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Vientiane, Laos – Thailand has provided 303,000 dollars to finance design work on a railway link between the Thai border and Vientiane, media reports said Monday. Work on the preliminary design of the…
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Laos was “moving toward” allowing access to ethnic Hmong whose repatriation by Thailand in December sparked international outrage, a US diplomat said Saturday.
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Vientiane, Laos – A total of 50,000 people have died or suffered injuries from unexploded ordnance dumped on Laos by the US military during the Indochina War, media reports said Friday. According to t…
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From 1964 to 2008, more than 50,000 Lao people were victims of accidents involving unexploded ordnance (UXO), according to the first survey report of the National Regulatory Authority (NRA) for UXO/Mine Action Sector in Laos .
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Vientiane, Laos – A total of 50,000 people have died or suffered injuries from unexploded ordnance dumped on Laos by the US military during the Indochina War, media reports said Friday. According to the first survey on unexploded ordnance released by…
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The Lao government has approved a measure allowing overseas Laotians to stay up to 9 months on a single entry visa. The measure now goes to the Lao National Assembly for final approval. (English and Lao descriptions)
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A spokesman for Laos’ government said Wednesday that United Nations representatives are welcome to visit thousands of ethnic Hmong who were forcibly repatriated from Thailand late last year.
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Vientiane, Laos – The Lao government plans to approach China next month to discuss funding for a national railway and superhighway in the impoverished, state media reports said Wednesday. "We will hol…
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KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 3 (Bernama) — Malaysian firms involved in information and communication technology (ICT), have been urged to take advantage of the boom in the sector in Laos.
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MALAYSIAN firms involved in information and communication technology (ICT) have been urged to take advantage of the boom in the sector in Laos. The Laos National Authority for Science and Technology acting director-general Phonpasit Phissamay said the time was now ripe for Malaysian ICT companies, to explore the Indochinese nation. “To date, we have only utilised ICT at offices and such. But …
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