The Embassy of Vietnam in Russia on August 22 held a fundraising event to support victims of the hydropower dam collapse in Laos’ Attapeu province, which caused great human and property losses.
Head of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC)’s Commission for Information and Education Vo Van Thuong has affirmed that Vietnam will do its best together with Laos to educate younger generations about the special relationship between the two countries.
Several hundreds of people have gone missing and several died after an under-construction hydropower dam collapsed in Attapeu province in southeastern Laos on the evening of July 23, according to the Lao news agency KPL.