Deal #6350

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.

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)

Authoritarian 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

Environmental Group Urges Laos to Support Complaint Mechanism

2014-12-31

RFA

Source details of how an environmental advocacy group has urged the Laos Government to ensure that Vietnam Rubber Group is adhering to the law and upholding the rights of villagers affected by its plantations.

Forest management group strips Vietnamese rubber company of certification

2015-10-29

The US-based Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) stripped a Vietnam Rubber Group (VRG) of its certification after finding that the state-owned entity committed human rights violations and illegally destroyed thousands of acres of forest for rubber plantations in Cambodia. The state-owned Vietnamese rubber company had illegally seized land from local villagers in Cambodia and decimated at least 50,000 hectares (123,600 acres) of the forest, including wildlife sanctuaries and protected areas, for its plantations.

Resisting with the State-The Authoritarian Governance of Land in Laos_KenneyLazar_Final 2016

2016-12