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Vietnam, Laos upbeat about their fine relationsLast update 22:44, Tuesday, 24/08/2010 President Choummaly Sayasone and President Nguyen Minh Triet have expressed their delight at the fine development of the special, traditional friendship between Vietnam and Laos which has grown stronger and more effective in recent years.
topix.net | 24-Aug-2010 19:19
Full protected dress
Vendor at the Bus station in Pakse, the region most important market town, as the hub of far South, in Laos.
topix.net | 24-Aug-2010 14:00
VN, Laos expedite border work
Viet Nam and Laos have agreed to identify 87 border marker positions and plant 120 markers by the end of this year.
topix.net | 24-Aug-2010 07:35
Former Lakes man receives MBE in Bangkok ceremony
A FORMER Lake District man has been presented with the MBE during a ceremony in Thailand.
topix.net | 23-Aug-2010 23:06
Malaysian firm to build dam on Mekong tributary
A Malaysian firm has been granted permission to build a 130-megawatt dam in north-western Laos on a tributary of the Mekong River, state media reports said Monday.
topix.net | 23-Aug-2010 11:26
World's Top 10 Romantic Hotels
The 25 elegant rooms come with floaty four-poster beds and seductive south-east Asian decor, from whirring fans to dreamy day-beds. Art and antiques, including gilded Buddhas and Chinese lacquered cabinets, add a touch of gallery chic to this oh-so aristocratic pad.
topix.net | 23-Aug-2010 01:12
Luang Prabang, Laos
The former royal capital of Laos, lovely Luang Prabang has an air of faded grandeur, with French colonial buildings jostling ancient red-roofed Theravada Buddhist temples and stupas with gold spires beneath Mount Phousi.
topix.net | 22-Aug-2010 20:52
Jude Law And Sienna Miller...Married!?
According to the Daily Mail , Jude Law and Sienna Miller are married...at least in Laos they are.
topix.net | 22-Aug-2010 15:38
Old Bombs Shatter Laotian Women's Lives
Five years ago, 24-year-old Yue's husband, Lue Ha, hit a bomb while foraging for medicinal herbs in the jungles of northern Laos.
topix.net | 22-Aug-2010 08:23
What Happens When You're the Tourist Attraction?
What is it like to live in the middle of a tourist attraction? Well, Yeoh Siew Hoon is discovering the pleasures - I have a friend who lives in the middle of Montmarte, Paris.
topix.net | 22-Aug-2010 05:13
Vietnam Airlines introduces online check-in service
Vietnam Airlines has launched an online check-in facility for passengers with no checked baggage traveling on domestic and international flights departing from Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and South Korea.
topix.net | 21-Aug-2010 19:49
Johan Jaaffar :Wahab fulfils his spiritual quest in 113 days
JOHAN JAAFFAR : Wahab fulfils his spiritual quest in 113 days A. Wahab Hamzah spent RM30,000 on a life-changing experience, visiting 21 countries which produced some of the greatest Muslim figures and intellectuals.
topix.net | 21-Aug-2010 15:44
Inside a bear bile farm in Laos
An Asiatic black bear watches from its cage as bile is siphoned from the gall bladder of another bear at a bile farm in Laos Photo: Fiona MacGregor The bears are confined in 15 sq ft cages Photo: Fiona MacGregor On a post outside a nondescript property on the outskirts of the historic city of Luang Prabang, there is a small, handwritten notice.
topix.net | 21-Aug-2010 02:36
Cholera outbreak kills four in southern Laos
Vientiane, Laos - A cholera outbreak killed four people in southern Laos before health workers could halt the disease, state media reports said Wednesday.
topix.net | 21-Aug-2010 02:34
Visit to Laos, Cambodia planned
President Nguyen Minh Triet and his wife will pay an official visit to the Lao People's Democratic Republic from August 24 to 26 at the invitation of President Chummaly Sayasone.
topix.net | 20-Aug-2010 07:27
Mekong nations gather to cart regional cooperation for next decade
Ministers from the six countries of the Greater Mekong Subregion are holding a 16th Ministerial Meeting in Ha Noi, Viet Nam on 20 August 2010 to discuss a new 10-year framework for regional cooperation.
topix.net | 18-Aug-2010 12:57
Raid on mahouts leaves one elephant, one poacher dead in Laos
Vientiane, Laos - A shootout between a gang of poachers and elephant handlers in Laos left one man and one pachyderm dead, news reports said Tuesday.
topix.net | 18-Aug-2010 08:47
Cholera outbreak kills four in southern Laos
Vientiane, Laos - A cholera outbreak killed four people in southern Laos before health workers could halt the disease, state media reports said Wednesday.
topix.net | 18-Aug-2010 08:47
Ro Tu Chol Meets Laos Vice PM
Talks between Ro Tu Chol, vice-premier of the DPRK, and Somsavath Lengsavath, standing vice-prime minister of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, were held at the Mansudae Assembly Hall Tuesday.
topix.net | 18-Aug-2010 05:43
Youth radio programme teaches production and life skills
SARAVANH PROVINCE, Lao People's Democratic Republic, 16 August 2010 - This month, UNICEF's interactive online community platform, Voices of Youth , and the International Children's Day of Broadcasting are exploring an empowering youth radio project in Laos.
topix.net | 17-Aug-2010 09:34
Party official explains international stance
The International Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee , which has traditionally kept a low profile and once had a reputation for shielding itself from the outside world under a cloak of mystery, continually explores ways of becoming more transparent, a senior Party diplomat said.
topix.net | 17-Aug-2010 03:25
Mekong Dams Could Destabilize Region
Uncoordinated decision-making and unilateral initiatives not only threaten the Mekong River area environment and livelihoods, but could affect security in Southeast Asia.
topix.net | 14-Aug-2010 11:51
The Heart of Lao Cuisine - Zester Daily
Each year more than 200,000 tourists visit Luang Prabang in northern Laos. Most depart with memories of the UNESCO World Heritage site's orange-robed monks collecting alms at dawn, riverbanks glowing pink at sunset, and lanes lined with Buddhist temples, timber stilt-houses and colonial French villas.
topix.net | 14-Aug-2010 05:22
Laos to build 20 new hydropower plants by 2020
Vientiane, Laos - Laos, which has said it aspires to be the "battery of South-East Asia," plans to build about 20 new hydropower plants by the year 2020, state media reported Tuesday.
topix.net | 11-Aug-2010 00:07
Celebrating 55 years of U.S.-Lao Relations
On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I extend my best wishes to the Lao People's Democratic Republic as we celebrate 55 years of diplomatic relations between our two countries this August 10.
topix.net | 10-Aug-2010 17:58
U.S. Ducks Cluster Bomb Ban as Laotians Die
The young woman brushes her metal detector over coarse, dry grass in a field near a primary school.
topix.net | 08-Aug-2010 16:17
Laos Takes Center Stage in Cluster Bombs Treaty
After being relegated to the shadows for decades by its more powerful neighbors, Laos is finally taking the lead role in a global campaign to ban the use of cluster bombs.
topix.net | 07-Aug-2010 14:20
LAOS: Cluster bomb focus raises hopes for development
VIENTIANE, 5 August 2010 - A new cluster bomb ban has finally come into effect, but 37 years after the last US bomb fell here, Laos - " the world's most affected country - " still feels the impact of unexploded ordnance across all sectors of society.
topix.net | 05-Aug-2010 23:39
Laos: Protecting the tiger population
Thu An Nguyen Ha, writing for the Asia Digital Map , revisits the online profiles of some of the popular bloggers in Vietnam, one year after the closure of Yahoo 360 which was the most popular blogging platform in Vietnam.
topix.net | 05-Aug-2010 19:30
Laos
Laos, one of the world's few remaining communist states, is one of east Asia's poorest countries.
topix.net | 05-Aug-2010 18:24
Antenatal education for expectant mothers results in sustained...
E A Weiner 1 , S Billamay 2 , J C Partridge 1 and A M Martinez 1 1Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA 2Department of Neonatology, Mother and Child Health Hospital, Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic Correspondence: Dr JC Partridge, Department of Pediatrics, San Francisco General ...
topix.net | 05-Aug-2010 16:24
UPDATE 2-Salamander cuts Kambuna reserves, hits dry well
Asia-focused Salamander Energy Plc said reserves estimates for the Kambuna gas-condensate field, offshore Indonesia, have been cut and an exploration well in Laos was found to be dry, pulling the shares down 10 percent.
topix.net | 04-Aug-2010 15:16
Laos sentences four convicted drug dealers to death
Vientiane, Laos - A Lao court has sentenced four men to death after finding them guilty of smuggling a huge haul of drugs into the country, media reports said Wednesday.
topix.net | 04-Aug-2010 11:06
What is Lao Food?
I really couldn't have told you, before we spent two weeks in the former Lao royal capital of Luang Prabang last March.
topix.net | 04-Aug-2010 10:07
Aid Groups in Asia Hail Start of New Cluster Munitions Treaty
The new international convention banning the use and production of cluster munitions takes effect on Sunday, with more than 30 countries having ratified the treaty.A The Convention on Cluster Munitions is seen as a major step in disarmament, even as unexploded ordnance from the Vietnam War 40 years ago still extracts a deadly toll in southeast ...
topix.net | 31-Jul-2010 19:40
Convention calls time on cluster bombs
Switzerland is among the nations yet to ratify the international Convention on Cluster Munitions which comes into force on August 1. The treaty, adopted in Dublin in 2008, has been signed by 107 countries but only ratified by 37 states so far.
topix.net | 31-Jul-2010 13:21
Investing in education and jobs the key to promoting development in Laos - " UN
A new joint report by the United Nations and Laos recommends that authorities in the South-East Asian country invest more in education as well as promote good health and decent jobs to achieve their economic and social development targets.
topix.net | 30-Jul-2010 15:14
VN-Laos discuss 2010 co-operation
The Viet Nam-Laos Inter-governmental Committee convened a meeting in the Lao province of Xieng Khouang yesterday to review the results of co-operation in the first half of the year and discuss major tasks for the remainder of 2010.
topix.net | 29-Jul-2010 14:21
Foreign exchange rates in Laos
The following are foreign exchange rates against Lao Kip from the state-owned commercial bank BCEL in Laos' capital of Vientiane on Thursday: Currency Buying Selling U.S. dollar 8,221 8,252 Euro 10,656 10,710 Australian dollar 7,239 7,384 Thai baht 255.68 256.96 Source: Xinhua Attention: If you find mistakes in our website, please select the ...
topix.net | 29-Jul-2010 10:11
Lao President on Relations with DPRK
Choummaly Saynasone, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and president of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, met and had a friendly talk at the Presidency on July 26 with a DPRK delegation headed by Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun on a visit to Laos.
topix.net | 29-Jul-2010 05:57
Adam Lewis Schroeder: The loneliness and surprising productivity of the long-distance traveller
In the Fabled East . He is guest editing The Afterword this week. My dad got me travelling.A My mom's dad - Grandpa Lew - opened Woodward's stores across the country through the - 50's and - 60's, and I think that frequency of pulling-up-stakes as a child made her slightly wary of long distances A Whereas my dad's trip from Victoria to Montreal to ...
topix.net | 28-Jul-2010 20:33
One man's bomb is another's garden hoe
In Laos, villagers turn American war scrap into inventive tools. Laos: bomb scraps into tools Jerry Redfern a ' Special to GlobalPost / July 28th, 2010 By Karen J. Coates a ' Special to GlobalPost Published: July 28, 2010 11:23 ET in Asia In a small village in rural Xieng Khouang province, Laos, locals make spoons from scrap aluminum, left over in ...
topix.net | 28-Jul-2010 19:33
Japan, Laos agree to cooperate on global warming, U.N. reform
Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada and Laotian Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh agreed Sunday to cooperate on measures to tackle global warming and efforts to reform the United Nations, Japanese officials said.
topix.net | 25-Jul-2010 13:41
FAO: Bugs Take a Bite Out of Hunger
Most people try to keep insects out of their kitchens. But many of the creepy-crawlers are edible and quite nutritious.A That is, if you can get past the idea of eating something usually considered a pest.
topix.net | 23-Jul-2010 23:38
Unexploded US bombs killed or injured 50,000 in Laos, survey finds
Unexploded bombs dropped on Laos by the US military during the Indochina War have killed or injured around 50,000 people since the mid-1960s, state media reported Thursday.
topix.net | 21-Jul-2010 11:11
Russian foreign minister to discuss ties with Laos in Vientiane
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will on Wednesday hold talks in the Laotian capital Vientiane to reactivate relations with the Southeast Asian country.
topix.net | 21-Jul-2010 06:07