The USD 5 billion Luang Prabang hydropower dam on the Mekong River remains on track to begin generating electricity in 2030, with construction now more than 72 percent complete, Lao and Thai officials said following a high-level site visit on 18 July.
The project is one of several major dams...
Laos has formalized a build-operate-transfer (BOT) concession for the 80-megawatt Xekaman 4 Hydropower Project in Sekong province, with all electricity generated designated for export...
Attapeu province has granted six private companies permission to develop a durian plantation spanning more than 528 hectares in Sanamxay district.
The agreements, signed on...
Authorities in Vientiane Province have identified untreated wastewater from a pig farm as the primary cause behind the mass fish deaths reported along the...
Authorities in Phine district, Savannakhet, have taken action against illegal gold mining activities, destroying equipment on 11 May that had been linked to unauthorized...
Attapeu has launched an ambitious plan to restore over 8,800 hectares of forest in 2026, aiming to increase forest coverage and address growing environmental...
Lao authorities have concluded that wastewater released from a cassava starch factory in Salavanh province caused the recent mass fish deaths along the Xe...
