Law no. 71/NA on Disaster Management. Country/Territory Lao, People's Dem. Rep. Document type Legislation Date 2019 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen., Food & nutrition, Water Keyword Business/industry/corporations Liability/compensation Resource/damage valuation Data collection/reporting Hazards Early warning system Governance Inspection Institution Integrated management Less favoured areas Monitoring Public health Radiation Risk assessment/management Social protection Special fund Sustainable development Basic legislation Food security Potable water Flood Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Landlocked Developing Nations, Least Developed Countries, South-Eastern Asia Entry into force notes August 5, 2019. Abstract This Law, consisting of 70 articles, defines principles, regulations and measures on disaster management, in order to reduce the effects of disaster on health, lives, assets of the Government, the environment and basic infrastructure, as well as in order to implement efficiently a system of recovery, maintenance and re-construction after disaster, able to link up at regional and international levels, and thus contribute to the national socio-economic development in line with green sustainability and national security policies. According to the Law, disaster is intended as a severely dangerous event, natural and/or man-made, that causes major damages to health, lives, assets, economics and livelihoods of human-being in society, both short-term and long-term; disaster management is the implementation of various principles, regulations and measures on prevention, control and recovery of disaster. What is more, this Law defines the following relevant terms: natural disaster, man-made disaster, dangerous situation, severe disaster, disaster risk, raw data. Full text Lao Website laoofficialgazette.gov.la