Communist Laos mulls sweeter investment pot (The Nation – Thailand’s English news)

Source: Yahoo News Bangkok – Communist Laos, buffeted by the global economic crisis, considers revising its foreign investment law to attract more companies to the country, radio reports said Monday.

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VN investments renew Laos ties (Việt Nam News)

Source: Yahoo News VIENTIANE — Viet Nam’s recent strong investments into Laos have been a step forward in bilateral relations between the two countries, said Lao Prime Minister Buasone Bouphavanh in Vientiane yesterday.

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Laos, Thailand, Vietnam Begin Cross-Border Transportation

Source: VOA News Laos, Thailand and Vietnam recently began implementing their Cross Border Transport Agreement, allowing Vietnamese and Thai trucks to proceed directly to the final destinations in each other’s country via Route 9 in Laos. (English and Lao descriptions)

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Mill problem hits PanAust’s Laos copper-gold mine (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)

Source: Yahoo News SYDNEY, June 22 (Reuters) – A mill failure has disrupted production at Australian miner PanAust Ltd’s Laos copper-gold mine, prompting the company to warn that shipments of concentrate from the operation could be delayed if necessary.

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(AFX UK Focus) 2009-06-22 00:41 Mill problem hits PanAust’s Laos copper-gold mine (Interactive Investor)

Source: Yahoo News SYDNEY, June 22 (Reuters) – A mill failure has disrupted production at Australian miner PanAust Ltd’s Laos copper-gold mine, prompting the company to warn that shipments of concentrate from the operation could be delayed if necessary. “The unscheduled downtime, although disruptive to near-term production, will not materially impact the working capital position [...]

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RP boxers ready for 2009 Laos SEAGames: Recaido (Sun Star)

Source: Yahoo News THE Philippines is ready to plunge into action when this year’s edition of the biennial Southeast Asian Games gets staged in December in Laos. read more

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Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam forge economic pact

Source: Big News Network Ministers from the six Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) nations have endorsed a comprehensive plan of action to expand and strengthen cooperation in key areas, including energy and human resource development.

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Thailand’s Forced Return of Hmong to Laos (Scoop.co.nz)

Source: Yahoo News A major Congressional letter to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton regarding the Lao Hmong refugee crisis in Thailand and Laos is slated to be sent today by some 25 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives. The bipartisan U.S. Congressional …

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Laos reports first case of A/H1N1 flu

Source: Big News Network HANOI, June 18 (Xinhua) — Lao Ministry of Public Health confirmed that a 27-year-old Australian coming to Laos was tested positive for the A/H1N1 flu, becoming the first case of A/H1N1 patient in the…

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Stop Hmong Returns to Laos

Source: Big News Network “First, we ask you to directly urge the Prime Minister of senior Thai military officials to halt the forced repatriation of the Hmong at Huay Nam Khao … there are currently about 5,000 Hmong refugee…

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