Laos News
Vietnamese realty group Hoang Anh Gia Lai on Sunday put into operation a five-star hotel in Yangon, Myanmar. The hotel is housed in the group’s Myanmar Center, located some eight kilometers from downtown Yangon, on Kaba Aye Pagoda Road in Bahan Township. Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) Group is one of the leading real estate […]
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The case for renewable energy grows stronger as technology improves and costs fall, to the point where even conventional energy companies can’t ignore the opportunity for profit. While traditional energy sources still represent about 76% of global electricity production, the world today is seeing a major shift toward cleaner and more cost-competitive renewables, thanks to […]
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Long regarded as one of Asia’s least dynamic property markets, Vientiane is now giving lie to its sleepy reputation. But is the city equipped to service a full-scale boom? Vientiane is a city that has never lacked in tropical charm. Monks in saffron robes flit between gold-spired temples, while the mighty Mekong River provides an […]
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Thai shopping mall operator Central Pattana will stretch outside of its Bangkok base, with locations to open this week and next year in areas where the economy is expanding as well as near the nation’s borders. The company, the real estate development arm of retail giant Central Group, said Monday it will open a mall […]
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Lao Deputy Minister of Energy and Mining Viraphong Viravong has expressed wish to boost cooperation with major Vietnamese firms, especially those working in electricity and power transmission. Laos keen on energy cooperation with Vietnam, Government news, politic news, vietnamnet bridge, english news, Vietnam news, news Vietnam, vietnamnet news, Vietnam net news, Vietnam latest news, vn […]
Continue ReadingThailand may buy 9,000 megawatts of electricity from Laos this year to ensure sufficient supply to meet rising demand, says a senior official at the Energy Ministry. That is nearly 30% higher than the 7,000MW Thailand currently buys annually from Laos, according to the most recent memorandum of understanding (MoU) the two countries signed in […]
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The Beijing-based PowerChina Resources Limited (PCR), a shareholder of Sinohydro Kamchay Hydroelectric Project Co. Ltd, which developed the Kamchay hydroelectric dam in Kampot, expressed its interest in building electricity transmission lines in Cambodia. This expression of interest was made when the director general of PCR, Du Chunguo, met the Kingdom’s Minister of Mines and Energy, […]
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A new road will soon cut the travel time and build an even stronger link between southern China and the Asean states of Thailand, Laos and Vietnam. Laos is fast becoming an important land transport link for Asean regional connectivity with southern China’s Yunnan province. Chiang Rai, up to now, has been the jumping off […]
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Boom times ahead for the Kingdom, but is supply meeting demand? At the tail end of 2015, Southeast Asian nations inaugurated the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), a borderless market for commodities, services, capital, and labour between 10 of the world’s fastest-growing economies. Long seen as a laggard behind more established neighbours Thailand and Vietnam, Cambodia […]
Continue ReadingSunlabob Renewable Energy Ltd., the venture-backed company specialising in renewable energy and clean water solutions, recently completed the construction and commissioning of a 90 kWp roof-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) system at the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group’s (ANZ) main office in Vientiane, Laos. The project is the first-ever commercial grid-connected solar system in Laos. […]
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