Disasters and emergency response

Disaster preparedness and emergency response policy and administration

Flood victims to have temporary housing within two months

Temporary housing will be built, with completion slated within two months, to accommodate people left homeless after widespread flooding in Sanamxay district, Attapeu province, authorities in charge have said.More ...

 Vientiane Times reporter

Govt approves compensation policy for dam burst victims

People affected by widespread flooding in Sanamxay district, Attapeu province, look set to receive full compensation as the government has determined that the flood was not a natural disaster.More ...

 Ekaphone Phouthonesy

Vaccination drive at Attapeu’s flood relief shelters gets a push

Health authorities have begun to provide vaccines against typhoid, cholera, tetanus and more to flood victims to prevent against the possible communicable disease outbreaks in flood-affected areas in Sanamxay district, Attapeu province. Some 2,979 cases of illness from dysentery, pneumonia, athlete’s foot and respiratory problems have ...

 Xayxana Leukai

Weary rescuers head homeward bound with nation’s gratitude

Sanamxay district, Attapeu province: The number of confirmed fatalities remained at 11 as of yesterday’s conclusion of the ground search and rescue mission on day eight following the devastation caused by floodwaters from the failure of the saddle dam D at the provinces under-construction Xepian-Xenamnoy hydropower ...

 Bounfaeng Phaymanivong

Flood victim’s body found on Cambodian side

Vientiane Times reporter Mr BounfaengPhaymanivong said this morning that rescuers had found another body on Cambodian soil though it was yet to be confirmed whether it was a flood victim.More ...

 Souknilundon Southivongnorath

Assist flood relief, youth union instructed

Authorities have called for more youth volunteers to assist the distribution of relief supplies to victims affected by the deadly flooding in Attapeu province’s Sanamxay district.More ...

 Somsack Pongkhao

Teams join painstaking search for Sanamxay’s missing folk

Additional rescuers from abroad have been deployed to expedite the search for 120 people that remain missing after a saddle dam collapsed, flooding villages in Sanamxay district of Attapeu province on July 23, the committee in charge has announced.More ...

 Souksakhone Vaenkeo & Boungfaeng Phaymanivong

Attapeu flood victims need more essential supplies

Flood victims in Sanamxay district, Attapeu province are still in need of essential items especially food, rice, drinking water, clothing, blankets, medicines and other daily necessities. More than 10,000 people have been relocated to temporary shelter centres in Attapeu and Champassak provinces after the flood ...

 Vientiane Times

Priority access for foreign rescue teams to assist flood victims

Rescue teams from foreign countries have been offered priority access to enter the country via immigration checkpoints so that they can join rescue operations in Attapeu province. More ...