减灾工作已被确认为老挝政府的一项国家重点任务，以减少自然灾害的总体影响，减轻气候变化的影响，并制定实施自然资源可持续管理的计划。救灾和救济行动一直是救灾政策和捐助者捐助的重心。国家灾害防治委员会和国家灾害管理办公室于1999年根据第158号总理令成立。

第158号总理令。总理第158号法令（1999年）设立了国家、省和地区灾害防治委员会。它为制定灾害管理政策提供了基础。国家灾害防治委员会2000年第97号法令规定了组成国家灾害防治委员会的各部门的作用和责任。2007年12月，发布了另一项政府法令，旨在将灾害管理政策从侧重紧急应对改为侧重灾害风险管理。

国家灾害风险管理战略计划。目前的国家灾害风险管理战略计划确定了四个关键战略目标:1）保障可持续发展，减少自然和人为灾害造成的影响和损害；2)从救灾转向减轻灾害对社区、社会和经济的影响以及灾害发生前的准备工作，重点是应对洪水、干旱、山体滑坡和火灾等风险；3)通过社区能力建设，确保灾害管理是政府和人民的共同责任；（4）促进可持续地保护环境和国家的自然财富，如森林、土地和水资源。

国家灾害管理行动计划。该行动计划涵盖2001~2005年、2005~2010年和2010~2020年三个主要时间段。该行动计划的总体目标可分为项目、培训和备灾等几个主要部分。

开发项目：根据第158号总理令，继续制定灾害管理方案；开展公共宣传和教育项目，使其了解灾害的原因；将灾害管理和其他部门联系起来的方案。

开展培训：为政府和公共部门制定培训方案；协调模拟演习，为灾害做好准备。

改进备灾和救灾工作：为每个组织设立联络点和联系人，以促进灾害管理机构之间的协调；建设有效的预警和信息管理系统，确保及时向社区传播预警信息；在区域和省级建立物资储存设施，以便在灾害发生和恢复时期有效分配资源；建立救援和应急小组；建立灾害管理信息中心。

2012~2015年国家灾害管理计划。2012~2015年国家灾害管理计划是老挝根据《兵库框架》制定的建设一个具有灾后恢复能力国家的主要计划。老挝政府在2003年战略计划中描述的灾害管理远景仍然适用于目前的国家计划。

四年行动计划提出了该国面临的灾害风险威胁以及在减少/减缓风险、能力建设、适应气候变化、生计安全、性别平等主流化、社区赋权以及灾害应对和恢复管理中的问题。该计划提出了国家灾害管理战略和行动计划。执行建议方面着重指出了不足之处，并提出了通过指令、资金及外部援助解决的办法。

第七个国家社会经济发展计划（2011~2015年）。第七个国家社会经济发展计划（2011~2015年）旨在实现可持续经济增长和减贫，同时逐步将老挝变为一个更加开放的国家，加强私营部门的生产力，并优先考虑到2015年实现千年发展目标。

第七个国家社会经济发展计划有四个总体目标:确保国家经济在安全、和平和稳定的情况下持续增长，确保国内生产总值年增长率至少为8%，人均国内生产总值至少为1700美元；实现千年发展目标，到2015年加入东盟经济共同体，消除贫困；采用适当的技术和技能，并创造有利条件，使该国在2020年前脱离最不发达国家名单；强调经济发展，其中包括文化和社会进步、自然资源保护和环境保护、减轻自然灾害和适应气候变化，从而确保发展的可持续性；确保政治稳定、维持社会秩序；扩大区域和国际一体化。

第八个国家社会经济发展计划（2016~2020年）。第八个国家社会经济发展五年计划（2016~2020年）是执行第十次党的大会决议而产生的，同时强调了前一计划执行中仍需实现的内容。该计划还反映了2025年之前的社会经济发展战略和2030年远景规划，其目的是为到2020年脱离最不发达国家名单奠定新的基础，到2030年成为中上等收入国家。

Disaster reduction has been recognized as a national priority task of the Lao government to reduce the overall impact of natural disasters, mitigate the impact of climate change, and formulate and implement plans for sustainable management of natural resources. Disaster relief and relief operations have been the focus of disaster relief policies and donor contributions. The national disaster prevention and Control Commission and the national disaster management office were established in 1999 by Prime Minister Decree No. 158.
Prime Minister's Decree No. 158. Prime Minister's Decree No. 158 (1999) the national, provincial and regional disaster prevention and control committees were established. It provides the basis for the formulation of disaster management policies. Decree No. 97 of 2000 of the national disaster prevention and control committee stipulates the roles and responsibilities of the departments constituting the national disaster prevention and control committee. In December 2007, another government decree was issued to change the disaster management policy from focusing on emergency response to focusing on severe disasters Hazard risk management.
National strategic plan for disaster risk management. The current national strategic plan for disaster risk management defines four key strategic objectives: 1) ensure sustainable development and reduce the impact and damage caused by natural and man-made disasters; 2) Shift from disaster relief to mitigation of the impact of disasters on communities, society and economy and preparation before disasters, focusing on dealing with risks such as floods, droughts, landslides and fires; 3) Ensure that disaster management is the common responsibility of the government and the people through community capacity-building; (4) Promote the sustainable protection of the environment and the country's natural wealth, such as forests, land and water resources.
National disaster management action plan. The action plan covers three main periods: 2001-2005, 2005-2010 and 2010-2020. The overall objectives of the action plan can be divided into project, training and disaster preparedness.
Development projects: continue to develop disaster management programmes in accordance with Prime Minister's Decree No. 158; Carry out public awareness and education projects to make them aware of the causes of disasters; Programmes linking disaster management to other sectors.
Training: develop training programmes for the government and the public sector; Coordinate simulation exercises to prepare for disasters.
Improve disaster preparedness and response: establish focal points and contacts for each organization to promote coordination among disaster management agencies; Build an effective early warning and information management system to ensure the timely dissemination of early warning information to the community; Establish material storage facilities at the regional and provincial levels to effectively allocate resources during disaster occurrence and recovery; Establish rescue and emergency teams; Establish disaster management information center.
National disaster management plan for 2012-2015. The national disaster management plan for 2012-2015 is the main plan for Laos to build a country with post disaster recovery capacity according to the Hyogo Framework. The disaster management vision described by the Lao government in the 2003 strategic plan is still applicable to the current national plan.
The four-year action plan identifies the country's disaster risk threats and issues in risk reduction / mitigation, capacity-building, climate change adaptation, livelihood security, gender mainstreaming, community empowerment and disaster response and recovery management. The plan proposes a national disaster management strategy and action plan. In the implementation of the recommendations, deficiencies were highlighted and solutions were proposed through directives, funds and external assistance.
The seventh national socio-economic development plan (2011-2015). The seventh national socio-economic development plan (2011-2015) aims to achieve sustainable economic growth and poverty reduction, while gradually turning Laos into a more open country, strengthening the productivity of the private sector, and giving priority to achieving the millennium development goals by 2015.
The seventh national socio-economic development plan has four overall objectives: to ensure the sustained growth of the national economy under the conditions of security, peace and stability, to ensure that the annual growth rate of GDP is at least 8% and the per capita GDP is at least 1700 US dollars; Achieve the millennium development goals, join the ASEAN economic community by 2015 and eradicate poverty; Adopt appropriate technologies and skills and create favourable conditions for the graduation of the country from the list of least developed countries by 2020; Emphasizes economic development, including cultural and social progress, protection of natural resources and the environment, mitigation of natural disasters and adaptation to climate change, so as to ensure the sustainability of development; Ensuring political stability and maintaining social order; Expand regional and international integration.
The eighth national socio-economic development plan (2016-2020). The eighth five-year national socio-economic development plan (2016-2020) is the result of the implementation of the resolution of the 10th Party Congress, and emphasizes the contents still to be realized in the implementation of the previous plan. The plan also reflects the socio-economic development strategy before 2025 and the long-term plan for 2030. Its purpose is to lay a new foundation for graduation from the list of least developed countries by 2020 and become a middle and upper income country by 2030.