Laos
Collected Department Releases: United States Breaks Ground On New Embassy Compound in Laos
May 18, 2012
The U.S. Embassy in Vientiane held a groundbreaking ceremony for the new U.S. Embassy Compound in Laos.
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Tags: VIENTIANE: Laos’ 2011 visitor numbers slip below target
May 18, 2012
The year 2011 was not a remarkable year for Lao tourism because the total number of tourists increased by only 8 per cent over 2010, according to the latest report from the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism.
Ask Lonely Planet: Be seduced by Southeast Asia
May 18, 2012
Some friends and I are planning a three-week trip to Thailand in January. We are 21 so want to do the party/tourist thing, but we also want to get off the beaten track.
Research and Markets: PanAust Limited: SWOT Analysis & Company Profile
May 17, 2012
PanAust Limited is an Australian-based copper-gold producing company. The company owns two of its core mineral assets in the Laos and Thailand.
LAOS: Aiming to leave least developed country list
May 17, 2012
VIENTIANE, 17 May 2012 – The government of Laos has taken the unique step of stating its ambition to graduate from the UN list of Least Developed Countries list by 2020.
Drug lord’s gang members turn themselves in
May 17, 2012
About 30 members of a Golden Triangle drug gang whose leader was arrested in Laos and sent to China have turned themselves into the Burmese government, official sources said Wednesday.
Deeply delicious: West Scranton woman makes Egg Rolls just as she learned in native Laos
May 16, 2012
Jason Farmer / Staff Photographer West Scranton resident Champy Bouttavong was this week’s Local Flavor: Recipes We Love winner, thanks to her Laotian Egg Rolls recipe, which she brought over with her from her native Laos.
VIENTIANE: 8 kids killed in Laos after gunfire brings down electricity cable
May 16, 2012
Ten people died in Xamneua district, Huaphan province of Laos last week, after attending a ceremony to relocate the spirits of their former village to their new dwelling place.
Let the spirit guide you
May 15, 2012
It’s 5.30am and I can hear the gongs on the main street; the alms-giving ceremony has begun.
Crackdown on Churches ‘Spreading’ in Southern Laos
May 15, 2012
VIENTIANE, LAOS – A government crackdown on churches in southern Laos is spreading to a new district with the brief detention of two “prominent pastors” for alleged unauthorized worship and their involvement in evangelism and an order take down crosses, representatives told Worthy News.
