Laos News

President Obama has told Lao leaders in the communist regime that they are no longer Marxist Leninists, prior to the recent round of arrests of 1123 Laotian pro-democracy and student demonstrators in Laos in the last week.

Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks alongside Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Laotian Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh, Myanmar Prime Minister Thein Sein, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, during a joint news conference following the Mekong-Japan Summit Meeting at Hatoyama's official ...

Asean has a large pool of information mechanism and resources to promote itself, such as the Asean Television News Exchange, Asean Digital Broadcasting Cooperation and Asean in Action .

Havana, Nov 4 Laotian ambassador to Cuba Khampho Khaykhamphithoune expressed his desire that bilateral relations increase even more and diversify in all spheres, with the same principles and ideas.

From Zulkefli Salleh VIENTIANE, Nov 3 -- Asean officials began a two-day meeting here Tuesday to discuss existing media-related programmes and activities and propose new ones to increase awareness on Asean, in efforts to build the Asean Community by 2015.

DKLS Industries Bhd said it will partner Nam Pa Pa Savannakhet Supply to upgrade the water supply facility of the Nake Water Treatment Plant and its network system for Kaysone Phomvihane District in Savannakhet Province, Laos.

A few days ago I needed to travel to Vientiane in Laos in order to sort out my immigration visa for Thailand.

The Family Hotel Vientiane Laos is a new hotel situated on Phang Kham Road ; within walking distance of many restaurants and bars where visitors tend to gather in the city.

Lao and Chinese entrepreneurs who will jointly invest in Nam Mang 1 hydropower project expect to sign a project development agreement with the Lao government by the end of this year, according to project coordinator.

Navigation "Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, Defense Minister Prawit Wonguwon and Army Chief of Staff, General Anupong Paochinda, have launched a massive campaign of armed abuse, intimidation and threats to seek to seek to force some 4,000 Lao Hmong political refugees in Thailand back to the communist regime in Laos that they fled," ...

A gateway to Vientiane and Laos, Nong Khai is a delightful destination endowed with fertile paddies, abundant fish, natural and manmade attractions skirting the Mekong River.

South Korea has granted 3.5 million dollars to build Laos' first children's hospital, media reports said Wednesday.

The inflow of investment into Laos is expected to see a big jump this year despite the global recession, according to data released by the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

VIENTIANE, 26 October 2009 - Farmers in southern Laos who lost their harvests to floods caused by Typhoon Ketsana face a year of hunger if they do not receive rice seeds soon to replant their crops, the Food and Agriculture Organization warns.

Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang rings the bell together with Lao Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh to declare the open of Laos Pavilion ahead of the 6th China-ASEAN Exposition in Nanning, capital of southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Aotonomous Region, on Oct.

Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, fifth from left, link hands with ASEAN leaders during group shot before the ASEAN-Japan meeting at the 15th Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit, in Cha-am of Hua Hin district, south of Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, Oct.

Luang Prabang, the first world heritage of Laos will be the second province in Laos to launch a project to prohibit secondary school students from riding motorbikes to school.

Laos has 3,395 known cases of people infected with HIV, of whom 2,180 have developed AIDS, state media reported on Friday.

The UN launched a flash appeal on 22 October for more than US$10 million after Typhoon Ketsana brought devastating floods to Laos, hitting some of the nationa s poorest and most vulnerable people.

Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang meets with Laos' Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh at the Nanning International Convention and Exhibition Center in Nanning, capital of southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on Oct.