VIENTIANE (Reuters) - After decades of isolation, Communist-led Laos is enjoying an economic boom fuelled in part by surging demand for its abundant commodity -- land. Sign up here. From China to ...
Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone has called for accelerated efforts to strengthen food security, modernise agricultural production, and improve the management of land, forest, and water resources ...
VIENTIANE, LAO PDR (28 August 2012)—During a riveting keynote speech given at a international land and forestry conference in Vientiane today, Dr. Souvanhpheng Bouphanouvong, President of the National ...
(Repeats story first issued at 0000 GMT) By Darren Schuettler VIENTIANE, April 7 (Reuters) - In the eyes of Laos' Communist rulers, trading Vientiane's biggest wetland for a new sports stadium seemed ...
BANGKOK: Caretaker PM Anutin backs Laos’ “Land-Locked to Land-Linked” policy as Vientiane donates US$200,000 for southern flood relief and talks focus on links and border impacts. Caretaker Prime ...
Two Vietnamese firms bankrolled by Deutsche Bank and the International Finance Corporation – the World Bank's private lending arm – are leading a wave of land grabs in Cambodia and Laos, causing ...
Following a country visit to the Lao People's Democratic Republic in November 2024, UN Special Rapporteur on Cultural Rights Alexandra Xanthaki has published a report confirming violations of cultural ...