Laos, India to develop irrigation systems in Laos (Asia News Network)

Source: Yahoo News The Lao and Indian governments have agreed to cooperate on developing irrigation systems in Laos. A memorandum of understanding (MOU) on the issue was signed by representatives from the two countries in Vientiane on Tuesday.

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Vina Savann – Thaang Seevit

Source: VOA News Viengxay a. k. a Vina Savann, a singer and song writer of Laotian-Canadian serenaded to all of us once again in her new released album “The Look of Love.” Thaang Seevit, the first song was selected to favor a listen from Canada.

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Vietnam and Laos agree to tighten co-operative ties (Nhân Dân)

Source: Yahoo News Vietnam and Laos have agreed to increase co-operation, founded on political relations and focussed on economic effectiveness and the consolidation of the two countries’ relationship.

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Questions linger for mom of Air Force officer killed in Laos (Houston Chronicle)

Source: Yahoo News Air Force Maj. Curtis Daniel Miller was part of a 14-man air crew aboard an AC-130A Spectre gunship that was shot down during a reconnaissance mission over southern Laos on March 29, 1972.

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* Rare Glimpse Of Hmong In Laos Fails To Quell Concerns

Source: Big News Network AFP, PHONKHAM VILLAGE, LAOS Monday, Mar 29, 2010, Page 4 A small, woolen-hatted woman, one of thousands of ethnic Hmong recently expelled from Thailand, creeps up to the row of rare foreign visito…

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Rare glimpse of Hmong in Laos fails to quell concerns (AFP via Yahoo!7 News)

Source: Yahoo News PHONKHAM VILLAGE, Laos (AFP) – A small, woollen-hatted woman, one of thousands of ethnic Hmong recently expelled from Thailand, creeps up to the row of rare foreign visitors in her new Laotian village.

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Rare glimpse of Hmong in Laos fails to quell concerns (AFP via Yahoo! Malaysia News)

Source: Yahoo News Rare glimpse of Hmong in Laos fails to quell concerns

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Laos asked to grant access to Hmong (Bangkok Post – Thailand’s English news)

Source: Yahoo News Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya says he will ask Vientiane to give “free and unfettered” access to Lao Hmong repatriated from Thailand. He would talk to Laos during the Mekong River Commission (MRC) meeting in Hua Hin early next month.

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Thai Glow Energy studies power plant project in Laos (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News)

Source: Yahoo News BANGKOK, March 27 (Reuters) – Thailand’s Glow Energy PCL , part of French utility GDF Suez , said a subsidiary had agreed with the government of Laos to look into building a hydropower plant on the Xepian-Houay Soy river in Southern Laos.

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Glow seeks Laos ventures (Bangkok Post – Thailand’s English news)

Source: Yahoo News Glow Energy Plc has entered into an agreement with the government of Laos to further develop its hydropower plants in Laos.

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