A section of hillside collapsed beneath a workers’ residential camp at the Pak Beng hydropower project in northern Laos at 1 AM on 28 September, burying or damaging several buildings, according to an eyewitness account from the scene.
The slope collapsed below worker housing in Pak Khaen village, Ngeun District,...
"The recent floods around the country have made it clear; Water is both a life resource and a threatening factor. The Thapha village team, in Vientiane...
Luang Prabang's very own BambooLao has captured the top prize and a US$10,000 Innovation Grant in the 2018 Mekong Innovative Startups in Tourism (MIST) challenge,...
"Hazards are not disasters (yet) they can wreak havoc and become disasters when people are vulnerable.
"Risk-informed development planning can ensure that vulnerability to natural...
Mekong-Japan cooperation, connectivity, people links and the environment are major themes as Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith meets counterparts from neighbouring countries and Japan in...
Between US President Donald J. Trump's signature America First rhetoric and self-appraisals generating "spontaneous murmurs" and the attendance of New Zealand's first baby and...
