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This article is an infographic providing a route map and details about the development of the Lao-China railway project.

Statistics about hydropower have been compiled by IHA using data from publicly published sources, IHA members, government representatives, industry sources and media monitorin...

With eight percent of the population logging in online, Lao PDR ranks seventh in Southeast Asia in internet usage. Tech savvy neighbors may have more citizens but Laos has seen ...

A boom in banana demand led to heavy agricultural investment in northern Laos as Chinese investors offered strong financial incentives to farmers to change land management pract...

Reports on the increasing use of pesticides in Lao PDR (van der Wulp 2006; Lao-FAO IPM and FAO Pesticide Risk Reduction Programme 2009, 2011; FAO IPM Vegetable Regional Programm...

In the context of the ‘global land grab’, the Lao Peoples Democratic Republic has been identified as a hotspot for large-scale land acquisitions sought by capital strong foreign...

Lao PDR’s National Assembly last week approved an updated Water and Water Resources Law presented by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. Passed with a 93 percent ...

Archived content: World Bank press release announcing a $30 million agreement with the Laos government for rural infrastructure including roads and water and sanitation.

The main focuses of this research are the impacts of lignite mining on the environment and, local livelihoods, and how the local communities access information and their respons...

The draft of this discussion paper generated a mixed response. While some experts – from both the government and development community – found the analysis persuasive, one or ...

The report is about options for monitoring forest degradation in northern Vietnam based on an assessment in systems design and capacity-building needs in Con Cuong District. The...

This study looks at the possible design options that could form the basis of a legal framework for carrying out forest carbon activities and investments in Laos by both public a...

Provides lessons learned from Vietnam's approach to designing a pro-poor REDD+ benefits distribution system for the future development of effective benefit distribution systems ...

These snapshots provide an overview of the progress achieved since 1990 on the Millennium Development Goals at the country level. Progress is assessed on the basis of data avail...

Annual Population Density 1961 to 2013 for Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. This dataset is from the World Bank's World Data Bank dataset.

The brief summarises the current state of Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) knowledge and experience on ecosystem-based approaches. The brief summarises the current state of GMS kn...

The purpose of this law is to set up measures against money laundering and financing of terrorism as well as the organization and the control of those measures enforcement.

This law states about the organization and conduct of the National Bank of Cambodia. The National Bank of Cambodia is the ”Central Bank” which is an autonomous public entity of ...

An overview of crops grown in Lao PDR and research attempts to breed more suitable varieties.

The UNDP and the ASEAN Secretariat’s work that resulted in this “ASEAN Regional Assessment of MDG Achievement and Post-2015 Development Priorities” demonstrates the ASEAN regi...