20151104

Laotian News

• Thousands of Lao Villagers Displaced by Dam Collapse Appeal For Food And Supplies
  Relief work is hampered by poor roads and shortages of manpower and farm goods following more flooding. [...]
• Developers Press Ahead With Dams, Despite Lao Order to Halt New Hydropower Projects
  Builders of the proposed Pak Lay and Pak Beng dams say they are continuing their surveys and feasibility studies. [...]
• ‘Robbery’ Likely Motive Behind Murder of Ethnic Chinese Businessman in Lao Capital: Police
  CCTV footage appears to show Xaysana Yotsavath’s killers, but authorities have yet to identify them. [...]
• Lao Migrant Workers in Thailand Stage Protest Over Dam Disaster
  They call on the Lao government to compensate villagers affected by the deadly collapse of a saddle dam at the Xe Pian Xe Namnoy hydropower project. [...]
• Scores of Lao Families Facing Displacement by Dam Project Await Compensatory Land Titles
  Meanwhile, others who relocated two years ago say they have yet to receive promised vocational training. [...]