Laos

Laos losing out to land concessions
- Vientiane Times
- 27 April 2011
More than 50 percent of land concessions granted for investment projects result in detrimental affects to Laos, according to an expert from the National Land Management Authority
Laos: Land concessions come under scrutiny
- Vientiane Times
- 22 April 2011
The granting of land leases and concessions for some investment projects is unacceptable, as some projects negatively impact on the environment and livelihoods of local people.
Laos and the Resource Curse
- Asian Sentinel
- 21 October 2010
China and other nations are making Laos an industrial farm, to the detriment of its ecology
Laos gives green light to foreign rice farmers
- Vientiane Times
- 22 June 2010
The government will allow foreign companies and individuals to invest in rice cultivation in Laos, Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh announced on Friday
Kuwait backs rice cultivation study in Laos
- Vientiane Times
- 07 June 2010
Kuwait has provided US$350,000 to the Lao Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry to study the suitability of extending irrigation so rice can be grown for export to Kuwait.
PE firm rethinks Laos/Cambodia fund
- Financial Times
- 18 April 2010
FIDP has launched a Cambodia and Laos fund, “an extended China play” that will focus largely on agriculture, seeking to benefit from China’s desire for food security.
Laos, Mongolia agree to agriculture cooperation
- Vientiane Times
- 22 Mar 2010
The Lao side will consider a request by Mongolia to seek agricultural land of up to 10,000 hectares to produce rice and other crops. Also under consideration is a proposal by Mongolia to develop sheep farming in Laos.
Catching Cambodia on the cusp of development
- Financial Times
- 14 February 2010
Leopard Capital's second Cambodian fund is expected to continue investment in agriculture, as well as potentially including investment in Laos.
GTZ/BMZ: Foreign direct investment in land in developing countries
- GTZ
- 12 February 2010
On behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, the GTZ have published a new study on FDI in land in developing countries.
Khon Kaen Sugar set to double sugarcane output
- Bangkok Post
- 27 January 2010
Khon Kaen Sugar Industry Plc aims to invest about 15 billion baht over the next five years to double its sugarcane output in Thailand and continuously expand its presence in Cambodia and Laos.
Korea’s overseas development backfires
- Korea Times
- 04 December 2009
That Korea is no longer "importing" this food that is being grown overseas implies that this land is effectively Korean. This amounts to agricultural imperialism.
Extraterritoriality - Foreign Concessions: the Past and Future of a Form of Shared Sovereignty
- EspacesTemps.net
- 23 November 2009
China has now taken on a leading role in promoting modernization through zones of exception, not only in China but also outside it.