Laos' Khok Kong village is submerged (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – No Vietnamese has been reported missing as of July 26, while 15Vietnamese families living in the areas affected by floods triggered by thecollapse of the Sepien-Senamnoi hydropower dam in Laos have been evacuated tosafe places, local officials said.
Twenty-sixworkers of Vietnam’s Hoang Anh Gia Lai Joint Stock Company have also been takensafely to its headquarters in Attapeu before returning home.
Afterreceiving information about the incident, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs onJuly 24 requested the Vietnamese Embassy in Vientiane and the Consulate Generalin Pakse to promptly learn about the situation and carry out necessaryprotection measures if any Vietnamese was affected.
TheVietnamese Consulate General in Pakse sent representatives to the site tofollow the situation and work with relevant agencies of Champasak and Attapeuprovinces.
TheMinistry of Foreign Affairs directed Vietnamese representative agencies in Laosand neighbouring countries such as Cambodia to closely follow the situation andactively take measures to assist affected Vietnamese families and coordinatewith local and Vietnamese authorized agencies to quickly settle arising issues.
Ata press conference on July 25, Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith said that131 people have been still missing after the dam collapsed in Attapeu’s Sanamxaydistrict earlier this week.
The incident has already affected 13 villages and was now affecting sixothers as the flood has been still flowing, he said, noting that 587 familieswith 3,060 people have been made homeless.
All villagers stranded on roofs of submerged houses or on trees had beenmoved to safe places. Rescuers have also provided health check-ups, along withtents, clothes, food, water and medicine for the victims.
The 410 MW hydroelectric power project is being constructed by the Sepien-SenamnoiPower Company (PNPC), a joint-venture formed in March 2012 by SK Engineeringand Construction (SK E&C), Korea Western Power (KOWEPO), RatchaburiElectricity Generating Holding (RATCH) and Lao Holding State Enterprise (LHSE).SK E&C holds a 24 percent stake in PNPC, LHSE 26 percent and RATCH andKOWEPO equally split the remaining share in the project.
The project, which is estimated to cost 1.02 billion USD, is the firstbuild-operate-transfer (BOT) project to be undertaken by Korean companies inLaos.
Construction of the project began in February 2013 and commercialoperations were originally expected to begin this year.-VNA
Twenty-sixworkers of Vietnam’s Hoang Anh Gia Lai Joint Stock Company have also been takensafely to its headquarters in Attapeu before returning home.
Afterreceiving information about the incident, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs onJuly 24 requested the Vietnamese Embassy in Vientiane and the Consulate Generalin Pakse to promptly learn about the situation and carry out necessaryprotection measures if any Vietnamese was affected.
TheVietnamese Consulate General in Pakse sent representatives to the site tofollow the situation and work with relevant agencies of Champasak and Attapeuprovinces.
TheMinistry of Foreign Affairs directed Vietnamese representative agencies in Laosand neighbouring countries such as Cambodia to closely follow the situation andactively take measures to assist affected Vietnamese families and coordinatewith local and Vietnamese authorized agencies to quickly settle arising issues.
Ata press conference on July 25, Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith said that131 people have been still missing after the dam collapsed in Attapeu’s Sanamxaydistrict earlier this week.
The incident has already affected 13 villages and was now affecting sixothers as the flood has been still flowing, he said, noting that 587 familieswith 3,060 people have been made homeless.
All villagers stranded on roofs of submerged houses or on trees had beenmoved to safe places. Rescuers have also provided health check-ups, along withtents, clothes, food, water and medicine for the victims.
The 410 MW hydroelectric power project is being constructed by the Sepien-SenamnoiPower Company (PNPC), a joint-venture formed in March 2012 by SK Engineeringand Construction (SK E&C), Korea Western Power (KOWEPO), RatchaburiElectricity Generating Holding (RATCH) and Lao Holding State Enterprise (LHSE).SK E&C holds a 24 percent stake in PNPC, LHSE 26 percent and RATCH andKOWEPO equally split the remaining share in the project.
The project, which is estimated to cost 1.02 billion USD, is the firstbuild-operate-transfer (BOT) project to be undertaken by Korean companies inLaos.
Construction of the project began in February 2013 and commercialoperations were originally expected to begin this year.-VNA
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