Lao PDR is vulnerable to all kinds of disasters, e.g., fires, floods, droughts, land slides and
erosion,  typhoons,  pets’  epidemics,  earthquake  etc.  In  the  past,  due  to  disasters,  the country  had suffered  great  losses  both  in  physical  and  social  economic  structures.  Lao  PDR  is  yet  to  be  strong enough to prevent and mitigate disasters.  Therefore, in order to combat disasters, government along with international bodies will have to work together on both structural and non structural measures.

Realizing  the  importance  of  mainstreaming  as  identified  by  RCC,  the  ADPC  program  on
Advocacy and Capacity Building for Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction into Development (MDRD) was  launched  at  the  4th  Meeting  in  Bangladesh  in  March  2004.  Based  on  the  recommendations  of earlier  RCC  meetings,  the  program  seeks  to  systematically  promote  the  integration  of  disaster  risk management into sustainable development policies and practices amongst the RCC member countries linked  to  other  efforts  at  regional  level  and  built  on  successful  experiences  with  the  region.  The program  focuses  on  two  separate  approaches  relating  to  mainstreaming  DRM,  namely,  into  overall national development planning and into specific selected sector such as Agriculture, Health, Education, Infrastructure, Housing and Financial Services.