The Lao Government's Role in Reducing the Risk of Flash Floods Disasters in Attapeu Province

In July 2018, the province of Attapeuexperienced a major disaster, namely the collapse of the dam on the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy river. This incident resulted in loss of life, loss of property and environmental damage. In correcting the mistakesthatoccurred, the Lao governmentcarried out variousdisasterrisk management efforts, especially flash floods. This researchwasinvestigated by descriptive qualitative researchmethodusingliteraturereviewfromvariousjournals and documents related to flash floods in Laos. This study shows the various efforts made by the Lao government and variousrelated stakeholders to reducedisasterriskstartingfrom structural and non- structural mitigation. The Laos governmentalsogivesorders to stakeholders to compensate for lossescaused by the negligence of these stakeholders. The Lao governmentalsoinvolves the Lao people in communitybaseddisasterriskreduction by conductingcommunitypreparedness training. Thus, the communityisbetterprepared to face flash floodsdisasters in the future.