Disasters and emergency response

Lao officials and representatives from the World Health Organisation (WHO) are meeting in Vientiane to discuss ways to improve coordination between emergency medical teams.Better coordination is necessary to integrate the services provided by these teams to ensure the quality and timeliness of medical care for ...

(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 ...

The governor of a province in Laos hit by flooding from a dam breach earlier this year has issued conflicting estimates of the projected cost to house displaced persons, giving figures deemed unnecessarily high by another official source and contradicting statements he himself had made ...

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 ...

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 ...

Remains of two of the 31 persons who had remained listed as missing since the flash flooding caused by July’s saddle dam collapse were recovered on Wednesday and Thursday in Sanamxay district, Attapeu province.More ...

Vientiane (VNA) – Representatives from the branch of Indo Tran Logistics Corporation of Vietnam in Laos on October 17 handed over 12,300 USD to Laos’s Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare to support Lao people affected by the July dam collapse in Attapeu. More ...

As many as 31 persons remain unaccounted for despite extended search operations to locate all victims of the July 23 flash flooding caused by a collapse of a dam in Sanamxay district, Attapeu province, Deputy Prime Minister said yesterday.Authorities in charge have decided to officially ...

(KPL) We mark the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction and the ASEAN Disaster Management Day every year on 13 October. In the Lao PDR – in the aftermath of tropical storms Sontinh and Bebinca and floods across all provinces – this day gives us an opportunity to raise awareness ...

Allocation of farm land and provision of rice seedlings to people displaced by floods must be hastened, Deputy Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone has told authorities in Attapeu province.More ...