LAO PDR: Vision 2030 and Ten-year Socio-Economic Development Strategy (2016-2025)

Meta Data
Title in national language: 
ວິໄສທັດຮອດປີ 2030 ແລະ ຍຸດທະສາດ ການພັດທະນາເສດຖະກິດ-ສັງຄົມ ໄລຍະ 10 ປີ (2016-2025)
Draft: 
No
Revision of previous policy?: 
No
Effective Start Year: 
2016
Effective End Year: 
2025
Scope: 
National
Document Type: 
Overarching Policy, Plan/Strategy
Economic Sector: 
Power, Multi-Sector, Other
Energy Types: 
Power, Renewable, Other
Issued by: 
Ministry of Planning and Investment
Notes: 
No English translation available. Google translate
Source: 
The Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Planning and Investment (LO)
File: 
Vision 2030 and Ten-year Socio-Economic Development Strategy (2016-2025) (LO)
Overall Summary: 
The Vision 2030 and Ten-year Socio-Economic Development Strategy (2016-2025) aims Lao PDR to become a developing country with upper-middle income and with innovative, green and sustainable economic growth; there is availability of industrial pillars and a strong basic infrastructure system to support industrialization and modernization. The ten-year strategy takes account of the strategy to graduate from LDC status by 2020 and the strategy for the transition period of LDC graduation by 2025.
Renewable Energy
RE priorities: 
2.3.3.4 Strategies for the protection and use of natural resources in a sustainable, efficient and green manner [...] 2. Focus tasks: [...] 3) Develop and use renewable energy, focus on diversification for the development of the economic sector that uses the least natural resources to generate alternative sources of income from the agricultural sector.
Energy Supply and Infrastructure
Energy supply priorities: 
2.3.3.7 Industrialization and modernization strategy. [...] 2. Focus tasks: ) Give priority to the development and enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of environmentally friendly production in the pillar industry, such as the electricity industry as a pillar of the power supply for the production of the domestic and export industries;