Disasters and emergency response

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Work to build an embankment and promenade along the Mekong River in Savannakhet’s provincial capital has begun, with support from the Asian Development Bank.A ground-breaking ceremony for the project took place in Kaysone Phomvihane city recently, attended by senior provincial officials.The US$4.5 ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Despite budget constraints, disaster recovery remains a top priority for the government to sustain growth in the agriculture sector and alleviate poverty in local communities.Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Dr Bounkhuang Khambounheuang, told Vientiane Times this week that the government will allocate ...

About 70 percent of survivors have returned to their villages a year after the catastrophic dam collapse last year in Attapeu, amid ongoing efforts to rehabilitate flood victims.The disaster occurred on the night of July 23, 2018, when water poured over a saddle dam at the ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – A newly completed irrigation scheme is set to benefit more than 60,000 residents of Vientiane by supplying water to 1,542 hectares of farmland.The project was officially handed over yesterday by the developer to the Vientiane government in Dongkhuay village, Xaythany district.The ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Seven people are missing and two children were injured in the early hours of Saturday when a landslide struck in Viengxay district, Huaphan province, after more than two days of rain.District Governor Mr Phonsouk Inthavong told Vientiane Times yesterday that the landslide took ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – After being driven out of their homes following flooding on Tuesday, hundreds of people in Nan district, Luang Prabang province, now need essentials like food, drinking water and clothing.More than 2,000 people in 372 families have been affected, district Governor Mr ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Almost 400 families in eight villages of Nan district, Luang Prabang province, found their homes inundated after torrential rain throughout Monday night caused flash flooding.Nan district Governor, Mr Sivone Vongkhamchanh, told Vientiane Times that the night long downpour caused flooding in low-lying areas of ...

A number of villages in Nan District, Luang Prabang Province have been hit by severe flash floods after torrential rain on Monday evening.A massive rainstorm has finally broken the severe drought that gripped the country for months, causing flash flooding in Luang Prabang.The Nan River ...

Both the government of Laos and the builders of the Xayaburi dam are dismissing allegations that damming of the Mekong River, for the trial run of electricity generators, is one of the reasons for the sharp drop of water levels in the downstream stretches of ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The level of the Mekong River – the longest river in Southeast Asia – will increase gradually in the coming weeks after falling to a record rainy-season low that is affecting farmers and businesses.The Meteorology and Hydrology Department issued the forecast ...