Laos

Laos: Land concession inventory launched
- CDE
- 23 January 2013
The most comprehensive publication to date on land concessions and leases in Lao PDR has been presented to the public.
The faces of land grabbing: from Laos to Romania
- Arc2020
- 08 November 2012
Romanian authorities have a history of giving up fertile agricultural land to foreign companies or Romanian “fat-cats”, all to the detriment of small scale, diverse, economically sustainable and environmentally sound agriculture.
Business models for foreign investment in agriculture in Laos
- IISD
- 07 November 2012
Study estimates that foreign investors have acquired between 10–14 per cent of the total agricultural land in Laos.
European leaders hosted on land grab site in Laos for key summit
- Global Witness
- 02 November 2012
Between 2010 and 2011, the 500 residents of Don Chan Island in central Vientiane were forced off their land to make way for accommodation for delegates such as William Hague and François Hollande.
Sunny Verghese, les pieds sur terre
- Jeune Afrique
- 28 September 2012
Olam est l'un des sept leaders du marché alimentaire mondial. Mais il se distingue par son intérêt pour l'amont de la filière, un secteur rémunérateur, selon Sunny Verghese.
Laos cracksdown on talkback show for airing land grab debate
- ABC
- 16 August 2012
Ounkeo pioneered talkback radio in Laos, giving his listeners a rare chance to voice their opinions on the airwaves, but discussion on the sensitive subject of corporate land grabs appears to have persuaded officials that enough was enough.
Le Laos n'attribuera plus une concession minière ou agricole jusqu'en 2016
- RFI
- 28 June 2012
La visite de la Banque mondiale à Vientiane au début de la semaine n'est pas étrangère à l'annonce de ce moratoire, par le ministre laotien de la Planification et des investissements, dans la presse nationale.
Laos 'halts new investment, land concessions'
- AFP
- 26 June 2012
Laos will not allow any new investments in mining or grant further land concessions for rubber plantations until 2015 at the earliest, due to concerns about land encroachment and the environment
Coffee colonialism: Olam plantation displaces Lao farmers
- CorpWatch
- 04 June 2012
Between the farmers and Olam lies one of Lao’s most powerful, and some allege, corrupt families, the Siphandones.
Vietnam group starts huge sugar project in Laos
- Tuoi Tre News
- 23 November 2011
Vietnam’s Hoang Anh Gia Lai Group started work on the construction of a US$100 million sugar and sugarcane industrial cluster in Attapeu province, southern Laos.
Lao-Indochina Group prepares for IPO
- Vientiane Times
- 14 November 2011
Lao Indochina Group, which grows cassava on about 7,700 hectares of land in three provinces in Laos, is mobilising investment funds to expand business.
Laos, China sign MOU to develop organic farms
- Vientiane Times
- 26 October 2011
Lao and Chinese businesses this week signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for investment in organic farming in Laos, at a cost of about US$5 million.