ADB approved $36.5 million loan and grant for the Lao PDR in 2012 to improve the country’s capacity and preparedness to manage and mitigate the impacts of flood and drought through the Greater Mekong Subregion Flood and Drought Risks Management and Mitigation Project in Vientiane capital and provinces of Khammouan and Savannakhet. The project helps rehabilitate flood embankment that also functions as a road spans more than 32 kilometers and has seven water control gates and stabilize agricultural production by constructing concrete canal systems as part of the pump irrigation schemes. The project also helped provide trainings on increasing agriculture productivity. This is to reduce economic losses resulting from flood and drought and improve livelihoods of the people in the project areas.
00:00 Boosting livelihoods through better water infrastructure in the Lao PDR
00:06 Flood and drought in southern Vientiane, the capital of the Lao PDR
00:29 ADB helps Lao PDR to address floods and droughts and improve livelihoods of its people.
00:48 The result of ADB-supported project.
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