- Schools’ waste recycling scheme turns rubbish into assets
The Vientiane City Office for Management and Services (VCOMS) will expand its waste recycling bank project to schools in more districts of the city, after the initiative was successfully introduced in....More >>>

- Laos aims to become a sanitation country in 2030
Laos can declare itself to be open defecation free in 2025 and will become a “sanitation” country by 2030 if the national policy and strategy on sanitation are fully implemented. Speaking at a meeting last week on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) – Towards Open Defecation Free in 2025. .....More >>>

- Govt approves feasibility study on development of wind farm
The government has given the green light to Vinacom Investment and Trading Sole Co., Ltd. and SD Vietnam Investment Construction Join Stock Company to carry out a feasibility study on the development of wind power generation in Savannakhet province. .... .More >>>

- Laos, Vietnam partner in clean agriculture, energy development
Lao and Vietnamese companies are partnering in schemes to expand clean agriculture and the use of green energy, and build an industrial park in Attapeu province..... .More >>>

- Mining products account for bulk of goods shipped to China by rail
Some 73 percent of goods shipped from Laos to China through the Laos-China railway are mining products, according to a report by Lao News Agency last week. .... .More >>>

- Nam Ou Hydropower helps improve the lives of people in Phongsaly
The Nam Ou River Basin Power Co Ltd of Power China is focusing on improving the lives of the people in Phongsaly province and helping authorities develop infrastructure, especially in the village near the power project and surrounding areas.. .... .More >>>