Vietnam Sends USD 200,000 In Aid To Laos After Dam Collapse

26/07/2018 20:16
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KPL Many Vietnamese agencies and companies have sent in their donations to help the victims in the dam collapse in Laos. (Source: VNA)

Many Vietnamese agencies and companies have sent in their donations to help the victims in the dam collapse in Laos. (Source: VNA) 

Hanoi (VNA/KPL) – Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has decided to provide 200,000 USD as relief aid for the Lao government to help the country in the aftermath of the collapse of one of five saddle dams at the Xepian-Xe Nam Noy hydropower dam.

He also instructed the Vietnamese National Committee for Incident, Disaster Response and Search and Rescue, to coordinate with the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and relevant agencies to work out measures to assist Laos on the site of the incident and report back to him before July 30.

Many Vietnamese agencies and companies have also sent in their donations to help the victims in the incident.

On July 25, Vietnamese Ambassador to Laos Nguyen Ba Hung handed over about 2,200 USD contributed by the staff of the Vietnamese Embassy and its agencies in Laos to the Lao Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare to support the victims.

Later the same day, representatives of the General Association of Vietnamese People in Laos and the Vietnamese Association in Vientiane also presented 50 million LAK (about 5,950 USD) to victims.

Cao Anh Son, General Director of Vietnam’s Star Telecom Company donated 300 million LAK (35,700 USD).

The High Command of Military Region 5 of Vietnam asked its South Laos Friendship Co. Ltd. to send 10 medical workers and hundreds of personnel to join rescue and relief efforts.

The company disbursed 200 million VND (8,645 USD) to purchase essential goods for local residents affected by the incident, while K53 team under the Military Command of the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum, which was on duty in Laos, was requested to coordinate with Lao forces to search for missing people and help affected residents to overcome the aftermath.

Kon Tum province’s Military Command was also required to prepare personnel, vehicles and materials to coordinate with relevant forces of Laos in surmounting the consequences of the floods when it is ordered by the High Command.

The Xepian-Xe Nam Noy hydropower dam collapsed at 20:00 on July 23, releasing 0.5 billion cu.m of water which completely isolated Sanamxay district.

Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith said at a press conference on July 25 that the dam collapse has already affected 13 villages and is now affecting six others as the flood is still flowing.

He informed that 587 families with 3,060 people have been made homeless, and

131 people are still missing.

The Xepian-Xe Nam Noy hydroelectric power plant is being constructed by the Xepian-Xe Nam Noy Power Company (PNPC), which is a joint-venture of SK Engineering and Construction (SK E&C), Korea Western Power (KOWEPO), Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding (RATCH) and Lao Holding State Enterprise (LHSE).

SK E&C holds a 24 percent stake in PNPC, LHSE 26 percent and RATCH and KOWEPO equally split the remaining share in the project.

The project, which is estimated to cost 1.02 billion USD, is the first build-operate-transfer (BOT) project to be undertaken by Korean companies in Laos.

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