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Status, Roles, Rights and Obligations of Ethnic Affairs Department
This page outlines the organization of the Department of Ethnic Affairs under Lao Front for National Development, including the roles and responsibilities.
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Land Law, Lao PDR (2003)
The objectives of the Land Law are to determine the regime on the management, protection and use of land in order to ensure efficiency and conformity with [land-use] objectives'...
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Notice on the direction of new energy project proposals in Lao PDR
Postponed to approve and consider new energy projects in the hydropower sectors, coal power plants and alternative energy projects for 2 years (until 31st December 2020). To do...
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Investment Promotion Law, Lao PDR 2016
This Law defines principles, regulations and measures regarding the domestic and foreign investment promotion and administration in order to enable convenient, expeditious,...
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Constitution of Lao PDR 2015
This Constitution is the fruit of the process of the people's discussions throughout the country. It reflects the long-standing aspirations and strong determination of the...
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Law on Anti-Trafficking in Persons, Lao PDR 2015
This law defines the principles, rules and measures regarding the administration, monitoring, supervision, inspection of anti-trafficking in persons activities in order for them...
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Contrasting paternal and maternal genetic histories of Thai and Lao populations
The human demographic history of Mainland Southeast Asia (MSEA) has not been well-studied; in particular there have been very few sequence-based studies of variation in the...
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UN expert: Lao PDRs economic strategy entrenches poverty
Lao PDR has pursued a top-down approach to economic growth and poverty alleviation that is all too often counterproductive, leading to impoverishment and jeopardising the rights...
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Land and Forest Tenure in Laos: Baseline Overview 2016 with Options for Community Participation in Forest Management
This review describes seven sets of processes that influence this context, and therefore shape land and forest tenure in contemporary Laos. These include: 1. Macro-scale forest...
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Resolution of the Partys Central Committee on the Enhancement of Land Management and Development in New Period
Lao land territory is the most important foundation symbolizing the nation; land is the ownership of national community which is the expression of independence and sovereignty...
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On the right path? Land concessions in Laos
Land investment is booming in Laos, driven especially by demand for natural resources among its rapidly developing neighbours. Yet Laos remains one of the poorest countries in...
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Unsettling experiences: Internal resettlement and international aid agencies in Laos
A number of programmes and policies in Laos are promoting the internal resettlement of mostly indigenous ethnic minorities from remote highlands to lowland areas and along...
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Sub-decree No. 161 on the establishment of Siem Pang wildlife sanctuary
Located in Santepheap, Thma Keo, and Prek Meas communes, Siem Pang district, Stung Treng province, the 133,707.73 hectares Siem Pang wildlife sanctuary was established with...
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Balancing the scales: Using gender impact assessment in hydropower development
Oxfam Mekong Regional Water Governance program developed Gender Impact Assessment (GIA) manual Balancing the scales: Using gender impact assessment in hydropower development....
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Forest cover and land-use changes in Lao PDR according to the National Forest Reconnaissance Survey
It is planned to assess forest cover and land use from 2002 to 2012, which will reveal the current change of land use throughout the country. But it can be assumed that the area...
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Post-disaster needs assessment 2018 floods, Lao PDR
Lao PDR has been severely affected by floods between July and September 2018. (currently says in recent months). On July 1819, Tropical Storm Son-Tinh caused heavy rains and...
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Decree on the establishment of Nam Et Phou Louey Park [Lao]
This decree officially establishes Nam Et Phou Louey Park in the northern Laos
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Opinion Piece: “We are poor, not blind”
This comment piece is responding to the statement by Professor Philip Alston, UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights on his visit to Lao PDR, 18-28 March 2019
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Decree on the establishment of Nakai-Nam Theun Park [Lao]
This decree officially establishes Nakai-Nam Theun Park in the central region of Laos.
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ခွင့်ပြုမိန့်-ပြည်ထောင်စုသား ကုမ္ပဏီလီမီတက်-YMT-257
၂၀၁၆ခုနှစ် ဒီဇင်ဘာလ ၄ရက်နေ့မှ ၂၀၁၇ခုနှသ် ဇန်နဝါရီလ ၁၇ရက်နေ့အထိ ကာလအတွက် သယံဇာတနှင့် သဘာဝပတ်ဝန်းကျင်ထိန်းသိမ်းရေးဝန်ကြီးဌာနမှထုတ်ပေးသော အသေးစား ရွှေတူးဖော်ထုတ်လုပ်ရေးလုပ်ငန်းအတွက...