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Promoting awareness and understanding of the social, economic and environmental impacts of land-related projects.
(ກຸ່ມເຮັດວຽກກ່ຽ່ວກັບບັນຫາການນຳໃຊ້ທີ່ດິນ) ແນ່ໃສ່ສົ່ງເສີ່ມ ຄວາມເຂົ້າໃຈ ແລະຄວາມຮູ້ທ່ວງທັນ ໃນດ້ານ ເສດຖະກິດສັງຄົມ
ສິງແວດລອມ ທີ່ກ່ຽວຂອງກັບການນຳໃຊ້ເນື້ອທີ່ດິນ ໃນໂຄງການ ຕ່າງໆ, ໂດຍການເກັບກຳ ແລະ ແຜ່ກະຈາຍ ຂໍ້ມູນ ຂ່າວສານ,
ການຊຸກຍູ້ການສົນທະນາປຶກສາຫາລື ແລະ ການຄົ້ນຄວ້າວິໃຈ
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Investors call for clearer ruling on land change feeJanuary 24th, 2012
Vientiane Time, January 24, 2012 Agroup of Japanese investors has urged the government to make clearer its ruling on the change of land classification fee to ensure it is effective and just.The investors want the government to amend Presidential Decree No. 03 on state service fees, particularly regarding the fee for changing land classification from agricultural land to industrial land. Inactive developers to lose Lao land concessionsJanuary 23rd, 2012
Vientiane Time, January 23, 2012 The government will confiscate land from investors if they fail to develop the land in accordance with the agreed concession timeframe. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment made the statement at the 5th Lao-Japan Public Private Joint Dialogue held in Vientiane last month, in response to Japanese investors who asked the government to explain land concession procedures. Affected citizens speak of land use problems caused by concessionsJanuary 20th, 2012
 Tractors ploughing the land in the villages in Paksong, Champasak. Two Lao language audio files are available to listen. Both files have been recorded in a Lao National Radio (103.7) talk show. Villager describes land conflict (October 2011) Villager from Thatheng, Sekong province, describes how the community’s livelihoods have been altered after the village land was taken over by a rubber plantation in 2006. The community has tried to seek improvement for their situation since then. Communities affected by FDI claim their lands back (January 2012) Forest protection project takes root in Xekong and SaravanJanuary 12th, 2012
Vientiane Times, January 12, 2012 More than 133,350 hectares of the Xe Sap National Biodiversity Conservation Area in Xekong and Saravan provinces will now be better protected, Deputy Head of the provincial Sector of Forest Conservation, Mr Keopaylin Gnonphetsy, said on Wednesday. The improved forest protection and surveillance will be funded by KwF, a German non-governmental organisation, at a cost of more than 1.9 million euros and the project will run from 2011-15. Vietnamese company to survey for copper in XekongJanuary 12th, 2012
Vientiane Times, January 12, 2012 The government has given permission for the Hoang Anh Gia Lai Joint Stock Company (HAG) of Vietnam to conduct an exploration survey forcopper deposits on 92 square kilometres of land in Lamam district of Xekong province. A Memorandum of Understanding for the survey was signed in Vientiane on Saturday by Lao government officials and HAG representatives, witnessed by leaders from both countries. Laos exports US$80m in timber products last fiscal yearJanuary 12th, 2012
Vientiane Times, January 12, 2012  Timber is one of the top foreign exchange earners for Laos, alongside mining, electricity and tourism. The European Union funded survey shows that timber was still one of the top foreign exchange earners for Laos in fiscal year 2010/2011. Other top foreign exchange earners were mining products, electricity, tourism, garment products, and cash crops. The survey, which was made possible with cooperation from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, identified the major importers of Lao timber as Thailand with trading value of about US$22 million, Vietnam with trading value of US$11 million, and Japan with trading value of US $4.5 million. The European Union and Australia also imported Lao timber products worth US$147,579 and US$151,691 respectively. Saravan limits land concessions for agricultureJanuary 9th, 2012
Vientiane Times, January 9, 2012 Saravan province has agreed to allow domestic and foreign investors to set up projects under the ‘two plus three’ system, which does not involve land concessions and is of direct benefit to farmers. Under this system, the investor provides funding, materials and technical support to farmers, who provide the land and labour required, provincial Agriculture and Forestry Department Deputy Director Mr Thongdy Chanthavong explained recently. Land tax collection transferred to the Ministry of FinanceJanuary 9th, 2012
Vientiane Times, January 9, 2011 The collection of land taxes and other fees will now be the responsibility of the Ministry of Finance, government officials said on Friday. Land taxes were previously collected by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. Finance Minister Phouphet Khamphounvong told Vientiane Times that the move was in line with the ministry’s policy to collect taxes from different sources. “The payment of land taxes to our ministry aims to centralise national revenue to facilitate national development,” he said, saying the ministry would still follow the system set up by the National Land Management Authority (NLMA). This agency has now been merged with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. “We will follow their system and then review it. If some aspect of it is found to be inappropriate, we will invalidate it and introduce a new system to replace it.” Land prices in Vientiane soaring sharplyJanuary 5th, 2012
 Foreign investment and urbanisation have increased land prices and traffic congestion in central areas of the Lao capital. Vientiane Times, January 5, 2011 Land prices in Vientiane have increased many times over in recent years due to the inflow of foreign investment and developing urbanisation. Officials involved in the sector told Vientiane Times yesterday that land in the city centre now sells for US$2,500 to US$3,000 per square metre, especially in areas close to the Morning Market. They attributed the soaring price to growing demand by businesses for land in the city centre, where the necessary facilities are readily available and the population density is highest. Local labour needed to tap rubber profitsJanuary 3rd, 2012
Vientiane Times, January 3, 2011 Luang Namtha province needs to train or recruit a large number of workers with the necessary skills to tap rubber trees, with more than 29,000 hectares of rubber now under cultivation in the province. About 10,000 hectares are fully grown and now ready to harvest, while the rest of the trees will mature between 2015 and 2020, according to the provincial Labour and Social Welfare Department. To work the entire 29,000 hectares they will require about 50,000 workers to tap the rubber and carry out other associated tasks, but currently there is a shortage of people with the necessary skills, department official Ms Lathana Phommachan told Vientiane Times on Thursday. |
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