Posts Tagged ‘Sekong’
October 2nd, 2012
 Plantation area in Sekong Province. AFP, Oct 2, 2012.
The Lao government has set up a task force to investigate a long-running dispute with villagers affected by the development of a rubber plantation by a Vietnamese company in southern Laos’s remote Sekong province, according to an official. An unknown number of villagers in Sekong’s Thateng district have been seeking financial compensation and alternative land from the government after they were asked to vacate their farmland for the rubber plantation project by Vietnamese company Cong Ty Cao Su Nghi Lao-Viet (LVF) company.
July 10th, 2012
AFP, June 28, 2012
The seven Lao villagers wanted more compensation for land given to a rubber plantation.
A group of villagers in southern Laos who were detained after demanding local officials address a land dispute with a rubber plantation have been released, sources said Thursday, amid calls for a national review of concession policies. The seven villagers from Ban Yup in Sekong province’s Thateng district were detained two weeks ago, local sources speaking on condition of anonymity told RFA. Shortly before their detention, the group had approached district and provincial officials to demand better compensation for their land from the Vietnamese company that had been granted a concession for the rubber plantation.
March 5th, 2012
 Tractors ploughing the land in the villages in Paksong, Champasak. Allocating land to commercial investment projects can potentially offer improved access to services and expansion of employment opportunities for local communities. However, if environmental and social safeguards and natural resource governance systems are not fully in place the risk of negative impacts is high.
Two Lao language audio files are available to listen where affected citizens speak of problems they are facing after village lands were granted to concessions. Both files have been recorded in a Lao National Radio (103.7) program.
February 9th, 2012
Vientiane Times, February 9, 2012
The Phouphieng Mineral Export-Import Sole Company is teaming up with the Mekong Mining Company to study the possibilities for bauxite and potassium mining and hydropower in Laos. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed on Tuesday in Vientiane between Phouphieng Company President Mr Vilaysith Liumxayachak and Mekong Mining Company President Mr Andrew Kent. Officials from both sides attended, along with the Vice President of the National Science Council, Dr Maydom Chanthanasinh.
Posted in English Language / ພາສາອັງກິດ, Investment and concessions / ການລົງທຶນ ແລະ ການສຳປະທານ, Mining and energy / ບໍ່ແຮ່ ແລະ ພະລັງງານ 
Tags: Attapeu, bauxite, Bolikhamsay, Champasak, Mekong Mining Company, Phouphieng Company, potassium, Savannakhet, Sekong 
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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 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.
Posted in English Language / ພາສາອັງກິດ, Investment and concessions / ການລົງທຶນ ແລະ ການສຳປະທານ, Mining and energy / ບໍ່ແຮ່ ແລະ ພະລັງງານ
Tags: copper, gold, HAGL, investment, Ministry of Planning and Investment, Savannakhet, Sekong, Vientiane, Vietnam
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November 10th, 2011
Vientiane Times, November 10, 2011
Laos plans to increase the land area certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) for sustainable rattan production to boost the income of local families. Laos is first country in the world to have received FSC forest management certification on rattan products as part of the ‘Establishing a Sustainable Production System for Rattan Products Project’. The project carried out in Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia aims to establish a sustainable rattan industry by introducing cleaner production and a credible chain-of-custody certification for raw rattan, as well as the establishment of a link to the European market.
Posted in Biodiversity and nature conservation / ຊີວະນານາພັນ ແລະ ການອະນຸລັກທຳມະຊາດ, English Language / ພາສາອັງກິດ, Forestry and REDD / ປ່າໄມ້ ແລະ REDD, Investment and concessions / ການລົງທຶນ ແລະ ການສຳປະທານ
Tags: Bolikhamsay, farmers, FSC certification, NAFRI, rattan, Sekong, Vientiane, WWF
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