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PM Suspens Monthly Meeting, Leads Ministers To Flooded Sanamxay
(KPL) Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith has suspended the planned monthly meeting of the government for August and led his cabinet members and other senior officials to Sanamxay to monitor rescue and relief efforts being made for flood victims. The collapse of the Xepian-Xe Nam Noy hydropower ...
KPL
Xe-Pian Dam Bursts its Banks Causing Catastrophic damage
Attapeu provincial authorities have confirmed that the Xe-Pian Dam burst its banks yesterday, causing millions of tons of water to flood the local area, and causing widespread damage.More ...
The Laotian Times
Illegal drug trade, traffic rule violations top court cases
Illegal trade in drugs and accidents caused by violation of traffic rules accounted for most of the cases filed in the Vientiane People’s Court over the past six months, the court’s vice president has said. Cases of stealing and fraud followed illegal drug trade and ...
Souksakhone Vaenkeo
Authorities prepare to crack down on illegally-imported vehicles
The Customs Department is in the process of enforcing a notice issued by the Ministry of Finance on June 27 regarding a resolution on illegal vehicles imports from abroad.More ...
Somsack Pongkhao
Disaster management risk tackled with Caritas Luxembourg
Disaster risk reduction efforts in target districts of Xieng Khuang province have saw the launch of a new Luxembourg-backed project in cooperation with the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare on Monday.More ...
Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth
Oudomxai to add waterfall to tourist attraction list
A waterfall in Houn district of Oudomxai province has caught the eye of provincial tourism authorities who hope it will do the same for more visitors.More ...
Vientiane Times
National Road 13 to be improved, maintained with WB support
More than 500,000 people living in the adjacent sections of National Road 13 will benefit from improvements planned in the area.More ...
Vientiane Times
Vientiane Highway Compensation Estimated To Be At Least US$ 40 Million
(KPL) The compensation for the losses of people’s property and houses to pave the way for the development of the Vientiane Highway running parallel to the Kaysone Phomvihane Road has been estimated to be at least 40 million US dollars.More ...
KPL
Flash flooding kills one, damages homes, farmland in provinces
Flash flooding has killed at least one villager in central Borikhamxay province and damaged houses, infrastructure such as roads and inundated hundreds of hectares of farmland in numerous provinces.More ...
Souksakhone Vaenkeo
People's council seeks progress on Nongchan Bus Station construction
Authorities submitted a request for the Vientiane People’s Council to consider measures to resolve the status of the Nongchan Bus Station project in central Vientiane where construction has stopped. The project plans to upgrade the existing bus station into a modern facility involving a six-storey ...
Vientiane Times
