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Defence ministry supports Laos to recover from dam collapse

The Vietnamese Ministry of Defence donated 50,000 USD as relief aid for the Lao government and people to recover following the collapse of Sepian Senamnoi hydroelectric power dam.
Defence ministry supports Laos to recover from dam collapse ảnh 1The High Command of Military Region 5 of Vietnam give relief aid to Appateu province. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnamese Ministry of Defence donated 50,000 USDas relief aid for the Lao government and people to recover following thecollapse of SepianSenamnoi hydroelectric power dam.

Deputy Minister of Defence Tran Don handed over the money to Lao DeputyAmbassador to Vietnam Viengsay Dalasan on August 3.

Don said that the Vietnamese Party, Government, people and the Vietnam People’sArmy have sympathy for their Lao counterparts over the losses due to the damcollapse.

The ministry directed the High Command of Military Region 5 of Vietnam to continuerescue and relief efforts in Attapeu province.

The Lao diplomat, for his part, thanked the Vietnamese Party, Government,people and military for supporting Laos, saying that he will send the money toAttapeu province so that local people will soon stabilise their livelihoods.

On July23, a saddle dam of the Sepian Senamnoi hydroelectric power project, investedby RoK, Thai and Lao companies, burst, unleashing 5 billion cubic metres ofwater from the mountain to 13 villages of Sanamxay district downstream the SepianRiver, some 560 km southeast of Vientiane.

Some 587 families with 3,060 people were made homeless, while 131 people werereported missing.-VNA
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