2018 in Laos
List of events
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Events in the year 2018 in Laos.
Incumbents
- Party General Secretary: Bounnhang Vorachith
- President: Bounnhang Vorachith
- Prime Minister: Thongloun Sisoulith
Events
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![Flooded villages](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png)
Flooded villages
![Xe-Pian dam](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Blue_pog.svg/8px-Blue_pog.svg.png)
Xe-Pian dam
![Xe-Namnoy dam](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Blue_pog.svg/8px-Blue_pog.svg.png)
Xe-Namnoy dam
![Saddle dam No.1-3](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png)
Saddle dams No.1-3
Map showing the location of the dams, the rivers and surrounding area of the dam collapse.
- 23 July – The collapse of Saddle Dam D, part of a larger hydroelectric dam system under construction in southeast Laos's Champasak Province, lead to widespread destruction and homelessness in neighbouring Attapeu Province.
Deaths
- 4 January – Sauryavong Savang, royal (b. 1937).[1]
References
- ^ "Obituario: Sauryavong Savang de Laos, el príncipe que escapó de la muerte cruzando un río (1937-2018)". secretoscortesanos.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 7 January 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2018.