M’SIA BEAT LAOS TO WIN SITTING VOLLEYBALL BRONZE (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)

Source: Yahoo News KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 18 (Bernama) — The Malaysian men’s sitting volleyball team beat Laos 3-0 to win the bronze medal in the Asean Para Games competition at the Titiwangsa Stadium here today.

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Bangkok Post : 45 Hmong repatriated to Laos (Bangkok Post – Thailand’s English news)

Source: Yahoo News Eleven families of 45 Hmong, who had illegally entered Thailand, were returned to Laos under a voluntary repatriation programme on Tuesday.

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Laotian-American Amy Chanthaphavong Was Crowned Miss Asian America 2009

Source: VOA News “Winning the Miss Asian America title is not something I did on my own at all. Once I realized that I won, it wasn’t like “I WON”, but rather “WE WON”, as a people and a culture.”

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Vina Svan/Timeless Band – Phien Kub Fan

Source: VOA News We play “Phien Kub Fan” by Vina Svan of the Timeless Band-Laotian Canadian.

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Sinohydro, EDL Agree To Build Two Hydro Power Plants In Laos (Energy Business Review)

Source: Yahoo News Sinohydro Corporation (Sinohydro) and Electricite Du Laos (EDL), a Laos electricity supplier, have signed an agreement to build two hydro power plants and a power transmission line, China Daily reported. The contract has been valued at around $559 million. Together they will construct 130,000 kilowatt (kW) Nam Kham 2 and 47,000 kW [...]

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Laos simplifies import procedure (Asia News Network)

Source: Yahoo News Business people will find it simpler to import goods to Laos if a new prime ministerial decree on import procedures is enforced. The new legal document, which Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh signed in July, also aims to move Lao import procedures closer to the rules and regulations of the World Trade Organisation.

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Violence Against Mothers Impacts Health of Children

Source: VOA News Children whose fathers physically abuse their mothers are at higher risk for acute respiratory infection and diarrhea, the two leading causes of death for young children worldwide. (Link to Lao)

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Violence Against Mothers Impacts Health of Children

Source: VOA News Children whose fathers physically abuse their mothers are at higher risk for acute respiratory infection and diarrhea, the two leading causes of death for young children worldwide. (Link to Lao)

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VN, Laos to tighten labour, trade and investment ties (Việt Nam News)

Source: Yahoo News DA NANG — Labour co-operation between Viet Nam and Laos helped strengthen the two countries’ special bilateral partnership. The comment was made at a ministerial conference on labour co-operation between Viet Nam and Laos opened yesterday in central Da Nang City.

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Bangkok Post : LAOS FLOATS JOINT THAI-KUWAITI RICE INVESTMENT PROPOSAL (Bangkok Post – Thailand’s English news)

Source: Yahoo News Thailand may be able to co-invest with Kuwait to grow rice in Laos in a form of contract farming.

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