The 1,458.9-meter Luang Prabang cross-Mekong bridge, some 220 km north of Lao capital Vientiane, is a key project of the China-Laos railway.
Category: Laos
‘Tiger Farms’ Still Operate in Laos, Defying Trafficking Bans
And though Laos announced at an international conference in London in September 2016 that it would close all tiger farms within a year, the country’s trade in tigers has since boomed.
Minister to push for two more Mekong bridges
The Transport Ministry will push for a 4-billion-baht investment in two new bridges over the Mekong River linking Thailand with Laos.
Lao gov sits on dam collapse report waiting on Seoul’s approval on what to say
Dirt was used instead of cement in the dams construction, the report allegedly says.
Lao Villager Dies After 8 Years in Jail Over Land Grab Protest
Sy Phong, one of two men kept in jail after 23 other protesters had been released, had been held without trial and died in April, a local source told RFA’s Lao Service this week.
China-Laos Railway opens new horizons for fruit growers in Southwest China’s Yunnan
For decades, local fruit growers have complained about the crumbling roads that have impeded them from efficiently transporting fruits to other regions in China.
The sad end of Lao’s elephants
The dangers that wild elephants face in Lao stems from deforestation which is exacerbated by the demand for timber coming from neighbouring countries like China and Vietnam.
Public education could curb bushmeat demand in Laos, study finds
The enforcement of Laos’s laws controlling the wildlife trade appeared to do little to keep vendors from selling bushmeat, but fines did appear to potentially keep consumers from buying bushmeat.
Laos Dam Collapse Blamed on Substandard Construction
A report sent to the Lao government in March, but still not released to the public, reveals that “construction of the saddle dam was substandard,” a PNPC official told RFA’s Lao Service this week.