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State of Water: Laos
The web page offers the profiles of water resources in Lao PDR.
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Love Laos, Keep it Clean.
The web page give an overview of solid waste and waste management in Lao PDR.
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Lao PDR: SDG8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
This webpage provides an overview of the state of SDG8 in Lao PDR.
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PM Announces Continued Suspension of Mining Concessions
This news article informs the extended moratorium of mining business in Laos.
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Goal 1- End poverty in all its forms everywhere
This web page shows an overview of the global Sustainable Development Goal 1: No poverty, along with the progress and 2030 target.
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Sustainable Development Goal 1- end poverty in all its forms everywhere
This web page shows the progress of SDG1 implementation in 2018, the general targets and indicators.
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As Lao PDR prepares for LDC Graduation, inequality has to be overcome
This press release points out challenges and successes of Lao PDR as of October 2018 regarding the graduation from the Least Developed Country (LDC) status.
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Lao PDR Road Sector Project II [NDF C92/C93]
This web page offers information on the Lao PDR Road Sector Project II, a project to improve climate-resilient road connectivity in selected provinces in Lao PDR.
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Microfinance in Laos
The web page highlights the development of microfinance in Laos since 1990s as well as the future strategy by the Bank of the Lao PDR.
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Lao PDR SDG 1- No poverty
This is an official UN page showing the progress of SDG 1 implementation in Lao PDR.
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Devastating Laos dam collapse leads to deforestation of protected forests
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...
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The Beautiful Rivers—And the Dammed
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...
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Xekaman 3 hydroelectric plant in Laos: a very major landslide in December
This article features a potential disaster, a land slide, after the construction of Xekaman 3 hydroelectric plant in Laos.
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Lao PDR to improve electricity network with World Bank support
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...
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Chemicals Dumped in River Kill Fish in Laos
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 ...
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Whats Behind Laos' China Banana Ban?
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...
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Laos at a glance [Agriculture]
This briefing page informs about the situation of agricultural sector in Laos based in Agriculture Census 2010/11.
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Lao Government Appoints Committee to Enforce Timber Export Ban
This news article gives information on the ministerial ban of raw timber export of Lao PDR.
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Fisheries Country Profile: Lao PDR
This page explains a profile on the fisheries sector in Lao PDR, updated in 2017.
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LAOS: Sustainability of Future Rice Production Growth and Food Security Uncertain
This page highlights information regarding the rice production growth and food security in Lao PDR.