VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Vientiane authorities will begin stricter checks on electric tricycles and motorcycle sidecars in the capital with more illegally making their way onto the city’s streets. Head of the transportation management division under Vientiane Public Works and Transport Department, Mr Sivone Subthavy told Vientiane Times yesterday the department will soon cooperate with […]

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday officially kicked off its 14th meeting, aiming to review and approve a new working plan to cope with the changing global environment. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Saleumxay Kommasith presided over the official opening ceremony of the two day-meeting at the International Cooperation Training Centre […]

The German government will provide an additional $2.2 million to bolster cross-border water cooperation and environmental monitoring in the Mekong River Basin. A signing ceremony for the funding was held in the Lao capital of Vientiane Friday, its beneficiary, the Mekong River Commission (MRC) said. This extra funding has brought the German contribution to the […]

Vietnam has decided to import an additional 200 MW of electricity from Laos next year amid possible power shortages. The country’s decision comes amid concerns that it may suffer energy shortages from 2020. Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade estimated that the country would experience a shortage of 3.7 billion kWh in 2021, which will […]

Vietnam will import an additional 200 MW of electricity from Laos next year, taking the total to 1,200 MW. The government’s Standing Committee on promoting cooperation with Laos approved the increase at a meeting on Saturday. With the country expected to suffer from power shortages from 2020, the electricity import from Laos is expected to […]

Excessive reliance on hydropower, severe droughts combined with rising seas destroy the Mekong River delta, threatening livelihoods of millions. By Tom Fawthrop The swirling currents of the once mighty Mekong, shrunk by drought and increasingly crippled by dams point towards an unprecedented crisis of water governance along the more than 4,900 kilometers of southeast Asia’s […]

Mega First Corp Bhd (Nov 14, RM4.74) Maintain outperform with an unchanged target price (TP) of RM5.71: After taking nearly four years, Mega First Corp Bhd’s (MFCB) Don Sahong Hydropower Project in Laos has finally been completed. According to an official statement from the Chinese contractor, Sinohydro Corp Ltd, all turbines have now entered commercial […]

VIENTIANE, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) — State-run energy giant Electricite du Laos (EDL), on behalf of the Lao government, has completed more than 80 percent of a power grid extension that will deliver electricity to a Cambodian transmission line on the border of the two neighbors. This follows the signing of an electricity purchase agreement between […]

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The government has established a new fund designed to strengthen Laos’ capacity to address and cope with climate change threats. According to the Prime Ministerial Decree on Climate Change, which was published in the Lao National Gazette on October 17, the fund is a part of the Environment Protection Fund, which was […]

Banque pour le Commerce Exterieur Lao Public (BCEL) and EV Lao Company have teamed up to launch a smart card system for the payment of charging costs for electric vehicles. The proposed smart card would link BCEL’s smart card system and EV Lao’s EVBox charging system, Vientiane Times reported. BCEL began offering fee and bill […]