Land

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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

The Lao government highly valued the assistance of the Norwegian government and people to the development of Laos, especially in the clearance of unexploded ordnance (UXO) which was a serious obstacle to the country’s development.High-ranking officials from the Lao government made the assessment upon receiving ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The government requires an additional US$4.5 million this year to effectively carry out unexploded ordnance (UXO) operations including mine surveys and clearance along with risk education and victim assistance.The information was reported on Friday during the Lao National Unexploded Ordnance Programme (UXO ...

Vientiane authorities have frozen land sales and transfers in Dongdok village and surrounding areas after the National University of Laos filed a claim stating that it had the legal right to own and regulate the area.Director of the Vientiane Natural Resources and Environment Department, Mr ...

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 ...

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 ...

Concessions of land made by the government of Laos to Chinese banana farms are leaving villagers in one northern district without enough land of their own to feed their families, sources in the communist Southeast Asian country say.In the Beng district of Oudomxay province in ...

The government has given the green light for state agencies to revoke land concession licences held by investors who fail to develop state land in accordance with agreements. Speaking at a press conference at the end of the cabinet’s monthly meeting on Wednesday, government spokesperson Dr ...