Concessions and Leases in the Lao PDR

Thai investments take place in regions of greater accessibility
(mainly consisting of large sugarcane plantations in the
South), and Chinese investments are on average very
accessible, with almost 80% of areas granted within two hours
from a district capital (see Figure 19). Vietnamese investments
are the most remote, as 37% of their area under investment
occurs over four hours away. While beyond the scope of
the data available for this analysis, it is also possible that
although areas under Vietnamese investment remain poorly
accessible from Lao district capitals, they are often located
along the border with Vietnam and some may enjoy better
access to Vietnam than to Lao PDR administrative capitals (see
Map 16).
Figure 17: Accessibility (by travel time to district capital)
of Concessions and Leases
Figure 18: Accessibility (by travel time to district capital)
by Subsectors in the Primary Sector
100%
% Area (ha)
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Concessions
Leases
Agriculture Forestry Mining
5+
4h - 5h
3h - 4h
2h - 3h
1h - 2h