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2006-01-30

Vientiane Times article

2007-05-11

Vientiane Times article

Relations of sovereignty: The uneven production of transnational plantation territories in Laos

2019-10-20

Kenney-Lazar, Miles. (2020). Relations of sovereignty: The uneven production of transnational plantation territories in Laos. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers. 45. 331-344. 10.1111/tran.12353. (Including location map on P.)100

2008-12-11

Vientiane Times article

2011-09-15

Vientiane Times article

2011-01-01

Camps, Children, Chemicals, Contractors and Credit: Field Observations of Labour Practices in Plantations and other Social Developments in Savannakhet and Champasak

2014-05-08

Rubber tapping launched in Savannakhet: The Quasa Geruco Joint Venture Company from Vietnam, who has been supervising the project since 2007, has begun tapping its rubber trees in Savannakhet province. A rubber tapping ceremony was organised yesterday at the company’s plantation in Veunhongkham village, Phin district in Savannakhet province.

LAOS/VIETNAM: Viet Nam’s business commits to developing rubber

2007-05-11

Accessed August 2021: Viet Nam’s Quasa-Geruco Joint Stock Co. will invest 18.7 million USD in growing rubber trees and other industrial crops as well as building a rubber processing factory in central Savanakhet province of Laos.

LAOS: Vietnamese firm begins rubber production in Laos

2014-10-05

Accessed: August 2021 The company plans to exploit 700 ha of rubber trees this year and it will also build a rubber processing plant with a capacity of 5,000 tonnes per year in the neighboring country in the time to come. Apart from its business activities, Quasa-Geruco also pays attention to implementing welfare work in the country. It poured 2.3 billion VND (over USD 108,000) into the construction of roads, a power system, schools and pagoda.

Vietnamese firm begins rubber production in Laos

2014-05-07

This news source mentions that the company said it planned to exploit the land of 700 ha (in 2014)

uthoritarian resource governance and emerging peasant resistance in the context of Sino-Vietnamese Tree Plantations, Southeastern Laos

This source provides information about affected communities and the resistance of some local communities. The report also mentions that Quasa-Geruco Joint Stock Company is a subsidiary of the state-owned Vietnam Rubber Group Old Date value: 2015-04-00

CAMPS, CHILDREN, CHEMICALS, CONTRACTORS & CREDIT: Field Observations of Labour Practices in Plantations & other Social Developments in Savannakhet and Champasak

2011

The source mentions some numbers of local people who worked for the company (seasonal labors)

Listcompany.org

The source tells about the the type of product which tells that it's natural rubber in sheet (It is unprocessed type)

Vietnam Rubber Group says its doors are now open to people affected by plantations in Cambodia and Laos

The sources says that Vietnam Rubber Group (VRG) - a parent company of Quasa Geruco has announced steps to reform how it does business in neighbouring Cambodia and Laos, in response to requests by Global Witness and local groups for the company to respect national laws and citizens’ rights.

Neoliberalizing Authoritarian Environmental Governance in (Post)Socialist Laos

The source tells that villagers refused to concede their lands to the investor, but government officials threatened to accept the project. Old Date value: 2019-03-00