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Lao Villagers Refuse to Yield Land for SEZ, Now Contend With Access Road
At least 140 families from eight villages in the Khong district of southwestern Laos’ Champasak province are refusing to sell their land or relocate to make way for a special economic zone planned for their area.Despite this, developers have begun the hasty construction of an ...
RFA’s Lao Service
Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) furthers support for Laos mapping project
SAVANNAKHET, Laos (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Lao government and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) have kicked off the Project for the Establishment of Geospatial Data Infrastructure and Capacity Building for Development of Special Economic Zones in Savannakhet province.The over 51 billion kip (US$6 million) mapping project in ...
Times Reporters
Chinese Investors Speed Up SEZ Development in Laos
(KPL) A group of Chinese investors have invested at least 10 billion yuan to speed up developing the infrastructure of the Boten Specific Economic Zone (SEZ) in Luang Namtha Province, northern Laos.“Boten Specific Economic Zone is adjacent to border town of Mohan in China’s Yunnan ...
KPL
Chinese Investors Scrambling to Buy Into Laos’ Boten SEZ Ahead of Railway
Laos’ Boten Specific Economic Zone (SEZ) is enjoying strong interest from Chinese investors as the Lao-China railway nears completion, but local villagers are fearful of the rapid change. They say that the development will be good for the Chinese, but not for the Laotians who ...
RFA’s Lao Service
Lao investor backs multi-million dollar project in Thakhaek SEZ
KHAMMUAN, Laos (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Jo Bounmy Group, a leading business conglomerate in Laos, has approved additional capital of US$500 million to build a trade and warehouse complex at the Thakhaek Specific Economic Zone (TSEZ) in Khammuan province.The company plans to build a trading complex ...
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Concession agreement signed for Vientiane Expressway Number 1 Project
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Vientiane authorities have authorised the Vientiane Expressway Number 1 Sole Company Ltd to build the Vientiane Expressway No 1 from the Thatluang Marsh Specific Economic Zone to Dongmakkhai over a distance of 15.30 km.The agreement for the build-operate-transfer (BOT) concession was ...
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Saysettha Development Zone aiming to register 20 companies by 2020
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Saysettha Development Zone (SDZ) in Vientiane will encourage more companies to invest in the complex, which now needs thousands of workers for the companies already present.“The zone will encourage more than 20 companies to invest in the SDZ by next ...
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Solar power on the cards for Thakhaek specific economic zone of Laos
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Lao authorities have given the go-ahead for a Chinese company to conduct surveys with a view to building a solar power plant at the Thakhaek Specific Economic Zone in Khammuan province.Total investment in the project is more than 385 billion kip ...
Keoviengkhone Bounviseth
Solar power farm to power Laos' Thakhaek SEZ
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – A foreign company will build a solar power farm on 54.2 hectares of land in the Thakhaek Specific Economic Zone (SEZ) in Khammuan province.A project development agreement was signed between the Executive Board of the Thakhaek Specific Economic Zone and Hainan ...
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SEZ import-export value hits US$679m in 2018
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The value of imports and exports from special and specific economic zones (SEZs) in Laos reached around US$679 million in 2018.The value of imports topped US$430 million, while the value of exports stood at US$249 million.More ...
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