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Lao Government to Renegotiate Hydropower Deals Amid Public Outcry Over Electricity Prices

The Lao government has announced plans to renegotiate electricity purchasing agreements with hydropower companies in response to growing public anger over rising power bills.  This decision comes after widespread backlash following the introduction of a new tiered electricity pricing system set to take effect from 2025 to 2029.  The revised pricing,...

Vientiane Steps Up Efforts to Re-pay Longstanding Public Investment Debts

Vientiane Capital has reaffirmed its commitment to settling longstanding public investment debts, starting with...

Laos Wind Farm to Begin Full Operation in Late August, Says Sekong’s Deputy Governor

Commercial operations of the Monsoon Wind Project, Laos’s first and Southeast Asia’s largest onshore...

US Deports 5 Migrants Convicted of Crime, Including one from Laos, to Eswatini

AFP - The Trump administration on 16 July announced the third-country deportation from the...

New Official Titles Announced for Provincial, District Leadership

On 14 July, the Party Central Committee’s Organising Bureau announced updated official titles for...

Lao Government to Renegotiate Hydropower Deals Amid Public Outcry Over Electricity Prices

The Lao government has announced plans to renegotiate electricity purchasing agreements with hydropower companies in response to growing public anger over rising power bills.  This...

Vientiane Steps Up Efforts to Re-pay Longstanding Public Investment Debts

Vientiane Capital has reaffirmed its commitment to settling longstanding public investment debts, starting with those incurred before 2015, which currently total LAK 307.92 billion...

Laos Wind Farm to Begin Full Operation in Late August, Says Sekong’s Deputy Governor

Commercial operations of the Monsoon Wind Project, Laos’s first and Southeast Asia’s largest onshore wind farm, are expected to begin by late August or...

US Deports 5 Migrants Convicted of Crime, Including one from Laos, to Eswatini

AFP - The Trump administration on 16 July announced the third-country deportation from the United States of five "criminal illegal aliens" to the small...

New Official Titles Announced for Provincial, District Leadership

On 14 July, the Party Central Committee’s Organising Bureau announced updated official titles for positions within the Party and state administrative systems at the...

Vietnam Jails 30 People for Graft Worth USD 45 Million

A court in Vietnam on 11 July jailed 30 people including several former senior officials over graft that cost the state USD 45 million,...