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Laos hydropower
![Could an Australian Solar Farm Challenge Lao Energy Ambitions? Could an Australian Solar Farm Challenge Lao Energy Ambitions?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-09-26-083107.jpg)
Could an Australian Solar Farm Challenge Lao Energy Ambitions?
By Luke Hunt
With ambitious plans to export Australian solar power to Singapore, Sun Cable could reshape ASEAN’s future power demands.
![Laos Takes Another Step Forward on Controversial Mekong Dam Laos Takes Another Step Forward on Controversial Mekong Dam](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-03-24-044615.jpg)
Laos Takes Another Step Forward on Controversial Mekong Dam
By Sebastian Strangio
The China-backed Pak Lay hydropower project is just one of nine dams that the Lao government has planned for the Mekong River.
![The Last Days of Beautiful Luang Prabang The Last Days of Beautiful Luang Prabang](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-03-23-202309.jpg)
The Last Days of Beautiful Luang Prabang
By Tom Fawthrop
UNESCO experts insist that a huge dam would destroy the “authenticity and integrity” of the World Heritage Site in Laos.
![Screaming for Mercy, All Along the Mekong Screaming for Mercy, All Along the Mekong](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-12-08-083800.jpg)
Screaming for Mercy, All Along the Mekong
By Luke Hunt
A conversation with the veteran British journalist and filmmaker Tom Fawthrop.
![What’s Causing the Currency Crisis in Laos? What’s Causing the Currency Crisis in Laos?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-05-31-084215.jpg)
What’s Causing the Currency Crisis in Laos?
By James Guild
Mounting foreign liabilities and thin foreign exchange reserves have left the nation of 7 million acutely vulnerable to global financial shocks.
![Laos Grants 25-Year Power Grid Concession to Chinese-Majority Firm Laos Grants 25-Year Power Grid Concession to Chinese-Majority Firm](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-03-16-11.jpg)
Laos Grants 25-Year Power Grid Concession to Chinese-Majority Firm
By Sebastian Strangio
The deal will deepen China's involvement in the Lao government's goal of transforming itself into the "battery of Southeast Asia."
![UNESCO Calls for Heritage Assessment for Lao Hydropower Dam UNESCO Calls for Heritage Assessment for Lao Hydropower Dam](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-03-04.jpg)
UNESCO Calls for Heritage Assessment for Lao Hydropower Dam
By Sebastian Strangio
The U.N.'s cultural agency fears that the project might endanger the World Heritage-listed town of Luang Prabang.
![‘Not Sufficient’: Thailand Rejects Report on Lao Hydropower Dam ‘Not Sufficient’: Thailand Rejects Report on Lao Hydropower Dam](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-01-26-4.jpg)
‘Not Sufficient’: Thailand Rejects Report on Lao Hydropower Dam
By Sebastian Strangio
The Sanakham dam is one of seven mega-dams that the landlocked country is planning, in defiance of environmental and economic sense.
![In the Face of Criticism, Laos Pushes Ahead With Four Mekong Dams In the Face of Criticism, Laos Pushes Ahead With Four Mekong Dams](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-01-13-14.jpg)
In the Face of Criticism, Laos Pushes Ahead With Four Mekong Dams
By Luke Hunt
But costs and competition could leave the putative "battery of Southeast Asia" running on empty.
![Laos Stumbles Under Rising Chinese Debt Burden Laos Stumbles Under Rising Chinese Debt Burden](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-09-07.jpg)
Laos Stumbles Under Rising Chinese Debt Burden
By Sebastian Strangio
Its economy battered by COVID-19, the nation's sovereign reserves have fallen to less than $1 billion, putting it on the brink of default.
![Who Will Save Luang Prabang? Who Will Save Luang Prabang?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-03-03-19.jpg)
Who Will Save Luang Prabang?
By Tom Fawthrop
The World Heritage site in Laos is endangered by mega-projects and Mekong dams.
![Don’t Forget France in Laos Don’t Forget France in Laos](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-bus_from_vientiane_to_luang_prabang_12236800914-1.jpg)
Don’t Forget France in Laos
By Tae-jun Kang
The former colonial power continues to retain influence in the Southeast Asian state.
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