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VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The inspection of hydropower projects is at the top of the agenda for the Lao government to ensure the safety of all dams, a senior official has confirmed.Minister of Energy and Mines, Dr Khammany Inthirath, told local media recently the government ...

The Lao government is embarking on an plan to inspect all 55 dams in the country nearly one year after the collapse of a saddle dam that caused a disaster described as Laos’ worst flooding in decades.The disaster occurred on July 23, 2018, when a ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Laos will continue to promote environmentally friendly and sustainable hydropower projects with renewable wind and solar considered as additional alternatives for electricity production.This was one of the key messages from Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith at a recent meeting of the energy ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Ministry of Energy and Mines has said that seven construction and installation projects related to the national power grid will be completed in the last three quarters of this year.A recent report from the ministry noted that these seven projects ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Attapeu province is forging ahead in the race to use the sun’s rays to power an irrigation system.The owner of Internet Trade of Import-Export Company and the head of the solar project in Phouvong, Mr Sengsamoud Noraseng, said he began working ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The government and hydropower project developers have begun exploring the development of model dams that benefit all stakeholders and ensuring their safe operation.The first meeting to discuss and exchange lessons learnt about the issue between the government and dam developers was ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Lao government and two firms have signed an agreement for developing Xebangfai 1 (Keng Keo) hydro-power project.The project development agreement was signed in Vientiane on Friday by representatives of the Ministry of Planning and Investment, the Ministry of Energy and ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The government has given the green light to Tadsakoi Power Company Limited to build the Tadsakoi hydropower project in Sepon district, Savannakhet province.A concession agreement for the project was signed recently in Vientiane between Minister of Planning and Investment, Dr Souphan ...

A South Korean construction firm has dismissed the latest findings by the Lao government that are cited as the reason for a fatal hydropower dam collapse last year in Laos.SK Engineering & Construction said in a press release on 29 May that the company could not agree ...

Vientiane (AsiaNews/Agencies) – The fatal collapse of a dam at the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy (PNPC) hydroelectric plant on 23 July 2018 was caused by poor construction methods with soil used in lieu of concrete.The Laotian government made the announcement yesterday, citing the conclusions of the International Expert Panel ...