Weather station upgrades brighten outlook for forecasters
The Japanese government has supported the improvement of weather recording equipment and facilities which were handed over last Saturday to the Meteorology and Hydrology Department. The project was handed over to the department under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment by the Japan International Cooperation Agency. The Meteorology and Hydrology Department began implementing the project in 2014 through cooperation between the Lao and Japanese governments. Assistance from the people of Japan was valued at about 42.7 billion kip (584 million JPY) with more than 900 million kip coming from the Lao government.
