The collapse of a saddle dam in the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy hydroelectric power project in Attapeu province in Laos on July 22, unleashed a massive volume of floodwater which inundated villages in the province.
It displaced some 6,000 people, with at least 27 people killed and many more missing.
The dam is one of many constructed to supply water for hydroelectricity projects under the Laos government's dream to become the "Battery of Southeast Asia", an ambition to use hydroelectricity as an engine for growth by exporting hydroelectricity to its neighbours, mainly Thailand.
