A new dawn beckons in Laos (The New Straits Times)

Source: Yahoo News SIX Malaysian boxers carry the country’s challenge at the Laos Sea Games next month with the mission to raise the profile of a sport which once captured the attention of Malaysians.

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Myanmar, Laos sign visa, taxation treaties+

Source: Big News Network YANGON, Nov. 21 (AP) – (Kyodo)—Myanmar and Laos signed treaties Friday on visa exemption and avoidance of double taxation, a Myanmar state-run newspaper reported Saturday. Notes were exchanged af…

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Myanmar, Laos sign travel and tax treaties

Source: Big News Network Yangon – Myanmar and Laos strengthened relations with the signing of visa-exemption treaty for their respective citizens and a double-taxation avoidance agreement, state media reported Saturday. The t…

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Myanmar, Laos sign two MoUs on visa exemption, double taxation avoidance (People’s Daily)

Source: Yahoo News Myanmar and Laos Friday signed two memorandums of understanding in Nay Pyi Taw respectively on mutualvisa exemption for holders of diplomatic passport and avoidance of double taxation, the state-run Myanmar Radio and Television (MRTV)reported in a night broadcast. The signing came shortly after Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Thongloun Sisoulith [...]

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Myanmar, Laos sign travel and tax treaties (EARTHtimes.org)

Source: Yahoo News Yangon – Myanmar and Laos strengthened relations with the signing of visa-exemption treaty for their respective citizens and a double-taxation avoidance agreement, state media reported Saturday. The two agreements were signed Friday in the military’s…

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Counting on doubles to deliver (The New Straits Times)

Source: Yahoo News MALAYSIA learnt a bitter lesson in the 2007 Korat Sea Games where the back-up players failed miserably, returning with a mere four bronze medals. That has prompted the BA of Malaysia to send the seniors to next month’s Laos Sea Games and a two-gold target has been set.

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Once ‘Extinct’ Crocodile Claws Its Way Back to Survival

Source: Big News Network PHNOM PENH, Nov 20 (IPS) – Siamese crocodiles once ranged far and wide across South-east Asia, from Indonesia to Vietnam, Laos to Thailand. But habitat loss and poaching virtually wiped out the three-…

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Once ‘Extinct’ Crocodile Claws Its Way Back to Survival

Source: Big News Network PHNOM PENH, Nov 20 (IPS) – Siamese crocodiles once ranged far and wide across South-east Asia, from Indonesia to Vietnam, Laos to Thailand. But habitat loss and poaching virtually wiped out the three-…

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Myanmar, Laos work for boosting cooperation

Source: Big News Network YANGON, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) — Laos Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Thongloun Sisoulith is on an official and goodwill visit to Myanmar and will meet the leadership, aimed at enhancing bilater…

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Laos-ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA)

Source: VOA News Lao Ministry of Industrial and Commerce officials are developing a strategic plan on export promotions, aimed at mitigating the impacts of implementing the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement or AFTA. (English and Lao descriptions)

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