Government provides limited financial support to affected families so is continuing to ask organisations, businesses and individuals to contribute what they can in the way of monetary donations to help victims.
Category: Laos
Taking a closer look at the MRC’s prior consultation process
Yesterday, participants discussed the Lao-proposed Luang Prabang hydropower project. An Pich Hatda, chief executive officer of the MRC speaks about the prior consultation process.
PM centralises administration of Official Development Assistance in Laos
This means that all central and local state agencies that wish to accept offers of grants or concessional loans from international development partners must get approval from the government or authorised state agency.
Can Nam Ngum solar replace Mekong hydro in Laos?
Floating solar panels on just one of Laos’s existing reservoirs could yield nearly 10 times the electrical generating capacity of the Xayaburi Dam that began full operation on the Mekong this week.
Does Lao’s Xayaburi dam benefit its people?
The newly-built Xayaburi dam has raised some key concerns about Lao PDR’s hydropower strategy.
Lao Dam Break Survivors Still Face Hardships in Temporary Shelters
Lao villagers displaced by flooding from a dam breach last year still face hardship in temporary resettlement areas, with clean water hard to find and toilets unusable.