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VIENTIANE: Laos has completed field surveys and identified two major potential rare earth target areas spanning four provinces, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MoIC) reported. The two zones are ...
News Laos » Xieng Khouang » Government: Laos says Chinese firm can explore for rare earth minerals
Lao government officials have cleared a Chinese firm to dig for rare earths on farm and grazing land in a northeastern province of the country, with compensation for displaced villagers not yet ...
News Laos » Xieng Khouang » Government: Tourism development near Laos’ Plain of Jars to be studied
A private company will study ways to develop northern Laos’ Plain of Jars archaeological site for tourism, according to an agreement signed with Xieng Khouang provincial officials. The Plain of Jars ...
News Laos » Xieng Khouang » Government: Giant jars, ancient bells, buried bones and a mystery that endures
Helping to preserve artifacts, some potentially 2,000 years old, was an irresistible privilege. Since 2016, an Australian-Lao team led by Louise Shewan, Dougald O'Reilly and Thonglith Luangkhoth has ...
News Laos » Xieng Khouang » Government: How India Can Still Secure a Strategic Position in Laos’s Emerging Rare Earth Sector
China quietly built a second heavy rare earth supply base in Myanmar and Laos while Indian capital stayed largely on the sidelines. A narrower, more disciplined opportunity remains — if India ...
News Laos » Xieng Khouang » Government: Archaeologists found 37 people buried in one giant 'death jar'
A newly excavated megalithic container holding skeletal remains in Laos may help finally solve the mystery of the so-called "Plain of Jars." The discovery of bones and other artifacts inside a giant ...