Commission (MRC) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) have launched a joint study on forest conservation and river basin management in the lower Mekong basin as part of their effort to better manage and conserve the environmental health of the basin.More ...

KPL

Champassak extends dolphin conservation zone

Authorities and residents of Champassak province, especially those living in Hang Sadam and Hang Khon villages, Khong district, recently agreed to extend the conservation zone of the Mekong Dolphin, making it seven times larger. The move has been taken in a bid to conserve the ...

Vientiane Times

Forestry company marks Arbor Day with new plantation

The Burapha Agro-Forestry Company last week planted eucalyptus, acacia, sindora and dalbergia trees as a pilot mixture tree garden to mark National Arbor Day. The 18-hectare pilot plantation is being established in Saen-oudom village, Xaythany district, Vientiane, with the aim of preserving the environment and ...

Vientiane Times

Govt announces 268-hectare botanical conservation area

The government has announced the establishment of the Huaynhang forestry conservation area in Dongmakkhai village, Xaythany district, Vientiane, with the aim of creating a protected forest area free from encroachment.A ceremony to officially announce the 268-hectare Dongmakkhai Botanical Garden took place in the village on ...

Vientiane Times

Govt targets young people in tree planting programme

President Bounnhang Vorachit, along with high ranking officials and children, yesterday planted tree saplings in support of the government’s goal to highlight the importance of forestry protection among young people. Trees were planted at the new Young Pioneers Palace and Youth Museum in Dongmakkhai village, ...

Vientiane Times

Thousand of sawmills closed, hundreds of wrongdoers penalised: PM

Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith told the National Assembly (NA) yesterday that 1,545 small-scale wood processing plants and businesses that had been operating illegally had been shut down nationwide. Some 702 people were found to be involved in the illegal operation of the plants and businesses ...

Souksakhone Vaenkeo

Attapeu police seize 2 tonnes of illegally harvested timber

Attapeu provincial police on Monday stopped a bus driven by a Vietnamese national passing through the Phoukeua international checkpoint into Vietnam, and confiscated a large amount of illegally harvested timber that was hidden inside the bus.More ...

Vientiane Times

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