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This is an official UN page showing the progress of SDG 1 implementation in Lao PDR.

This article reviews the catastrophic impacts of dam collapse in the Southern Laos in July 2018 which results in deaths, devastated communities, forced thousands to flee and rip...

This is a news feature on energy trends in the world. It shows the potential of other energy sources other than hydropowers that usually comes with the risks of undesired disast...

This article features a potential disaster, a land slide, after the construction of Xekaman 3 hydroelectric plant in Laos.

This press release provides information about the the Power Grid Improvement Project Lao PDR, which aims to improve the efficiency and reliability of the country’s electricity d...

Chemicals released into a river by a Chinese-owned banana farm near the Lao capital Vientiane killed over 300 kg of fish in November, prompting warnings by authorities to local ...

On April 12, Radio Free Asia cited local government sources as confirming that Lao government orders to shut down environmentally destructive Chinese-owned banana farms, first r...

This briefing page informs about the situation of agricultural sector in Laos based in Agriculture Census 2010/11.

This news article gives information on the ministerial ban of raw timber export of Lao PDR.

This page explains a profile on the fisheries sector in Lao PDR, updated in 2017.

This page highlights information regarding the rice production growth and food security in Lao PDR.

Standing at the bus station in Luang Namtha, the biggest town in northern Laos, travellers wanting to get south to the capital Vientiane face the prospect of a punishing 18-hour...

A cascade of dams is changing the rivers ecology and threatening riverweed a traditional source of food in northern Laos

Laos is one of the fastest growing economies in Southeast Asia. On average the countrys economy has grown by 7.5 per cent per year and trade by 17 per cent per year since 2000, ...

Laos often referred to as the Battery of Southeast Asia is one of the smallest nations in ASEAN. The countrys total population is less than ten million. Laos is strategically ...

This webpage summarizes Laos' recent low unemployment rate and discussions that have arisen as a result of it.

This webpage explains the changes that were made to the 2006 Labor Law, thereby replacing it with the 2013 Labor Law.

The report and page provide information on the ranking of Laos on the index, as well as factors that explain for the rank.

This report, published by the U.S. State Department, covers internationally recognized civil, individual, political and worker rights in Lao PDR specifically.

This webpage provides an overview of the work the CDC is doing in Laos, as well as the health needs it is attending to.