Construction of highway linking Laos and Vietnam kicked off (Nhân Dân)

Source: Yahoo News Nhan Dan/VNA – Construction on Highway 2E linking Laos and Vietnam was launched at a ceremony held on March 26 at the Panghok international border gate in Laos’s Phongsaly province by the Vietnamese Ministry of Transport and Lao Ministry of Public Works and Transport and the local authorities of the two provinces [...]

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Upgrade for link road to Laos (Việt Nam News)

Source: Yahoo News HA NOI — Construction to upgrade 68km of National Highway 2E kicked off yesterday at the international border gate in PangHok, Laos.

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Laos co-operation ‘a valuable asset’ (Việt Nam News)

Source: Yahoo News VIENTIANE — Special friendship and comprehensive co-operation is an invaluable asset of Viet Nam and Laos that should be preserved and continuously developed by generations of the two countries.

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Thailand to send thousands of Hmong back to Laos (AP via Yahoo! Malaysia News)

Source: Yahoo News Thailand will repatriate thousands of ethnic Hmong to Laos, officials said Thursday, despite concerns that the asylum-seekers will face political persecution.

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Thailand to send thousands of Hmong back to Laos (AP via Yahoo! Philippines News)

Source: Yahoo News Thailand will repatriate thousands of ethnic Hmong to Laos, officials said Thursday, despite concerns that the asylum-seekers will face political persecution.

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Thailand, Laos agree on Hmong repatriation and land demarcation (People’s Daily)

Source: Yahoo News Thailand and Laos agreed on Hmong repatriation and land demarcation, Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya said Wednesday. After finishing Thai-Lao Joint Committee meeting (JC) at former Lao royal capital of Luang Prabang, Kasit told a press conference that some 5,000 ethnic Hmong who have been living in Thailand’s Phetchabun province would be [...]

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Thai FM attends Thai-Lao Joint Commission Co-op meeting in Laos (People’s Daily)

Source: Yahoo News Thai Foreign Minsiter Kasit Piromya attended the 15th Thai-Lao Joint Commission Cooperation (JC) meeting in Luang Prabang, Laos on Wednesday. Kasit left Bangkok Tuesday to attend the JC meeting, discussing cooperation in 20 areas including security, economic, social and human resource development, the Thai News Agency reported Wednesday. Prior to the JC [...]

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Laos native tries to merge best of 2 worlds (Greensboro News & Record)

Source: Yahoo News GREENSBORO — Touger Vang spent little time in his native Laos before his family fled to Thailand. Vang, whose first name is pronounced two-zher, spent the first half of his childhood in a refugee camp. Like many Hmong, Vang’s family was ousted from Laos because of their involvement with the United States [...]

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Young Harimau to fire Malaysian campaign in Laos SEA Games (The Star)

Source: Yahoo News PETALING JAYA: The bulk of the players in the team for the Laos SEA Games are likely to be from the Harimau Muda national Under-19 squad.

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2009/03/25 (The New Straits Times)

Source: Yahoo News K. RAJAGOBAL, if he is named as the Laos Sea Games Under-23 coach, will have something in common with Chelsea coach Guus Hiddink. Rajagobal, currently enjoying an impressive run with his Young Tigers in the Premier League, has been strongly tipped to take charge of the Sea Games squad.

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