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23 Nov 2011Tuoi Tre News

Vietnam group starts huge sugar project in Laos

Vietnam’s Hoang Anh Gia Lai Group started work on the construction of a US$100 million sugar and sugarcane industrial cluster in Attapeu province, southern Laos.

14 Nov 2011Vientiane Times

Lao-Indochina Group prepares for IPO

Lao Indochina Group, which grows cassava on about 7,700 hectares of land in three provinces in Laos, is mobilising investment funds to expand business.

26 Oct 2011Vientiane Times

Laos, China sign MOU to develop organic farms

Lao and Chinese businesses this week signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for investment in organic farming in Laos, at a cost of about US$5 million.

02 Sep 2011Vientiane Times

Thai company eyes cassava, oil palm investment in Laos

The RTL World Trade Company wants to grow about 50,000 hectares of cassava and oil palms in Vientiane province.

18 May 2011AFP

Laos swamped by foreign investment

A new Chinese-controlled town inside Laos where Laotians are not welcome.

27 Apr 2011Vientiane Times

Laos losing out to land concessions

More than 50 percent of land concessions granted for investment projects result in detrimental affects to Laos, according to an expert from the National Land Management Authority

22 Apr 2011Vientiane Times

Laos: Land concessions come under scrutiny

The granting of land leases and concessions for some investment projects is unacceptable, as some projects negatively impact on the environment and livelihoods of local people.

21 Oct 2010Asian Sentinel

Laos and the Resource Curse

China and other nations are making Laos an industrial farm, to the detriment of its ecology

22 Jun 2010Vientiane Times

Laos gives green light to foreign rice farmers

The government will allow foreign companies and individuals to invest in rice cultivation in Laos, Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh announced on Friday

07 Jun 2010Vientiane Times

Kuwait backs rice cultivation study in Laos

Kuwait has provided US$350,000 to the Lao Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry to study the suitability of extending irrigation so rice can be grown for export to Kuwait.

18 Apr 2010Financial Times

PE firm rethinks Laos/Cambodia fund

FIDP has launched a Cambodia and Laos fund, “an extended China play” that will focus largely on agriculture, seeking to benefit from China’s desire for food security.

22 Mar 2010Vientiane Times

Laos, Mongolia agree to agriculture cooperation

The Lao side will consider a request by Mongolia to seek agricultural land of up to 10,000 hectares to produce rice and other crops. Also under consideration is a proposal by Mongolia to develop sheep farming in Laos.