Thailand’s energy authority plans to add Singapore to its regional energy grid by 2023, along with Cambodia and Myanmar, said Kulit Sombatsiri, permanent secretary for energy. The move follows the success of a Laos-Thailand-Malaysia deal, in which Thailand buys electricity from hydroelectric power plants in Laos ...

Unseasonal drought, floods and the negative impact of hydropower projects on the Mekong River’s ecology were major concerns raised by residents of northeastern provinces at a public hearing on the Luang Prabang Dam on Tuesday. Pradap Klatkhemphet, deputy secretary-general of the Office of the National Water ...

Just over a week ago, many people in Thailand, particularly those in highrises, were thrown into panic when their buildings were swaying. They didn’t know at the time that a strong earthquake had just hit inside Lao borders near Nan’s district of Chaloem Phrakiat. The shallow ...

Infrastructure development under the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) model is taking shape in Laos as the government requires huge capital investment to improve road networks and other facilities. Lao economists have supported the initiative, saying that with the government’s limited funding, it’s critical to encourage the involvement ...

Citizens from eight Thai provinces along the Mekong River are suing state agencies because they claim there was inadequate public participation in planning for the Pak Beng hydropower dam, which is being built by Laos.The Thai Network of Eight Mekong Provinces filed a lawsuit in ...

The Mekong is one of the world’s great rivers — a 5,000-kilometer waterway threading from China through Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam.  However, dams have subverted the ecosystem, bringing drought during the monsoon season and high waters when it should be dry. That has forever changed ...

ແຜນການ​ຂອງໂຄງການ​ດັ່ງກ່າວໄດ້​ສຳ​ເລັດ​ໃນ​ວັນ​ທີ 25 ກໍລະກົດ​ນີ້ ພາຍຫຼັງການປຶກສາຫາລືເປັນເວລາ 45 ວັນ​ຂອງ​ລັດຖະບານ​ ແລະ ​ຜູ້​ຮັບ​ເໝົາ. ໂຮງແຮມ Mekong Intercontinental ເປັນໜຶ່ງໃນໂຄງການ ຄາດວ່າຈະເປັນໂຮງແຮມທີ່ສູງທີ່ສຸດໃນປະເທດລາວ. ​ໂຄງການ​ອື່ນໆ​ກ່ຽວ​ກັບ​ການ​ກໍ່ສ້າງ​ສາງ​ສິນຄ້າ​ຂະໜາດ​ໃຫຍ່. ການກໍ່ສ້າງສາງເກັບມ້ຽນແຫ່ງໃໝ່ໃນເນື້ອທີ່ 120,000 ຕາແມັດ ໄດ້ເລີ່ມຂຶ້ນໃນມື້ດຽວກັນກັບການກໍ່ສ້າງຂອງໂຮງແຮມ. ຄາດ​ວ່າ​ສາງ​ດັ່ງກ່າວ​ຈະ​ປັບປຸງ​ລະບົບ​ຂົນ​ສົ່ງ​ສິນຄ້າ​ລະຫວ່າງ​ໄທ, ກຳປູ​ເຈຍ, ຈີນ ​ແລະ ລາວ. ໂຄງການ​ກໍ່ສ້າງ​ເຂດ​ເສດຖະກິດ​ພິ​ເສດ​ສີ​ທັນ​ດອນ​ໄລຍະ​ທຳ​ອິດ​ໄດ້​ເລີ່​ມ​ແຕ່​ປີ 2018 ​ແລະ ຄາດ​ວ່າ​ຈະ​ສຳ​ເລັດ​ໃນ​ປີ 2025. ອ່ານເພິ່ມເຕີມ ...

Representatives of Cambodia, Laos and Việt Nam have agreed to assign Việt Nam to devise an action plan for effectively implementing the Agreement on Trade Promotion and Facilitation in the CLV Development Triangle Area, signed in 2016 in Siem Reap, Cambodia. This is one of the important ...

The Mekong River Commission Tuesday acknowledged that climate change played a role in this year’s widely varying water levels on the Mekong, but said that dam construction was the main culprit in sharp water level increases and decreases, emphasizing a need for data-sharing between countries. The ...

(ຂປລ) ເຈົ້າໜ້າທີ່ແຂວງໄຊຍະບູລີ ແລະ ອົງການກອງທຶນອະນຸລັກທຳມະຊາດໂລກປະຈຳລາວ  (WWF-Laos) ຮ່ວມປະຊຸມທີ່ເມືອງພຽງທາງພາກເໜືອຂອງແຂວງໄຊຍະບູລີ ເພື່ອວາງແຜນກິດຈະກຳການນຳໃຊ້ທີ່ດິນພາຍໃນບ້ານນາແວນ ເຊິ່ງຈະດຳເນີນໄປຕະຫຼອດເດືອນພະຈິກປີນີ້.ອ່ານຕໍ່ ...

ຈັກຂຸແພດຈະໃຫ້ບໍລິການຜ່າຕັດຕໍ້ກະຈົກແບບບໍ່ເສຍຄ່າທີ່ວຽງຈັນແຕ່ວັນທີ 20-25 ສິງຫານີ້ ເພື່ອຊ່ວຍເຫຼືອປະຊາຊົນຜູ້ທຸກຍາກໃຫ້ກັບມາເບິ່ງເຫັນ.ອ່ານຕໍ່ ...

ເຈົ້າໜ້າທີ່ລັດ ລາວ-ໄທ ສ້າງຄະນະກຳມະການເພື່ອກ່ຽວກັບກົດລະບຽບໃນການເປີດດ່ານຊາຍແດນອີກເທື່ອໜຶ່ງ. “ບາດກ້າວທຳອິດກໍຈະເຮັດໃນລັກສະນະເປີດໜຶ່ງວັນຢູ່ດ່ານຂ້າງລະຫວ່າງໜອງຄາຍ, ອຸດອນທານີ ແລະ ນະຄອນຫຼວງວຽງຈັນ” ກ່າວໂດຍຫົວໜ້າກົມກິດຈະການອາຊຽນຕາເວັນອອກຂອງໄທ.ອ່ານເພິ່ມເຕີມ ...

We, Thai Mekong People’s Network from Eight Provinces, declare our position from the Dialogue with Datang (Lao) Pak Beng Hydropower Co. Ltd. We demand an integrated assessment of the Mekong dam cascade, including Xayaburi, Sanakham, Pak Beng and Don Sahong Dams. We support a Dialogue ...

Amidst the spreading of the Coronavirus 2019 in every corner of the world, the government in each country, as well as the departments, organizations, and other related parties are vigorously collaborating in solving the problem with a hope of surviving the disaster that is impacting ...

Although Vietnam has some of the world’s most stringent drug laws — those convicted of possessing or smuggling more than 600 grams of heroin or more than 2.5 kilograms of methamphetamine face death – the country has also been facing the existence of a key smuggling ...

Climate change, drought, and development have devastated Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake, which feeds millions across Southeast Asia[]Governments along the Mekong insist dams are necessary to supply electricity to growing populations and industries. The costs are steep. One model, carried out by a team from Stanford ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 8 proposed a joint task force on connectivity to work on extension of India-Myanmar-Thailand trilateral highway to Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, while also proposing to enhance the ASEAN-India Fund with an additional grant of US $ 50 million.  Speaking at ...

The 7th Mekong River Commission (MRC) Regional Stakeholder Forum was held in Lao capital Vientiane over Monday and Tuesday, with participants discussing urgent issues facing the Mekong region, the Secretariat of the MRC has said. Attending the two-day event were 180 representatives from Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, ...

ຂໍເຊີນຊວນບັນດາທ່ານ ເຂົ້າຮ່ວມຮັບຟັງການແບ່ງປັນປະສົບການ  ຈາກແມ່ຍິງທີ່ເປັນແຮງບັນດານໃຈຜູ້ທີ່ເຮັດວຽກໃນຂະແໜງການສັງຄົມ ແລະ ການພັດທະນາ ໃນ ສປປ ລາວ. ພວກເຂົາຈະເລົ່າເຖິງປະສົບການໃນການເລືອກສາຍອາຊີບຂອງຕົນ ອຸປະສັກທີ່ພວກເຂົາໄດ້ປະເຊີນຜ່ານມາ ແລະ ສິ່ງສໍາຄັນອີກຢ່າງໜື່ງກໍຄື ວິທີການທີ່ລົ້ມເຫລວ “ເພາະນັ້ນໝາຍເຖິງການຮຽນຮູ້ວິທີການເພື່ອປະສົບຜົນສໍາເລັດທີ່ດີກວ່າ.”ການສົນທະນາຄັ້ງນີ້ ມີແຂກຮັບເຊີນຫຼາຍທ່ານທີ່ເປັນຜູ້ຊ່ຽວຊານດ້ານບົດບາດຍິງຊາຍ ແລະ ການສົ່ງເສີມການມີສ່ວນຮ່ວມຂອງຄົນທີ່ມີຄວາມພິການ ເພາະສະນັ້ນຂໍເຊີນທ່ານເຂົ້າຮ່ວມງານຂອງພວກເຮົາ ພ້ອມກຽມຄໍາຖາມເພື່ອຖາມແຂກຮັບເຊີນ ແລະ ຫຼັງຈາກນັ້ນຖືໂອກາດນີ້ສ້າງເຄືອຂ່າຍກັບບັນດາຜູ້ເຂົ້າຮ່ວມໃນງານ.  ວັນທີ: 7 ພຶດສະພາ 2022 ເວລາ: 4:30 – 6:00 ຕອນແລງ ສະຖານທີ: ສະຖາບັນຝຣັ່ງ, ນະຄອນຫຼວງວຽງຈັນ ທ່ານສາມາດຮ່ວມຮັບຟັງການສົນທະນາໄດ້ຜ່ານ ການ Live ສົດ ຢູ່ Facebook  ແລະ ຜ່ານເພຈວິທະຍຸ Lao Youth Radio   ...

Logistics company JWD InfoLogistics says it has adopted a business plan to increase revenues from its recent investments in ASEAN markets, such as in warehouses in Laos, Myanmar and Cambodia. The plan for 2017 aims for a minimum seven percent revenue growth. Recent investments in ...