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Laos dam collapse: bombshell accusations, few answers (video)

Questions, accountability concerns, and controversies continue to swirl around the Laos dam disaster in July that killed more than 40 villagers, as evidenced by a range of new reports that stretch from South Korea to Thailand.More ...

AEC news editor

Govt presses for progress in dam collapse enquiry

The government cabinet has told an ad hoc committee to remain focused and to make progress in determining the root cause of the collapse of a dam in southern Laos in July which left dozens of people dead.More ...

Times Reporters

Energy ministry to join investigation into dam failure 

The Ministry of Energy and Mines is ready to join with all stakeholders in a government mission to investigate the cause of the damage to saddle dam D at the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy hydropower project, which resulted in serious flooding and destruction in Sanamxay district, Attapeu ...

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

Laos to work with Korea, Thailand on dam investigation: PM

The government will work with the countries whose companies are stakeholders in the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy hydropower project to investigate the cause of the collapse of the project’s saddle dam, Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith announced yesterday.More ...

Souksakhone Vaenkeo

Substandard Dam Causes Collapse, Energy Minister

(KPL) Minister of Energy and Mines Khammany Inthirath told a press conference in Vientiane on Thursday that the collapse of Saddle Dam D of the Xepian-Xe Nam Noy hydropower project on Jul 23 was caused by substandard construction. The dam collapsed at 20.00 hours on Monday, ...

KPL

Express accountability for fatal flooding, dam firm urged 

An official from Xe Pian Xe Namnoy Power Company has agreed the firm will take the fullest responsibility under the law and as per its concession agreement for the impact of its saddle dam D collapse following the record flood and destruction in Sanamxay district, ...

Ekaphone Phouthonesy

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