Disasters and emergency response
Disasters
Start of school year may be postponed in flooded areas: officials
Some 13 schools and 55 teachers have been affected by the disastrous dam failure which unleashed a torrent of water and ravaged Attapeu province’s Sanamxay district on July 23. Of the 13 schools, one was swept away by the flood,More ...
Somsack Pongkhao
Committee announces cash donation for flood victims
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 ...
Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth
Compensation considered for aid worker killed in flood relief mission
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 ...
Souksakhone Vaenkeo
Authorities told to rebuild livelihoods of flood-stricken villagers
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 ...
Somsack Pongkhao
Mekong bursts its banks, flows into Pakxe
The water in the Mekong River is currently above the danger level in Champassak province and has flooded some parts of Pakxe, while in Khammuan province the river has almost reached the danger mark. But in Khammuan it is the Xebangfai River that has overflowed ...
Vientiane Times’ reporter
Provision of relief services must take place transparently, DPM stresses
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 ...
Bounfaeng Phaymanivong
Attapeu to spend 5.2 billion kip on emergency road repairs
Attapeu province will spend 5.2 billion kip on emergency repairs to Road 18A, which runs from the provincial capital to Sanamxay district where a dam at the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy hydropower plant collapsed on July 23.More ...
Vientiane Times’ Reporter
Sanamxay flood’s impact immense, official figures still unavailable
The extent of the losses and damage caused by flooding in Sanamxay district, Attapeu province, is clearly vast, although a final assessment has not yet been made. More ...
Souksakhone Vaenkeo
Condolences continue to flow in from friendly countries
Foreign leaders continued to express their sympathy to their Lao counterparts over the tragedy caused by the failure of the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy dam.More ...
Vientiane Times’ Reporter
Committee amasses aid relief for flood victims
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 ...
Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth