Laos’ state-run electricity corporation this month entered into a power grid sharing agreement with a Chinese state-run firm, ceding majority control in a tie-up the government says was necessary to …
Laos’ Champasak to place greater focus on agricultural production
Champasak provincial authorities have pledged to promote and strengthen agricultural production to take advantage of growing domestic demand in Laos as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak. Provincial …
Domestic tourists sustain Laos tourism industry
Although domestic travel has not grown as anticipated and cannot make up for the loss of foreign tourists, spending by local visitors is helping to keep the industry afloat.
Chinese firm to run Laos electric grid amid default warnings
The poor, small Southeast Asian country of Laos is set to cede majority control of its electric grid to a Chinese company, as it struggles to stave off a potential debt default, people with direct …
Chinese firm ‘to take majority control’ of Laos’ electric grid amid belt and road-linked debt default fears
Laos has spent heavily on China-financed hydroelectric schemes with the aim of becoming ‘The Battery of Southeast Asia’. But those projects, along with a new Chinese high speed railway, are at the …
EXCLUSIVE-Taking power: Chinese firm to run Laos electric grid amid default warnings
The poor, small Southeast Asian country of Laos is set to cede majority control of its electric grid to a Chinese company, as it struggles to stave off a potential debt default, people with direct …
Laos tests over 40,000 people for Covid-19 since January
A total of 40,356 people in Laos have received Covid-19 (coronavirus) tests since January, according to a report from the Lao Ministry of Health.
NCLT approves striking off IL&FS entity IIPL Laos
Due to non-receipt of regulatory approvals, the project work did not materialise and hence IIPL Laos has not commenced any business since its inception and there are no operations in the company.
Domestic tourism up but Laos feels loss in foreign visitors
While domestic travel is on the rise following government efforts to reduce the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on tourism-related businesses, the upturn is unlikely to offset the complete absence of …
Feature: Laos kicks off new school year amid effective COVID-19 control
Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith made the call in an address on Tuesday to the country, education administrators, teachers, and children at the start of the new academic year. He highlighted the …