Disaster preparedness and emergency response policy and administration

Authorities in charge were told to work harder to speed up the search, relief, and recovery effort after the flash flood in Attapeu province, where 99 people are still missing.More ...

Sanamxay district, Attapeu province: Authorities in charge are speeding up the construction of temporary houses to accommodate those made homeless by the flood that raged through here on July 23. Construction is expect to take 45 days after work began two weeks ago.More ...

The government has said it will immediately focus on four main areas of assistance for people affected by the flood caused by the dam failure in Attapeu province’s Sanamxay district. More ...

About 300 people a day are needed in Vientiane to sort through clothing and other items donated by the public for distribution to people left homeless by the flooding in Attapeu. But, at present, only 100 volunteers More ...

The National Ad Hoc Committee says the government will give 500,000 kip to each family affected by the flood in Attapeu as emergency assistance in keeping with people’s needs.More ...

Authorities in charge are mulling the appropriate social welfare policy to compensate the family of an aid worker killed in an accident during the ongoing flood relief effort in Sanamxay district, Attapeu province.More ...

Rebuilding the livelihoods of flood-affected villagers, particularly evacuated families, should be a top priority, Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith told Khammuan and Savannakhet provincial authorities last week.More ...

Sanamxay district, Attapeu province: The government is ratchetting up the provision of urgent relief and assistance to people left homeless after the recent flood caused by the failure of an auxiliary dam at the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy hydropower plant. The process of relief distribution and other assistance is ...

The National Ad Hoc Committee, which has been set up to deal with the relief effort following the dam burst in Attapeu province, says that all forms of aid for displaced persons, including that received from people in Laos and other countries, will be sent ...

Attapeu province: Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith has told local authorities to focus on providing temporary shelters, food, health services and toilets, which he said were priorities for people made homeless after the flood in Sanamxay district.More ...