Posts Tagged ‘Saravan’
January 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.
January 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.

Posted in Agriculture and agribusiness / ກະສິກໍາ ແລະ ທຸລະກິດກະສິກຳ, English Language / ພາສາອັງກິດ, Investment and concessions / ການລົງທຶນ ແລະ ການສຳປະທານ, Rubber, bio-fuel and other commodities / ຢາງພາລາ, ເຊື້ອໄຟຊີວະພາບ ແລະ ສິນຄ້າອື່ນໆ 
Tags: 2+3 system, cassava, China, corn, farmers, NAFRI, plantation, rubber, Saravan, sugarcane, Vietnam
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January 3rd, 2012
 Another rubber concession has been approved despite concerns over the environmental impacts caused by industrial tree plantations. Photo from Sekong province; clearing land for a rubber concession.
Vientiane Times, January 3, 2012
The government has allocated another sizeable area of land for a Vietnamese firm to grow rubber trees despite concerns over the environmental impacts caused by industrial tree plantations. Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Dr Akhom Tounalom on Friday signed a 40-year land concession for the Lao-Viet joint venture to grow rubber trees on 131 plots of land totaling 4,739 hectares. Senior officials from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Ministry of Planning and Investment, Ministry of Natural Resource and Environment were present at the agreement signing in Vientiane.

Posted in English Language / ພາສາອັງກິດ, Investment and concessions / ການລົງທຶນ ແລະ ການສຳປະທານ, Rubber, bio-fuel and other commodities / ຢາງພາລາ, ເຊື້ອໄຟຊີວະພາບ ແລະ ສິນຄ້າອື່ນໆ 
Tags: Champasak, corn, eucalyptus, Ministry of Finance, MoNRE, Oudomxay, rubber, Saravan, Vietnam, Xieng Khuang
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December 21st, 2011
Vientiane Times, December 21, 2011
The government has given the green light for a Vietnamese company to study the viability of establishing a rubber plantation and processing factory in Samuoy district, Saravan province. A Memorandum of Understanding on the feasibility study was signed yesterday in Vientiane between Cao Su Quang Tri Company Managing Director, Mr Van Luu, and Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment, Mr Bounthavy Sisouphanthong. The signing was witnessed by the company’s Deputy Director, Mr Nguyen Huu Manh, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Office Deputy Head, Mr Khamphan Meunasithida, and Saravan provincial Planning and Investment Department Director, Mr Sayadeth Vongsaravan. Other officials from both Laos and Vietnam were also present.
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