Vientiane, Sha'ban 26, 1435, Jun 24, 2014, SPA -- South Korea has given Laos 2.5 million dollars to improve clean water supplies to a district in the country's northern province of Oudomxay, dpa cited a news report as saying Tuesday. Ground was broken on the project, funded by the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), in the province's Xay district on Friday, the Vientiane Times reported. The new water treatment plant was to supply 3,000 cubic metres of clean drinking water a day to seven nearby villages with a combined population of 8,370 people. --SPA 11:07 LOCAL TIME 08:07 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w