Govt approves special budget for flood recovery

The government has approved a special budget of 500 billion kip (US$58 million) to repair public infrastructure that was damaged in last year’s floods, indicating that the remaining recovery work could soon begin. The Ministry of Planning and Investment unveiled the approved budget at the annual ...

Ekaphone Phouthonesy

Flood Hits Villages In Phongsaly, Trivial Damages Reported

(KPL) Flash flood damaged houses and farmlands in villages of Bounneua district and Phongsaly district of Phongsaly Province on Jan 8. Yet initial assessments by local authorities suggest that the damages were trivial. More ...

KPL editors

UN announces grant to assist flood victims in Khammuan

Laos has secured a grant from the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund to support emergency response and humanitarian efforts in the aftermath of the recent floods that occurred across the country. The US$3.5 million grant will be used to rehabilitate the six hardest-hit districts ...

Times Reporters

Government Fails in Promise to Deliver Assistance to Victims of Laos Dam Burst

Survivors of July’s disaster at the Xe Pian Xe Namnoy (PNPC) hydropower project in Champassak, Laos are calling upon the local and national governments for relief, after failing to receive promised allowances for living expenses for the past two month., according to a local official.Two ...

Max Avary

More Southeast Asian Dam Disasters Likely Unless Funders Ensure Higher Standards

The Lao dam disaster in July that resulted in heavy flooding in two provinces that left at least 40 people dead and displaced 7,000 others has drawn both regional and international attention to the potential dangers of Southeast Asia’s current dam-building spree.With plans for 11 ...

Roseanne Gerin

Wet season rice production down in Laos due to flood

VIENTIANE, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) — Wet season rice production in Laos is expected to be reduced by about 300,000 tons after widespread flooding this year that affected many parts of the country.The Lao government, especially the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, has encouraged farmers around ...

Liangyu

KIA Motors Asia Donates US$ 100,000 To Aid Flood Victims In Laos

(KPL) The KIA Motors Asia of Republic of Korea donated US$ 100,000 to aid flood victims in Laos.The handover ceremony held at the Ministry of Laobour and Social Welfares between Minister of Labour and Social Welfare Dr. Khampheng Saysompheng and General Manager -KIA Motors Asia ...

KPL

Govt needs over 6 trillion kip for flood recovery

The government estimates it will need at least 6 trillion kip to recover from the damage done by floods around the country this year, with the greatest need being in the transport and agriculture sectors.The recovery effort will take place in the short, medium and ...

Times Reporters

Homeless flood victims to have 500 modular houses

Dam construction companies have ordered 450 modular housing units, worth over 29 billion kip, from overseas to accommodate families who still have nowhere to live after they lost their homes in the flood that hit Sanamxay district, Attapeu province, in July.Homeless families will also have ...

Times Reporters

Govt to cease search operations in Sanamxay

The government is set to cease search operations in Attapeu’s Sanamxay district where many people are still missing following flash floods caused by the collapse of a dam in the southern province in July.An announcement to end the more-than-two-month-long search operations is being prepared and ...

Souksakhone Vaenkeo

Contact us

Contact us

Do you have questions on the content published by Open Development Laos? We will gladly help you.

Have you found a technical problem or issue on the Open Development Laos website?

Tell us how we're doing.

Do you have resources that could help expand the Open Development Laos website? We will review any map data, laws, articles, and documents that we do not yet have and see if we can implement them into our site. Please make sure the resources are in the public domain or fall under a Creative Commons license.

File was deleted
ERROR!

Disclaimer: Open Development Laos will thoroughly review all submitted resources for integrity and relevancy before the resources are hosted. All hosted resources will be in the public domain, or licensed under Creative Commons. We thank you for your support.

GXDym
* The idea box couldn't be blank! Something's gone wrong, Please Resubmit the form! Please add the code correctly​ first.

Thank you for taking the time to get in contact!