title: 2018 in Laos
text: # 2018 in Laos
  
  Events in the year 2018 in Laos.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * Party General Secretary: Bounnhang Vorachith
  * President: Bounnhang Vorachith
  * Prime Minister: Thongloun Sisoulith
  
  ## Events
  
  * 23 July – The collapse of Saddle Dam D, part of a larger hydroelectric dam system under construction in southeast Laos's Champasak Province, lead to widespread destruction and homelessness in neighbouring Attapeu Province.
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * 4 January – Sauryavong Savang, royal (b. 1937).
  