Japan commits to assist Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam (People’s Daily)

Source: Yahoo News Japan remains strong commitment to providing assistance to the Development Triangle Area of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam (CLV), the Lao newspaper Vientiane Times reported Wednesday. The commitment was made by Ishikane Kimihiro, deputy head of the Southeast and Southwest Asian Department of Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the third CLV-Japan working [...]

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[NEWS ] FDI TO ASEAN – 2 (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)

Source: Yahoo News Among the Asean members, land-locked Laos received the lowest FDI, with just US$227.8 million in 2008, followed by Brunei at US$239.2 million, Myanmar US$714.8 million, Cambodia US$815.2 million and the Philippines US$1.5 million.

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Pregnant British Drug Smuggler Extradited from Laos

Source: VOA News Lao authorities transferred Samantha Orobator, a 20-year-old British national convicted of drug possession, to British authorities in a hand-over ceremony at Vientiane’s Wattay International Airport on the evening of August 6.

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