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Priority access for foreign rescue teams to assist flood victims
Rescue teams from foreign countries have been offered priority access to enter the country via immigration checkpoints so that they can join rescue operations in Attapeu province. More ...
Somsack Pongkhao
Sanamxay flood search, rescue effort sees 30 percent reached
Attapeu : Search and rescue operations have spanned just 30 percent of the total area of 13 flood-affected villages in Attapeu province as of yesterday afternoon as the complexities of the terrain and prevailing conditions continue to hamper progress according to a senior official.More ...
Souksakhone Vaenkeo & Phoonsab Thevongsa
Nam Theun 2 pauses power generation, supporting flood prevention efforts
One of the largest hydropower plants in Laos has temporarily halted electric power generation in a bid to minimise the risk of flooding in the Xe Bang Fay river’s downstream area, according to the project’s operator. Nam Theun 2 power company announced this week it had ...
Ekaphone Phouthonesy
Government Appoints Special Task Force to Combat National Level Crises
The Lao Government has upheld its commitment to improving its disaster management system nationwide by establishing a special committee tasked with overseeing the management of national level crises.More ...
The Laotian Times
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
Laos, Thailand, China forge ahead in flood search
Rescue teams of Laos, Thailand and China have been rushing to rescue survivors and search for signs of the missing since Monday night in the flooded villages of Sanamxay district in Attapeu province. Thailand Rescue teams were the first from abroad to access the area ...
Vientiane Times
Governments Extend Aid To Flood Victims In Laos
(KPL) The governments of many countries have extended and promised to extend relief aid for flood victims in Attapeu, a southern province of Laos.More ...
KPL
BCEL One Heart Makes Donation For Flood Victims Easier
(KPL) Banque Pour Le Commerce Exterieur Lao Public, mostly known as BCEL, has launched a corporate social responsibility project called BCEL One Heart to raise funds for flood victims in Attapeu and other charity purposes.More ...
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
Laos, Myanmar enhance cooperation
Minister of Foreign Affairs Saleumxay Kommasith led a delegation to visit Myanmar on July 23-24 at the invitation of the Union Minister for International Cooperation, Mr U Kyaw Tin.More ...
Vientiane Times
