Source: Yahoo News Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) — Opium production fell in the Golden Triangle last year as Thailand and Laos slashed the amount of land being cultivated for the raw ingredient of heroin, the United Nations said. Myanmar, also in the area, remains a risk.
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Source: VOA News The first song “Mak Ai Jeng Dai Vao” by Rasmy Phoudindong, singer of Lao PDR, who made the traditional Lao folk song to a more fun song to dance with.
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Source: VOA News “Once I reached Laos, I wouldn’t able to leave because there is something about Laos, its cultures and its people, especially People of Luang Prabang. I fall in love with the country at the first time I was there,” Gabriel explains.
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Source: Big News Network seeking political asylum claiming they face persecution at home, because they fought alongside U.S. forces during the Vietnam War. "Today we will send 190 Hmong back to
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Source: Yahoo News BANGKOK (AFP)–Thailand will send 190 members of the Hmong ethnic minority back to Laos from refugee camps Monday, a military official said, despite claims they face persecution in their homeland.
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Source: VOA News UNESCO asked Lao authorities to submit their report on the progress of improving the administration of Luang Prabang city by February 1, 2009, in an aim to preserve the city’s World Heritage status.
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Source: VOA News Lao authorities said almost 50,000 workers losing their jobs, and the impact of the current global financial crisis will cause the number of unemployment to increase, in the near future, as over 14,000 Lao labors will be laid off in Thailand
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