{"id":27396,"date":"2022-04-06T15:30:37","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T08:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/investlaos.gov.la\/?page_id=27396"},"modified":"2023-04-06T18:16:17","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T11:16:17","slug":"%e0%ba%81%e0%ba%b4%e0%ba%94%e0%ba%88%e0%ba%b0%e0%ba%81%e0%ba%b2%e0%ba%99%e0%ba%81%e0%ba%b0%e0%ba%aa%e0%ba%b4%e0%ba%81%e0%ba%b3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/investlaos.gov.la\/lo-la\/%e0%ba%81%e0%ba%b4%e0%ba%94%e0%ba%88%e0%ba%b0%e0%ba%81%e0%ba%b2%e0%ba%99-%e0%ba%81%e0%ba%b2%e0%ba%99%e0%ba%a5%e0%ba%bb%e0%ba%87%e0%ba%97%e0%ba%b6%e0%ba%99%e0%ba%aa%e0%ba%b3%e0%ba%9b%e0%ba%b0%e0%ba%97\/%e0%ba%81%e0%ba%b4%e0%ba%94%e0%ba%88%e0%ba%b0%e0%ba%81%e0%ba%b2%e0%ba%99%e0%ba%81%e0%ba%b0%e0%ba%aa%e0%ba%b4%e0%ba%81%e0%ba%b3\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0e81\u0eb4\u0e94\u0e88\u0eb0\u0e81\u0eb2\u0e99\u0e81\u0eb0\u0eaa\u0eb4\u0e81\u0eb3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; 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The application for approval for studying the project possibility and application for signing Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_9 et_animated  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The investors with business operation objectives in agriculture activities and with government\u2019s land concession requirement must request the approval for primary data collection from agriculture sector or Planning and Investment (PI) sector, then coordinate with concerned sectors at local levels. After having the primary data on land area and project location, the investors can submit the investment request to PI sector at central or local levels to request the approval in signing Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Government for detailed exploration in the land area, with the agreement from concerned sectors, mainly from Natural Resource and Environment Sector and Agriculture and Forestry Sector.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Investors must submit the request to PI sector at central or local levels in accordance with the following decentralization:<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_10 et_animated  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>No.<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>To be considered by central levels<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>To be considered by provincial, municipal levels<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Land concession for growing of non-perennial crops and food crops<\/td>\n<td>Land concession for growing of non-perennial crops and food crops<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Land concession for cattle farming: cows, buffaloes and others<\/td>\n<td>Land concession for cattle farming: cows, buffaloes and others<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Land concession for plantation of fruit trees and perennial plants, industrial plants (Acacia auriculiformis, eucalyptus)<\/td>\n<td>Land concession for plantation of fruit trees and perennial plants, industrial plants (Acacia auriculiformis, eucalyptus)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Land concession for plantation of economic plants (sugarcane, corn\u2026.)<\/td>\n<td>Land concession for special plants cultivation (sunflower plants, herbal plants)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Land concession for plantation of non-timber forest products and herbal plants<\/td>\n<td>Land concession for plantation of non-timber forest products and herbal plants<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Land concession for farming of poultry, small animals, i.e.: goats, sheep and others<\/td>\n<td>Land concession for farming of poultry, small animals, i.e.: goats, sheep and others<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Land concession for farming of aquatic animals, wild animals<\/td>\n<td>Land concession for farming of aquatic animals, wild animals<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_11  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Based on Decree No. 135\/PM, dated 25\/05\/2009 on the lease or concession of Government lands, Article 28 on the lease or concession approval of degraded forestland for agricultural and tree plantation activities, and Article 29 on the concession approval of barren forestland for agricultural and tree plantation activities as follows:<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_accordion et_pb_accordion_1\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle et_pb_module et_pb_accordion_item et_pb_accordion_item_6  et_pb_toggle_open\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Local levels<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><ul>\n<li>Degraded forestland of not more than 150 hectares per 1 project, with a maximum lease or concession period not more than 30 years with extensibility depending on case by case.<\/li>\n<li>Barren forestland of not more than 500 hectares per 1 project, with a maximum lease or concession period not more than 30 years with extensibility depending on case by case.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_toggle et_pb_module et_pb_accordion_item et_pb_accordion_item_7  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Central levels<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><ul>\n<li>Degraded forestland of between 150 \u2013 15,000 hectares per 1 project, with a maximum lease or concession period more than 30 years, but not more than 40 years, with extensibility depending on case by case.<\/li>\n<li>Barren forest land of between 500 \u2013 30,000 hectares per 1 project, with a maximum lease or concession period more than 40 , but not more than 60 years, with extensibility depending on case by case.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_toggle et_pb_module et_pb_accordion_item et_pb_accordion_item_8  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Complementary documents required for the request submission<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><ol>\n<li>Applications for investment in printed form of general concession projects (agriculture sector).<\/li>\n<li>Brief proposal about the project development, certified by the President or Director-General of the company (or attorney).<\/li>\n<li>History-experiences of company, license or business registration certificate of company.<\/li>\n<li>General business agreement (in case there are two or more companies).<\/li>\n<li>Power of Attorney for the representative of stockholders or company, in case the person is not in the top position of the company.<\/li>\n<li>Map of project location;<\/li>\n<li>Supporting letter from financial institutes or banks (if any).<\/li>\n<li>Other related documents (if any).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The application must be submitted in 6 sets and investors keep 1 copy of investment application as the evidence.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_toggle et_pb_module et_pb_accordion_item et_pb_accordion_item_9  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Processes for considering the approval requests of possibility study in agricultural development project or an application for signing MOU<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/investlaos.gov.la\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image001-300x296-1.jpg\" width=\"456\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25249 aligncenter size-medium\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_toggle et_pb_module et_pb_accordion_item et_pb_accordion_item_10  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Functional scope of investors to implement in the MOU in general consists of:<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><ol>\n<li>The study of social-economic data, natural suitability, for instance: soil, climate, altitude, rainfall, water source, land use rights, local labour, exploration of forest conditions and forest resources and others as necessary;<\/li>\n<li>Create economic-technical analysis(Feasibility Study \u201cFS\u201d), then request the legalization from Planning Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (Planning Department will act as the coordinator of concerned departments of its Ministry, for example, Forestry Department, Agriculture Department, Land Department and other concerned departments for comments and resolution in legalizing the economic-technical analysis). At local levels, it is the Provincial or municipal Agriculture and Forestry Section;<\/li>\n<li>Create a report of Environment and Social Impact Assessment \u201cESIA\u201d or Initial Environment Examination \u201cIEE\u201d including suitable solution standards, then request the legalization from National Resource and Environment Sector;<\/li>\n<li>Create Environment Management and Monitoring Plan \u201cEmptor Social Management and Monitoring Plan \u201cSMMP\u201d in the operational plan, focusing on the protection of water sources and environment, area exploration, village development, people\u2019s involving promotion in the production, technology utilization and others through benefit sharing;<\/li>\n<\/ol><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_toggle et_pb_module et_pb_accordion_item et_pb_accordion_item_11  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Deposit of MOU\u2019s warranties<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p><span>After signing the MOU, the investors shall deposit warranties at the PI sector at central or provincial levels, then, the sector will issue the certificate to the investors.<\/span><br \/><span>The value of the warranties is classified as per the area size of land concession as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Area of land concession<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\"><strong>Warranties<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2 \u2013 150 hectares<\/td>\n<td>30.000 US dollars<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>151 \u2013 1.000 hectares<\/td>\n<td>50.000 US dollars<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1.000 hectares and above<\/td>\n<td>70.000 US dollars<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n                        <\/div>\r\n                        \r\n                        <div class=\"df-cs-content-section secondary\">\r\n                            <div class=\"et_pb_section et_pb_section_8 et_section_regular\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_4\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column_4  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_12 et_animated  et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>B. Project Development Agreement (Project Development Agreement \u201cPDA\u201d)\/Concession Agreement (Concession Agreement \u201cCA\u201d)<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_13 et_animated  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After signing the MOU and exploring clearly the land area, as well as legalizing the economic-technical analysis, report of Environment and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) or Initial Environment Examination (IEE) through the procedural regulations of agriculture\u2013forestry sector and natural resource and environment sector, the investors can submit to the PI sector to apply for the development or activity operation steps by signing Project Development Agreement(PDA)\/Concession Agreement(CA)with the Government.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After signing Project Development Agreement (PDA)\/Concession Agreement (CA) with Government, domestic or foreign investors must establish the Project Company to operate the activities or to organize and implement Project Development Agreement\/Concession Agreement, whose concession registration certificate will be issued by Planning and Investment sector. After that, the investors can organize and operate the project in line with the project economic-technical analysis and regulations of Lao PDR.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_14  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Processes for considering the approval requests and issuing concession registration certificate (agricultural activities)<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_image et_pb_image_1\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"729\" height=\"699\" src=\"https:\/\/investlaos.gov.la\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image003-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"image003-1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/investlaos.gov.la\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image003-1.jpg 729w, https:\/\/investlaos.gov.la\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image003-1-480x460.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 729px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-26879\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n                        <\/div>\r\n                                <\/div>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n                        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":27347,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-27396","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/investlaos.gov.la\/lo-la\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/investlaos.gov.la\/lo-la\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/investlaos.gov.la\/lo-la\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investlaos.gov.la\/lo-la\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investlaos.gov.la\/lo-la\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27396"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/investlaos.gov.la\/lo-la\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28178,"href":"https:\/\/investlaos.gov.la\/lo-la\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27396\/revisions\/28178"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investlaos.gov.la\/lo-la\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/investlaos.gov.la\/lo-la\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}