Laos and Vietnam co-operate in preventing human trafficking (Nhân Dân)

Source: Yahoo News Female officials from Laos and Vietnam attended a conference in Vientiane to discuss methods of co-operation in the fight against human trafficking, particularly involving women and children.

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Vietnam willing to assist Laos in agricultural development (Nhân Dân)

Source: Yahoo News Vietnam is willing to share its experiences and offer assistance to Laos in training personnel for the agro-forestry sector, Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung said.

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KGHM to explore for copper in Laos

Source: Big News Network Poland's state-controlled copper miner KGHM wants to explore for copper in Laos and is looking for partners to jointly buy an open-pit mine in Chile and Peru, its deputy chief executive told daily Pul…

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KGHM to explore for copper in Laos

Source: Big News Network Poland's state-controlled copper miner KGHM wants to explore for copper in Laos and is looking for partners to jointly buy an open-pit mine in Chile and Peru, its deputy chief executive told daily Pul…

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Laos rejects demands (The Nation – Thailand’s English news)

Source: Yahoo News Laos yesterday rejected a request from an international human-rights group to release Hmong leaders, saying it was not holding any refugees deported from Thailand. New York-based Human Rights Watch yesterday urged Lao authorities to release the Hmong leaders who had led the raid into Phetchabun’s Huay Nam Khao camp in June. The [...]

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Laos urged to release repatriated Hmong protest leaders

Source: Big News Network Hmong [materials] who were forcibly repatriated from Thailand and imprisoned in Laos for their roles in a June protest demonstration Thai refugee camp, denouncing the move for "confirm[ing] the fear m…

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Rights Group Calls on Laos to Release Information on Hmong Protest Leaders

Source: Big News Network A human rights group has called on the Lao government to release information regarding several Hmong refugees who led protests in Thailand earlier this year and were later repatriated to Laos. As Ron …

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Rights group says Laos jailed Hmong refugee protest leaders

Source: Big News Network A US-based human rights group Tuesday called on communist Laos to free Hmong ethnic minority protest leaders who it said had been jailed after being forcibly deported by neighbouring Thailand. Thousan…

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Rights group says Laos jailed Hmong refugee protest leaders (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Source: Yahoo News A US-based human rights group Tuesday called on communist Laos to free Hmong ethnic minority protest leaders who it said had been jailed after being forcibly deported by neighbouring Thailand.

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Rights group says Laos jailed Hmong refugee protest leaders (Channel NewsAsia)

Source: Yahoo News HANOI: A US-based human rights group Tuesday called on Laos to free Hmong ethnic minority protest leaders whom it said had been jailed after being forcibly deported by neighbouring Thailand.

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