The study in the area of Luang Prabang found that most entrepreneurs have environmental
awareness as they concerned that Luang Prabang is a World Heritage City under the
management of UNESCO. From this point of view, it can direct enhance and support of
Luang Prabang City in terms of environmental protection. Furthermore, as they realised that
some steps of environmental protection can be taken to save cost in the long term. For
example, reduce and recycle of wastes, and changing to use energy-saving lights to save
cost. However, the volume of using wastes from both tourists and local people which cannot
compose (polystyrenes) or take time to compose (plastics) is increased. There is no strong
management or good action plan to control this problem. Even though, the city is supported
from UNESCO related to conservation and development. From the interviewing survey found
that disadvantage of Urban Development Administration Authority (UDAA)’s management is
the lack of capacity to manage and treat the wastes, for example; there is no central water
waste treatment system, the capacity to collecting the garbage in public areas is still low
(especially in tourist areas) and not enough providing the garbage bins. However, they have
solved this problem by call for bidder to take this responsibility.