(Vientiane Times) The Minister for Water Resources and Environment has warned that water scarcity and competition for the resource is likely to increase due to the country’s continuing development.

Mrs Khempheng Pholsena was speaking at a sub-sector working group meeting on water resources and the environment in Vientiane yesterday which was also attended by development partners of Laos.

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(VientianeTimes) A scheme to regulate the Nam Theun and Nam Kading river basin in Borikhamxay and Savannakhet provinces is the first of its kind to be introduced in Laos.

The initiative, called the Nam Theun-Kading River Basin Management Project, aims to monitor the quantity and quality of water in the basin to ensure local communities are not affected by low water levels or floods.

The World Bank has approved funding of US$250,000 through the Environment Protection Fund to strengthen the Water Resources and Environment Administration (WREA)'s framework.

According to a statement from WREA, the grant aid documents were signed last Monday by WREA representative Ms Monemany Nhoybouakong and Environment Protection Fund Director Mr Soukkata Vichit.

(Vientiane Times) Laos and Thailand have agreed to work together to sustain water resources and manage the environment through cooperation in several areas.

Minister to the Prime Minister's Office and Head of the Water Resource and Environment Administration, Ms Khempheng Pholsena, and Thailand's Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Mr Suwit Khunkitti, on Friday signed a cooperative paper in Vientiane.