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About 20 percent of package tour bookings to Ubon Ratchathani and Pakse and Paksong townships in souther Laos during the long weekends this week have been cancelled after the dam collapse in Attapeu province, said Mr Sakda Piriyakitpaibul, chairman of the tourism industry council of Ubon Ratchathani. He, however, said that the cancellations were limited
Despite frantic efforts by both Laotian and foreign rescue teams to reach flood victims in Sanamxay district of Attapeu province in southern Laos, a senior Laotian official admitted that they were able to cover only 30 per cent of the affected villages as of Thursday, according to Vientiane Times. But the paper reported that so
In a major crackdown of loan sharks in the northeastern province of Udon Thani, police, military personnel and local administration officials arrested three members of a business family on charges of extending loans with exorbitant interest rates beyond legal limits and operating personal loan business without permission. The three suspects from the same family were
His Majesty the King has conveyed his condolences to Lao President Bounnhang Vorachith over the flood disaster caused by the partial collapse of the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy dam in Attapeu province. In his message to the Lao President, HM the King said he felt shocked and deeply saddened after learning of the flood disaster resulting from
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 of Loas which were hardest-hit by devastating floods unleashed by the collapse of a hydropower dam. Vientiane Times reported that Thai rescue
The Australian doctor involved in the Tham Luang cave rescue has revealed that he taught divers how to administer dangerous anaesthetic drugs so they could sedate the Wild Boar team mid-rescue, according to ABC News Australia. Dr Richard Harris provided the new details following a ceremony at Government House in Adelaide on Thursday, where he
An album of pictures of the operation to rescue the 12 Moo Pa Academy footballers and their coach from Tham Luang cave will be distributed to people attending the thank-you party to be organised by the government on Aug 1, Prime Minister’s Office Minister Suwaphan Tanyuvardhana said on Friday. Mr Suwaphan said His Majesty the
Many victims of the floods that devastated several villages in Sanamxay district of Attapeu province in southern Laos have returned to their villages only to see what was left of their homes. The Vientiane Times, the official media outlet of the Laotian government, talked to some of them who recalled the horror they and their
A total of 23 people attending a foundation stone laying ceremony for the construction of an ubosot (chapel) at a temple in Warin Chamrab district of the northeastern province of Ubon Ratchathani were injured when a temporary floor of the ubosot caved in. The incident took place Friday morning at Wat Pa Ubonkaew where a
More than 1,200 families in Cambodia’s northern Strung Treng province affected by flooding from a collapse of Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy dam in Attapeu province of Laos on Monday have been moved to safe ground, Phnom Penh Post reported. It quoted Stung Treng province spokesperson Men Kung as saying on Wednesday evening that flood water from the
Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding Pcl has defended its construction of the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy dam in Attapeu province of Laos as being in compliance with international standard, but the fracture and eventual collapse of the saddle dam which is part of the main dam was due to heavy rains, according to Energy Minister Siri Jirapongphan. The
An official of the company which operates the Xe Pian-Xe Namnoy dam in Attapeu province of Laos was quoted saying today that the firm would take full responsibility for the damage caused by its collapse that triggered a massive flooding in vast areas early this week. Vientiane Times said Minister of Energy and Mines Dr
A Thai private rescue team is playing a crucial role in the operation to search and rescue Laotian villagers stranded by the floods that have devastated large areas in Sanamxay district of Attapeu province in southern Laos. Members of “Hook 31”, a private relief foundation based in Nakhon Ratchasima, were the first foreign rescue team
All governors have been ordered by Interior permanent secretary Chatchai Promlert to set up donation centres in their respective provinces to accept cash or material donations from members of the public to be sent to help victims from the dam collapse in Laos. In case of cash donations, donors are advised to send their monies
The impact of the dam-caused flood disaster in Attapeu province’s Sanamxay district has widened as floodwaters flow further downstream from the Xe Pian River, Vientianes Times reported. It said the official death toll climbed to four as of yesterday afternoon with 127 people remaining missing, quoting the district governor, Mr Bounhome Phommasane. More than 10,000
As Cambodia gears up for a general election this Sunday, Prime Minister Hun Sen told Cambodians that a victory for his Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) is a victory for the kingdom. Hun Sen said under his leadership, Cambodia had transformed from a “killing field to a beautiful kingdom”, according to Phnom Penh Post. Posting a
