New decree strengthens environment fund
A new government decree on a key environmental fund will help bolster fundraising for the protection of environment across the country, sources say. An official from the Environment Protection Fund (EPF) Mr Vithoun Inthavong discussed his expectations speaking with Vientiane Times on April 19 about the recent government issuance of the decree. We have the new decree with clearer reference to mobilising, managing, and utilising the fund than in the past and we hope more funds will be raised for this purpose, he said. The EPF was established in the middle of 2005 as an independent, self-financed and self- managed organisation under the law and the organisation’s internal regulation.
