2018 in Laos

Events in the year 2018 in Laos.

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See also:	Other events of 2018 List of years in Laos

Incumbents

• Party General Secretary: Bounnhang Vorachith
• President: Bounnhang Vorachith
• Prime Minister: Thongloun Sisoulith

Events

9km
5.6miles

Flooded villages

Xe-Pian dam

Xe-Namnoy dam

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]