Laos News » Attapeu News Laos » Attapeu » Government: Laos Dam Failure Exposes Cracks in a Secretive Government’s Agenda
ATTAPEU, Laos — As heavy rains lashed southern Laos over the weekend, volunteers from many countries were continuing to help victims of earlier flooding caused by the failure of a foreign-funded ...
News Laos » Attapeu » Government: Over 2 dozen officials disciplined for corruption in southern Laos
Up to 26 government officials in southern Laos’s Attapeu province have been disciplined or jailed for corruption since February, including the embezzlement of millions of dollars from compensation ...
News Laos » Attapeu » Government: ‘Most of us are worse off’
More than four years after a dam collapse in southern Laos triggered the country’s worst flooding in decades much of the farmland that was underwater remains unusable, leaving some survivors still ...
News Laos » Attapeu » Government: Lao National Assembly members press government on roads, drug trade, resource use
VIENTIANE: National Assembly members have urged the government to improve roads, strengthen drug control and ensure that mining and land development projects maximise benefits for the people and the ...
News Laos » Attapeu » Government: Thousands affected, hundreds missing after dam collapse floods towns in southern Laos
More than 10,000 people have been affected by a catastrophic dam collapse in southern Laos, according to figures published by the United Nations. An unknown number of houses were washed away in the ...
News Laos » Attapeu » Government: Laos starts 273-hectare durian project for China exports
In southern Laos' Attapeu province, a large-scale durian cultivation initiative is set to commence, utilizing hundreds of hectares to align with governmental objectives for commercial fruit farming.
News Laos » Attapeu » Government: WWF Statement Regarding the Laos Dam Disaster
WWF sends condolences to those who lost their lives and homes in the collapse of the dam in Southern Laos’ Attapeu Province. We hope that the rescue efforts succeed for those still in harm’s way and ...