Disasters and emergency response

Local communities impacted by flooding are benefiting under a ‘cash for work’ project as part of the collaboration between the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare and the United Nations Development Programme.The project began in 2018 to support the most vulnerable families, most of whom ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Lao Recovery Consultation meeting yesterday brought together government agencies and development partners to discuss the way forward and build on the findings of the Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) conducted in 2018.Last year, Laos suffered its worst floods in a decade which ...

(KPL) Two World Bank projects, currently helping the Lao PDR to build climate resilient infrastructure and respond to flood-affected areas of the country, will receive additional financing totaling USD$50 million.Financing will become available through a special Crisis Response Window allocation from the International Development Association ...

(KPL) The Japanese government has provided grant assistance worth USD 22,195 to Vientiane Rescue 1623, through its Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP).The assistance was in the form of donation of a refurbished ambulance and a fire engine.More ...

Laos’ deputy prime minister has identified poor soil analysis for a fatal hydropower dam collapse, often described as the country’s worst flooding in decades.At a meeting last week on environmental policy, Deputy Prime Minister Bounthong Chitmany, who also heads the investigative committee tasked with finding ...

Sangthong district authorities in Vientiane are assessing the extent of forest destroyed by fire in the Phou Phanang (Phanang Mountain) National Protected Area last week.District authorities said the official data on losses and further measures to protect forests are still being assessed.A representative of authorities ...

The government has obtained 2,221 tonnes of rice worth over 16 billion kip from the Asean plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve (APTERR+3) for distribution to flood victims in Attapeu province.Each Asean member country has an emergency rice reserve, and the rice stock in Laos is ...

(KPL) The government of Timor –Leste has donated US$ 750,000 to help flood victims in Sanamxay district, Attapeu province.The handover ceremony was held at the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare in Vientiane on Mar 6 between the Timor Leste Ambassador to Laos, Ms Natália Carrascalão Antunes and the ...

The government of Japan will provide 850 million yen (about US$7.6 million) for Laos in support of activities to help communities around the country that were hit by floods last year.Heavy rain between July and September, including two tropical storms, resulted in widespread damage around ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The government of South Korea has approved US$15 million (over 128 billion kip) to implement a flood recovery programme and assist the people of Sanamxay district in Attapeu province.Speaking at a press conference in Vientiane yesterday, the Ambassador of the Republic ...