Hydropower
China is largest investor in Laos with over $16 billion so far
China continues to be the largest foreign investor in Laos, having invested about $16.4 billion into 833 projects so far, Vientiane Times cited the...
Myanmar’s junta seeks hydropower investors
Myanmar’s junta, which came to power in a coup d’etat in February 2021 and has since had to deal with the problem of a...
Laos finalises regulations for intended new crypto industry
Southeast Asia’s small and impoverished nation of Laos has issued new regulations to govern cryptocurrency mining operations and trading platforms in the country after...
Laos eager to earn millions from cryptocurrency mining
The Laos government in its new drive to boost the cryptocurrency ecosystem in the country expects to earn no less than two trillion kip...
Laos allows crypto trading and mining in first trial phase
The Lao government has authorised six companies to trade and mine cryptocurrencies in a move seen as an attempt to benefit from the crackdown...
Laos’ big China-backed projects bring debt and hurt the poor: Expert
A United Nations human rights expert has urged
communist-ruled Laos to focus less on foreign-invested dam and railway
contracts...
Laos expects more private investment this year
The Communist Lao government expects domestic and foreign private investment to climb to 23,086 billion kip ($2.7 billion) in 2019 from around $2.36 billion...
Laos suspends new hydropower projects after dam break
The Lao government will suspend approval of new dams while it reviews more than 50 current projects following the catastrophic collapse of a hydropower...
Dam collapse dents Laos’ “battery of Asia” ambitions
The collapse of a hydropower dam under construction by a South Korean company in southeastern Laos in the evening of July 23 is a...
Laos to build more hydropower plants
Despite domestic and regional criticism, the government of Laos sticks to its plan to build more hydropower plants in the country in its aim...
Vietnam scraps plans to build nuclear power plants
Vietnam has decided to ditch plans to build two nuclear power plants in its southeastern Ninh Tuan province owing to soaring costs and safety...
China slowdown puts breaks on Lao economy
Laos, described by the World Bank as having “one of the fastest growing” economies in Asia-Pacific, is increasingly feeling the heat of a slowing...
Laos plans nuclear power plants
Despite its abundance of energy sources from hydropower in the country, Laos is apparently planning to build nuclear power plants in a cooperation with...
Laos and China officials sign hydropower deal
Renewable energy authorities in Laos and China signed an agreement to develop hydropower in Laos, news reports said October 11.
The deputy head of Laos’...
Alstom looks into power projects in Myanmar
French conglomerate Alstom is eyeing to take advantage of opportunities in the Myanmar’s hydropower sectors, the company's chairman and CEO Patrick Kron said.
The firm...
Laos dams gain World Bank support
The Laos government can depend on the World Bank to back the country's ambitious hydropower development plans now that that the multilateral institution has...
Sarawak hydropower seeks private funds
The private sector is increasingly playing a pivotal role in the development of hydropower plants, the International Hydropower Association (IHA) has highlighted, with Sarawak...
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Thailand, Singapore most vulnerable to potential US recession
Southeast Asia could be seriously affected in case the US falls into recession, but some countries would be more badly hit than others, economists...