Le 1 Août 2001 |
- Newmarket Laotian’s
death drawing national attention (Foster's Online)--In the aftermath of an allegedly
racially motivated assault that claimed a Laotian grandfather’s life, representatives
of two national Asian-American groups are visiting the man’s family today. Aryani
Ong, an attorney for
- Lao-Thai relations: Resistance
suspect nabbed after search (Bangkok Post)--A member of an anti-Vientiane movement was
arrested yesterday in Phibun Mangsahan district. Police searched the home of Thong
Phrawiset at Ban Sanamchai and found a home-made pistol, a Lao military uniform and a list
- Minnesota's
Hmong population more than doubles in decade (Star Tribune)Graph: Courtesy of Star
Tribune
The number of Hmong more than doubled to 41,800 from 16,833 in 1990, according to 2000
census data released today. Despite the significant increase, Hmong community leaders,
whose own estimates fell between 60,000 and 70,000, said they suspect many residents may
not have been counted. Many Hmong who now call Minnesota home are
- Hmong population in Minnesota
soars (Pioneer Planet)--Every day Toua Xiong sells 700 pounds of Hmong pork sausage --
a simple mixture of fresh pork, green onion & spices -- at his Foodsmart grocery on
University Avenue in St. Paul, yet there never seems to be enough to meet
- Hmong
family uses education to secure American dream (Star Tribune)--Sitting at her
daughter's graduation ceremony at Yale University two years ago, Phoua Hang said she
thought about the years of hard work on the family's small leased farm in Rosemount. She
remembered the early
- Bill seeks Hmong
citizenship extension -- Special program to aid war veterans has small turnout so far
(Fresno Bee)--Only 2,520 Hmong have become naturalized U.S. citizens under a program that
expires in Nov. That's far less than the 45,000 veterans & spouses permitted to use
the program, which waives the usual English language
- Sheriff: Time to gang up on
gangs (Sacramento Bee)--Sunday morning, Chong Vang, 19, was killed in a car-to-car
shooting in the Meadowview area. Investigators said only that they "have not yet
eliminated the motive of the shooting as gang-related." "We have zero-tolerance
for
- ASEAN
nations urged to accept globalisation to relieve poverty (AFP/Yahoo! Asia)--Singapore
Pres. S.R. Nathan pressed ASEAN nations Wed. to overcome fears about globalisation, saying
it was the "ultimate driver" to easing poverty in the region. Social improvement
would come from economic
- Southeast
Asia dogged by problems of key members: DBS Bank (AFP/Yahoo! Asia)--Corruption
scandals dogging the leaders of the Philippines and Thailand, & the inexperience of
new Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri, have regional financial markets on edge,
Southeast Asia's largest bank said Wed.
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Le 2 Août 2001 |
- Satellites: Five on short
list for L-Star construction-- Laos is likely to make a decision by end of this year
(Bangkok Post) --The Laotian satellite operator, Asia Broadcasting and Communications
Network Co, will select one of five companies as its partner for the L-Star satellite
project. The company expects to make its choice by the end of this
- Finalises
Mandate Letter with International Finance Corp. (AOL)--The Sepon gold & copper
project in Southeastern Laos is owned 80% by Oxiana & 20% by Rio Tinto. Oxiana is
completing a Bankable Feasibility Study on the Sepon Gold Project in August. A separate
Copper Project BFS
- Low-budget Laotian
lounging: Tour Laos with Roam Asia for as little as $57/day (Arthur Frommer's Budget
Travel)--These tours focus on the cities, villages, hill tribes, & countryside of
Laos, but both actually begin & end across the borders of its neighbor, Thailand.
"Laos Unplugged" is a nine-day tour from Chiang Mai to Bangkok, with eight
overnights in a variety
- Dengue fever outbreak in Luang
Prabang province (Laos NA or backup)--The
authorities in Luang Prabang province informed the press on outbreak of dengue fever in 28
villages. The public health department discovered 52 dengue fever cases in these villages.
In order to prevent further outbreaks
- Fifty-seven ASEAN students receive
S'pore Scholarship (Channel NewsAsia/Yahoo! Singapore) --Khamkheg Saysena from Laos
has been given a place at the National University of Singapore. His older brother is also
here, under the same scholarship. Khamkheg Saysena said, "I think it's a great
opportunity for me
- ASEAN
welfare ministers pledge to champion children's rights (AFP/Yahoo! Asia)--Southeast
Asian social welfare ministers ended a two-day conference Thursday, pledging cooperation
to better manage the impact of globalisation & to protect children from violence,
abuse & the effects of armed conflict.
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Le 3 Août 2001 |
- Laid
back in Laos: A traveler's paradise has opened its doors (Star Tribune) --I was in Luang Prabang, a small town in the center of the country that was the
seat of royalty in the days before communism...I had been in the country a week, & I
was in love with it. I'd adopted the Laotian rhythm of life
- If
you go to Laos (Star Tribune)
--For an American, it's hard to be in Laos and
not feel a mix of emotions. The U.S. bombing of Laos was unprecedented. The Air Force
carried out 580,000 missions against the country. That breaks down to a planeload of
- Road
Warrior -- 'One Foot in Laos' (Washington
Post) --It's a crime, Murphy notes with
vigor, that Laotian boys loll around on couches in the afternoon, just like Americans,
chewing bubble gum! She wants Laos to stay "Laos," not to turn into Vietnam or
China or especially
- Vietnam, Laos
discuss border management (Vietnam
NA) --Representatives of the Vietnamese and Lao govts are currently meeting in
Hanoi to discuss joint border management work and the implementaton of a project to set up
a Vietnam-Laos border map. At the 11th annual meeting
- Prince
Akishino, wife off to Thailand, [then to Laos] (Japan Times)--The princess will return to Tokyo on Sunday, but
the prince, the younger son of the Emperor and Empress, will travel to Laos, where he will
remain until Aug. 14 to conduct research on wild birds, the agency said.
- Laos - Teenage monks turn to internet for
distraction(Independent)--Being a
[Lao] monk here cannot be easy. Most are in their teens: their wealthier friends are out
driving their cars too fast or drinking, & even their poorer buddies are at home
listening to Thai rock music with their girlfriends
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Le 4 Août 2001 |
- Mekong sub-region: Bank wants
more details on projects-- Decisions likely at upcoming summit (Bangkok
Post)--ADB wants a clearer direction from countries sharing the Mekong river before giving
its support for projects to develop the sub-region...The Mekong sub-region encompasses
Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam
- INS has
released some convicted criminals
(Star Tribune) --Minnesota had 35 detainees from Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and Somalia, said
Curtis Aljets, director of the St. Paul district office of the U.S. INS. The 22 others are
expected to be released. The situation results from a 1996 law
- Test barriers remain
for Hmongs (The Northwestern)--Citizenship certificates have a place of honor
in Nao Pao's Oshkosh home, along with photos of people he fought alongside of during the
Vietnam War and three family members left in Laos when he came to the United States.
- Report:
Laos opium production down (AP/Las Vegas Sun, AP/Excite, AP/Boston
Globe) --The opium yield in communist Laos, a major world producer of the illicit
drug, has dropped by an estimated 30% this year...The yield for the 2001 growing season
was estimated to be 117.5 tons, compared with 167 tons in 2000...1 ton of opium is
sufficient to produce about 220 lbs of heroi
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Le 5 Août 2001 |
- Laid
back in Laos: A traveler's paradise has opened its doors (Star Tribune)--I was in Luang Prabang, a small town in the
center of the country that was the seat of royalty in the days before communism...I had
been in the country a week, & I was in love with it. I'd adopted the Laotian rhythm of
life
- If
you go to Laos (Star Tribune)--For
an American, it's hard to be in Laos and not feel a mix of emotions. The U.S. bombing of
Laos was unprecedented. The Air Force carried out 580,000 missions against the country.
That breaks down to a planeload of
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Le 6 Août 2001 |
- U.N. says Chinese dams could help Laos
fight floods (Reuters/Yahoo! Singapore)--Chinese plans to dam the upper Mekong river
could help Laos cope with flooding caused by global warming, a senior United Nations
official said. Researchers say global warming threatens to increase flooding in low-lying
- Lao-Chinese cross-border goods
transport needs revamping (Laos NA )--goods transport across the Lao-Chinese border
needs to be revised in response to the growing economic co-operation between the 2
countries. Rattanamany Khounnivong...said the agreement on
- Meeting on
Vietnam-Laos border closes (Vietnam NA)--The minutes focused on major issues relating
to cooperation in managing border lines, milestones, & travels through the border;
illegal fleeing across the border; free emigration & marriages without certificates in
border areas
- Saravan province: Drug
traffickers captured in Konsedone district (Laos NA )--Police Station of Kongsedone
district, Saravane province, seized 28 drug addicts & 6 drug traffickers with
amphetamines in their possession. The drug traffickers confessed that they consumed &
distributed amphetamines
- Navy
airmen's remains to bring rest for Kansans (Wichita Eagle)--The plane he was
co-piloting over the jungles of Laos crashed into the side of a mountain shrouded in
clouds. There were no survivors -- & no way to get them home because of hostile
forces, terrain & weather. "It's always on
- President
Siphandone reaffirms Laos' resolve to make Vietnam-Laos agreement successful (Vietnam
NA)--Lao President Khamtay Siphandon has re-affirmed the Lao Party, State, and people's
determination to carry out the agreement between the two
Parties and accords signed by the Governments of Laos and Vietnam.
- Viet, Lao Front
presidents hold talks (Vietnam NA)--President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Pham The
Duyet and President of the Lao Front for National Construction Sisavath Keobounphanh have
discussed issues relating to religious affairs and nationalities.
- Viet, Lao
National Assembly committees boost co-op (Vietnam NA)
The Chairmen of the National Assembly's Committees for External Relations of Vietnam and
Laos have exchanged relevant experiences and reviewed the implementation of bilateral
cooperation in the past period.
- Youths
to help strengthen ties between Thailand and neighboring countries (Xinhua NA)--The
Thai MFA & the National Youth Bureau had cooperated in launching a program on
promoting ties, goodwill, & understand between Thailand & four neighboring
countries, including Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam & China
- Regional
perspective: Washington raises its stake in Asean (The Nation) --Beyond the much
talked-about crooning of US State Sec. Colin Powell at the Asean meeting in Hanoi
recently, the Bush administration has effectively re-engaged with Asean. After years of
negligence, Washington has
- States with
the Top 5 Hmong populations (AP/Star Tribune)--State Hmong Est. -- Calif. 50,948; Wis.
44,746; Minn. 21,102; N.C. 7,784; Wash. 1,590; US Total: 132,835 -- Top 10 States
with the highest estimated median income by household during the 12 months before survey.
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- LES
PARLEMENTAIRES LAO AU VIETNAM--M.Do Van Tai,membre
du Comité permanent et président de la Commission des relations extérieures de
l'Assemblée Nationale a affirmé son désir de voir les rapports d'amitié, de
solidarité particulière et de coopération intégrale entre les parlements et les
peuples du Vietnam et du Laos se consolider et se développer au fil des jours.VNA 06/08/01
- ENTRETIEN ENTRE
LES DIRIGEANTS DES FRONTS DU VIETNAM ET DU LAOS--Le
président du Présidium du Front de la Patrie du Vietnam (FPV) Pham The Duyet s'est
entretenu, lundi à Hanoi, avec le président du Front de l'Edification nationale lao
(FENL) Sisavath Keobounphanh, membre du BP du Parti populaire révolutionnaire lao, des
activités des deux Fronts et des problèmes relatifs aux affaires religieuses et
ethniques.VNA 06/08/01
- REUNION
VIETNAM-LAOS SUR LES PROBLEMES FRONTALIERS--Le
procès-verbal de la XIe réunion entre la délégation des frontières du Vietnam et
celle du Laos a été signé le 5 aout à Hanoi par le chef du Comité gouvernemental des
affaires frontalières de la RS du Vietnam Tran Cong Truc, et le chef de celui du Laos
Phongsavat Boupha. VNA 06/08/01
- LES PROBLEMES
FRONTALIERS SERONT BIEN REGLES SELON LE VICE-PM NGUYEN MANH CAM--Sur la base des relations de solidarité et d'amitié particulières
et de coopération multidisciplinaire entre le Vietnam et le Laos, et avec leur bonne
volonté, les problèmes frontaliers entre les deux pays seront bien réglés pour
édifier une frontière commune pacifique et stable, a souligné le vice-Premier ministre
Nguyen Manh Cam.
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Le 7 Août 2001 |
- Arbitration panel to be set up
with Laos -- Neighbours to solve bilateral disputes (Bangkok Post)--Thailand and Laos
will set up a sub-committee to oversee the arbitration of disputes in business and
investment areas during a ministerial meeting in Chiang Rai this week, an informed source
said yesterday.
- Thailand
hopes to see Thai-Lao trade double soon (Xinhua NA)--Commerce Minister Adisai
Bodharamik has expressed high hopes that the bilateral trade between Thailand & Laos
would double soon, saying the latter had been one of key potential trade partners, the
Thai News Agency said.
- Discovery of remains
heartens Kansans -- Plane that went down over Laos included two with ties to Sunflower
State (AP/Lawrence Journal-World)--Sue Jenkins long ago accepted that her first
husband died when the plane he was copiloting disappeared while making top-secret
reconnaissance flights over Laos. But news that an American search team had retrieved
- Vietnam, Laos to
further coordinate at regional and int's parliamentary unions (Vietnam NA)--Chairman
An described the visit by the delegation led by the Committee Director, Saysomphone
Phomvihane, as a concrete activity in the materialisation of cooperation agreements
between Vietnam and Laos.
- Liberalise or lose investment, US lobby
warns ASEAN (Reuters/Yahoo! Singapore)--A leading U.S. business lobby urged southeast
Asian countries on Tuesday to stick to regional liberalisation plans or risk seeing the
further flight of foreign direct investment (FDI) to northern neighbour China.
- Woman accused of killing 2 kids faces
commitment to state hospital (Pioneer Planet) --A St. Paul woman accused of killing
two of her eight children last month faces indefinite commitment at a state psychiatric
hospital after a judge ruled she is mentally unable to stand trial. Mee Xiong, 27, is
charged with
- Thailand,
Laos set for new trade arrangement in Sept. ( Kyodo NS/AOL)--Thailand & Laos are
set to decide an agreement on bilateral trade payments to ease trade between the two
- Satellites: Norwegian
partner cool to Ucom's Laotian venture (Bangkok Post or AFX-Asia)--Telenor
of Norway has decided not to invest in a Laotian satellite venture, citing concern about
the sluggish Thai and regional economies, according to Boonchai Bencharongkul, managing
director of United Comm. Industry
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Le 8 Août 2001 |
- In
brief: Fence call (Bangkok Post/FT)
A fence will be built along the Thai-Lao border at Chong Mek crossing in a bid to curb
contraband smuggling. Deputy Ubon Ratchathani governor Pichit Srisaeng said the province
and local tambon would find the money
- Group says hate crime law
should be tapped: charges unchanged in Newmarket case (Foster's Online)
Following a recent fact-finding mission & visit to the family of a slain man, a
national Asian-American group has joined others in calling on New Hampshire to prosecute
the man accused in the crime under its hate crime
- Viet president
hails co-op between Viet and Lao Fronts (Vietnam NA)--Co-op between the Vietnam
Fatherland Front & the Lao Front for National Construction, has made an important
contribution to the two countries' solidarity, friendship, & cooperation, said
President Tran Duc Luong.
- Laos wishes to
boost solidarity and co-op with Vietnam (Vietnam NA)--The Lao Party, State, Front for
National Construction, & people will do their best to strengthen the special
friendship, solidarity & comprehensive co-op between Laos & Vietnam in the spirit
of the recent joint statement of the two
- St. Paul is No. 1 in Hmong
residents (Pioneer Planet)--In the 1970s they started coming, refugees from a war
fought in the hills of Laos, searching for a new home, ending up in a place with ungodly
cold winters, where pigs don't wander about freely, where Hmong people had never lived
before. Now more Hmong people live in St. Paul
- Census:
More Hmong make St. Paul home than any other U.S. city (AP/Star Tribune)--More Hmong
live in St. Paul than any other United States city, according to new figures from Census
2000. Census data for California released show Fresno has slipped to No. 2 in the number
of Hmong residents.
- Security, strain in full
house (Modesto Bee)--Asians -- primarily Laotians & Hmong -- make up about 11
percent of Merced's population, & their families average more than 6 people each. That
is double the size of Merced's white families. The new census data provide
- More
psychiatric tests for woman held in kids' deaths (Star Tribune)--Mee Xiong, the St.
Paul woman charged with second-degree murder in the deaths of her two young daughters, was
ordered Tuesday to undergo further psychiatric evaluation to determine whether she should
be committed
- Mother is found unfit for a
trial (Pioneer Planet)
A St. Paul mother accused of killing 2 of her eight children faces indefinite commitment
at a state psychiatric hospital after a judge ruled she is unable to stand trial. A civil
commitment would put the prosecution of Mee Xiong
- ASEAN urges more-developed members to
aid others (Dow Jones/Yahoo! Singapore)--Plunging ahead, ASEAN's Hanoi Declaration
called for "narrowing the development gap" between the bloc's original six
members & its four relative newcomers: Cambodia, Burma, Laos & Vietnam. But there
could be method
- US
business executives remain bullish on Southeast Asia (AFP/Yahoo! Asia)--Top US
business executives said Wed. they remained bullish on Southeast Asia's economic future,
and encouraged the region to forge ahead with the establishment of a free trade area.
"Despite the recent economic downturn
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Le 9 Août 2001 |
- Lao
Prime Minister to visit Cambodia (Xinhua NA)--Lao Prime Minister Boungnang Vorachit
will pay a 3-day official visit to Cambodia from August 15 to 17, according to the
Information Center here Thursday. The Lao premier will separately meet King Norodom
Sihanouk
- News
Brief: New Lao prime minister in first official visit next week (The Nation)--Lao PM
Bouneyoung Vorachit will visit Thailand next week to strengthen mutual ties, visiting Lao
FM Somsavat Lengsavad said. The visit follows one by PM Thaksin Shinawatra to Vientiane in
June. Somsavat was speaking after paying a courtesy call on Thaksin at Govt House.
Bouneyoung's visit, from August 17 to 19, will be
- Regional Digest: Bee writer
wins award for stories about Hmong (Sacramento Bee)--Bee staff writer Stephen
Magagnini has been honored by Asian American Journalists Association for his series,
"Orphans of History," which detailed the struggles of Sacramento's Hmong
community to assimilate in America.
- ASEAN
celebrates its 34th anniversary (Asia Pulse) --The ASEAN commemorated its 34th
founding anniversary Wednesday, with Manila claiming credit for espousing the deeper
integration of ASEAN economies into what is now known as the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA)
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Le 10 Août 2001 |
- Lao-Thai:
Demarcation issue shelved (The Nation)--Thailand and Laos concluded the 10th Joint
Commission meeting yesterday with both sides making progress in a number of areas, but the
sticky issue of border demarcation at a number of hotspots was shelved for a later date
- Laos,
Myanmar, Thailand mull road links with India, China (Kyodo NS/AOL)--Foreign ministers
from Laos, Myanmar and Thailand held talks Friday on the proposed development of road
links between their countries and regional powerhouses China and India, a Thai Foreign
Ministry spokesman said.
- Vietnam and Laos
boost healthcare co-op (Vietnam NA)--Vietnam and Laos have agreed to boost bilateral
cooperation in medicine production and food safety. A memorandum of understanding was
signed in Vientiane by Lao Deputy Public Health Minister Bounkhuoang Pichit
- Burma
urges regional unity with China, Thailand, Laos against drugs (BBC MS/FT)--The opening
ceremony of the Senior Officials Meeting Among China, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand on Drug
Control Cooperation, which was hosted in Yangon for the first time, was held at the Drugs
Elimination Museum this
- Asian
nations discuss drug control (BBC News)--Officials from four Asian countries have been
meeting in Burma to discuss how to improve efforts at tackling the region's drugs trade.
The talks between officials from Burma, Laos, China and Thailand are to prepare for
- Sub-regional
senior officials meeting on drug control opens in Yangon (Xinhua NA)
A Senior Officials Meeting among China, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand opened here Friday to
enhance cooperation for control and suppression of narcotic drugs in the sub-region. This
is the first meeting of its kind of
- ACeS
to launch Laos service (The Nation)
Asia Cellular Satellite (ACeS), a satellite mobile phone service operator, plans to launch
a service in Laos in October, according to Somsak Padhanaanek, acting president of ACeS
Regional Service (ARS)...Somsak said that ARS expected to secure between 1,000 & 2,000
subscribers in Laos
- Lao-Thai relations: Three pacts to be signed next week --
Friendship Bridge to remain open longer (Bangkok Post)--Thailand &
Laos will sign agreements on road transport, investment & anti-drug co-operation
during Laotian PM Bounyhang Vorachit's visit next week. FM Surakiart Sathirathai said the
road transport agreement was in
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Le 11 Août 2001 |
- Laos
prepared to release Australian couple in return for fine: report (AFP/Yahoo! Asia)
Laotian authorities are prepared to release an Australian couple jailed in Vientiane on
controversial gem theft charges if they withdraw their appeal & pay a stiff fine, a
report said. The Nation newspaper quoted Laotian FM
- Laos seeks $2 million for Danes'
release (NineMSN or Excite
Australia) --The Lao govt is reportedly seeking about $A2.2 million in payments for
the freedom of Australians, Kerry and Kay Danes. This marks a new stage in negotiations to
release the two jailed for 7 years in June for embezzlement and destruction of tax records
in relation to a gems mine, a report in The Nation newspaper said. The Danes were fined
$US65,000 each and together ordered to pay $US1 million compensations.
- Danes may pay
high price for freedom (Australian BC News Online)--A newspaper report in
Bangkok claims that an unidentified senior diplomat from Laos has said that imprisoned
Australians Kerry and Kay Danes might be set free at some unspecified time, but will never
be pardoned.
- Laos ready to
release Australians [if pay fines] (The Nation)--Lengsavath has confirmed
Vientiane is prepared to release an Australian couple convicted of misappropriating
sapphires from a gem-mining company on the condition that they withdraw their appeal and
agree to pay
- Thailand
and Laos adopt trade account (Bangkok Post) --Thailand & Laos have agreed
on a trade-account system to improve bilateral trade, according to CM Adisai
Bodharamik...Last year, bilateral trade was worth 20 billion baht, 15 billion baht on the
Thai side. The figure excluded
- Mekong
countries conclude meeting on counter-narcotics (Kyodo NS/AOL)--Senior officials from China, Laos, Myanmar and
Thailand concluded a meeting Saturday in Yangon on drug control cooperation in which they
discussed supply and demand reduction and law enforcement.
- Asian
solidarity: Troika meets to show its 'spirit' (The Nation)--In what was billed
as a show of Asean solidarity, foreign ministers from Thailand, Laos and Burma met
yesterday in the border town of Tachilek, a scene of cross-border shelling earlier this
year and a place where seven
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Le 12 Août 2001 |
- Thailand
a hub for global trafficking in women, children (AFP/Yahoo! Asia)--For 16-year-old Kampaeng, it was a chance to
escape her family's rice farm in Laos and see the bright lights of Bangkok, a place her
friends described as a sort of never-ending carnival. There was also the promise
- $2.2m to free Danes (News Limited) --Queenslanders Kerry & Kay
Danes will walk free from a Laos jail if their families or the Australian Govt can come up
with $2.2 million. Australian & Laos Govt officials & the Danes' Sydney-based
lawyer Ted Tzovaras are
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- Lawyer dismisses
multi-million dollar release claims for Danes (Australian BC News Online) --The lawyer representing detained Australians Kerry
and Kay Danes has dismissed a report that the couple could be freed from their Laotian
jail if they pay almost $2.5 million to the Govt. It was claimed the payment would
- Former lecturer could have
fled to Laos (Bangkok Post)
--Pitpat Lueprasithkul may have fled to Laos after being accused of beating his wife to
death, city police said yesterday. Pol Lt-Gen Anan Piromkaew said a Honda car belonging to
the former lecturer of the National Institute
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Le 16 Août 2001 |
- Lao veterans of US secret army
become Americans (Australian BC or Bangkok Post)-Some
750 Lao & Hmong veterans of an American-backed secret army during the Indochina War,
have became US citizens at a special ceremony. The veterans, who previously had been
living as resident aliens in the US
- Bruce Vento's Passion: Hmong
need more time to become U.S. citizens (Pioneer Planet)
The power of a promise kept radiated from the naturalization ceremonies Wed. in St. Paul
& at Bethel College in Arden Hills for the Hmong & Lao veterans & spouses who
became Americans. If most of the old allies are to
- Hmong veterans' courage
rewarded (Pioneer Planet)--More than 700 Hmong took the oath of citizenship on Wed. in
the first all-Laotian naturalization ceremony in the U.S. Most of the immigrants were
taking advantage of the Hmong Veterans Naturalization Act of 2000.
- Cambodian
premier discusses bilateral ties with visiting Lao counterpart (BBC MS/FT)--PM Hun Sen
proposed to the Lao side, H.E. Boun-nhang Vorachith, to work together to protect the
environment along the border of the two countries through measures to prevent forest
destruction and wildlife hunting.
- Lao
premier to visit Myanmar from Sunday (Kyodo NS/AOL)--PM Bounnyang Vorachit will pay a
4-day visit to Myanmar from Sunday, diplomatic sources in Yangon said Thursday. Earlier
Thursday, the official daily New Light of Myanmar reported that Bounnyang was due to visit
in
- Feature: More
cooperation, fewer Drugs: new trends along Thai-Lao border (People's Daily or Free
Real Time)
"This place will be a new gateway to Indochina," says a banner placed at the
sixth floor of a famous pagoda overlooking the Mekong River between Thailand & Laos in
the Mukdahan checkpoint, 642 km northeast of Bangkok
- Laos:
Prime minister issues decree to control use of explosives (BBC MS/FT)--The PM has
signed decree no 39/OPM on the regulations governing the possession and utilization of
explosives in Laos. The decree reads: In compliance with the laws and regulations
governing the possession
- Up where he belongs
(Bangkok Post) Last story on that page
Mr Bounkeut is now the right hand man to FM Somsavat Lengsavad, & it is thought he is
destined for a seat on the party's powerful central committee. But first he will need to
do even more to impress the top party members
- Prince
Akishino returns home from Thailand, Laos trip (Kyodo NS/AOL)--Prince Akishino
returned home Thursday morning from Bangkok after a two-week visit to Thailand & Laos.
Prince Akishino, a wildlife researcher, spent four days in Thailand...before traveling to
Laos on his own to research
- Thailand sees worsening problem with
speed pills (Reuters/Yahoo! Singapore)
Thailand is expected to be flooded with over 900 million methamphetamine pills next year,
200 million more than this year, due to higher demand and new plants in Laos, a senior
security official said on Thursday.
- Hmong make major strides:
Their population nearly triples in Sacramento County (Sacramento Bee)--In the 1990s,
Sacramento grew by 37,653 residents -- and one in five of those newcomers was a Hmong.
That's a sizable impact for an ethnic group that accounts for just 3 percent of the city's
407,000 people.
- Jury selection begins in
gang-rape trial ( Denver Post)--Jury selection began Wed. in the trial of Johnny Lee,
one of six men accused in the August 1999 gang rape of a University of Colorado student.
Lee, now 19, faces six felony charges in connection with the rape
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Le 17 Août 2001 |
- Thailand,
Laos sign 3 pacts to boost cooperation (Kyodo NS/AOL)--Thailand & Laos signed three pacts for closer co-op in
investment, transport & combating drugs Friday as the Lao PM began a three-day
official visit to Bangkok. Thai PM & Lao counterpart witnessed the signing between
- Thaksin
of Thailand meets visiting Lao PM (Xinhua NA)--PM Thaksin Shinawatra met his
Lao counterpart Boonyang Vorachit who arrived here Friday. Thai FM Surakiart Sathiratha
said that the meeting was very constructive. In the meeting, the two PMs stressed their
intention to enhance
- Laos PM in Thailand for official visit
(Thai NA)--Premier Boonyang Worachit of Laos has Friday started his official visit to
Thailand. The Laotian Premier inspected guards of honor at the Thai Government
House‘s when he and his wife arrived there.
- Lao
PM begins to visit Thailand (Xinhua NA)--Lao PM Boungnang Vorachit and his wife
arrived at Royal Thai Air Force airport Friday noon, beginning his three-day official
visit to Thailand. They were welcomed by Thai Deputy PM Pongpol Arireksan.
- Lao
PM concludes visit to Cambodia (Xinhua NA)--Boun-gnang Vorachit, prime minister of Laos, left here Friday after ending his
visit to Cambodia. During the visit, the Lao premier had separated courtesy calls on King
Norodom Sihanouk, Senate President Chea Sim
- Cooperation
with Laos important in Russia SE Asia policy (Itar-Tass)--Multifaceted co-op with Laos is one of the main components of
Russia's foreign policy in south-east Asia, Russian experts told Tass on Friday in the
runup to the visit to Moscow by Lao FM Somsavat Lengsavat on August 26
- More
cross-Mekong flights to Luang Prabang (Asia Travel) --Bangkok Airways has confirmed it will offer services to Luang
Prabang in Laos and Jinghong in China for its winter schedule beginning October. Bangkok
Air’s senior director confirmed the airline has received permission
- NPC
Vice Chairwoman meets Lao guests (Xinhua NA)--He Luli, vice chairwoman of the SC of China's Congress, met here
Friday with a delegation from the Lao Committee for Peace and Solidarity (LCPS).
He...briefed the guests on China's reform, opening up and economic devt.
- Vietnam,
Laos, Cambodia to crack down on wildlife trafficking (Xinhua NA )--Vietnam, Laos & Cambodia have reached an
agreement to crack down on poachers & wildlife traffickers in an effort to preserve
their forests' biodiversity...It was part of the agenda of a meeting held in Vietnam's
- Vietnam, Laos
discuss cultural co-op (Vietnam NA)--Vietnam & Laos have sought ways to boost co-op in culture & info. during
a working visit to Vietnam from Aug. 16-23 by a delegation of Laos' Info. & Culture
Ministry. The Lao delegation is led by Mr. Phandouangchit Vongsa
- Deputy PM
supports exchange of visits by Viet & Lao sports committees (Vietnam NA)--Deputy PM Pham Gia Khiem has expressed support for
visits between sportsmen & sports committee officials of Vietnam & Laos. Khiem
told visiting Minister Phuthoong Sengakhom in Ha Noi on Aug. 17, adding
- The Vaccine Fund
launches Southeast Asia child immunization campaign in Cambodia (PR
Newswire/Excite)--The Vaccine Fund has announced more than $3.5 million in funding for
vaccinations in neighboring Laos and Vietnam. Laos has been approved to receive an initial
award of $1.143 million for HepB-DTP vaccine.
- Illegal
labour: Registration of workers (Bangkok Post/FT)--The meeting followed a
recent cabinet resolution to grant a reprieve to foreign workers, mostly from Laos, Burma
& Cambodia. Alien workers will be allowed to work in the country after they are
registered by their employer
- New owners moving into
historic mansion (Pioneer Planet)--And now an immigrant couple, both refugees
from Laos, are becoming the latest occupants. True Thao, a psychotherapist & president
of the Minnesota Hmong Chamber of Commerce, & his family have begun moving in this
- Trial begins in gang
assault -- Defendant claims he didn't participate (Denver Post)
Boulder DA Mary Keenan opened the trial of accused rapist Johnny Lee on Thursday by
showing jurors a photograph of a pair of empty shoes on a street corner in Boulder. The
shoes were left there by a rape victim
- Five people
charged with violating hate-crime laws (Star Tribune)--The indictment accused
Nicholson & Franz of using gasoline in July 1998 to set a Hmong family' s Manitowoc
house on fire while the parents & six children slept. The fire destroyed the house.
Nicholson, Rodela, Tegelman
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- Visiting PM of Laos and Madame
Khammeung Vorachith visit Nyaunghnapin vegetable cultivation and poultry farming special
zone in Hmawby Township (New Light of Myanmar)--The visiting PM & Madame
Kham-meung Vorachith & members of the goodwill delegation arrived at Hmawby San Hall
of the vegetable cultivation & poultry farming special zone at 9 am. The delegations
were welcomed by
- Wife of PM of Laos and party visit
Myanma Gems Museum and MMCWA head office (New Light of Myanmar)--Madame Khammeung
Vorachith, wife of PM of Laos and party who are here on a goodwill visit at the invitation
of Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Prime Minister of the Union of
Myanmar Senior
- Burma
daily says Lao premier's visit boosts ties (BBC MS/FT)--The two countries have been
able to further enhance friendship & co-op in many areas in line with one of the aims
of the ASEAN which is to ensure economic, social & cultural development within the
region through co-op
- Laotian leader starts goodwill visit
to Burma (Australian BC)--The PM of Laos, Boungnang Vorachith, has arrived in the
Burmese capital Rangoon at the start of a 4-day goodwill visit, aimed at further
strengthening ties. The PM, who was accompanied by his wife and a 21-member Laotian
- Mr Vorachit visiting Burma
(New Light of Myanmar)--The goodwill delegation led by Laos PM Mr Boungnang Vorachith
& Madame Khammeung Vorachith & members were welcomed at Yangon International
Airport by Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council PM of the Union of Myanmar
Senior General Than Shwe
- Religious freedom curtailed in India,
Pakistan: report (DAWN)--US commission has asked the State Department to monitor these
countries closely in this regard...The commission nominated Myanmar, China, Iran, Iraq,
Laos, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan & Turkmenistan for
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- Vietnam-Laos
co-op in agriculture & aviation (Vietnam NA)
A ten-day training course for 15 Lao senior aviation officials was opened in Hanoi on
August 20 by the Institute for Aviation Science under the Vietnam Airlines. The course is
organized under a cooperation agreement reached
- New organization seeks to aid
Duluth's Hmong (AP/Pioneer Planet)
Hmong people have been plagued by poverty and difficulty in adjusting to life in America
since they began emigrating from Southeast Asia at the end of the Indochina War. A nomadic
people from China, Vietnam, Laos
- Megawati on
9-nation tour (AP/News Limited)
Her first stop on the nine-nation, eight-day itinerary will be the Philippines, where she
will talk with President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo about expanding economic ties...Megawati
is scheduled to travel to Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia
- Laos'
crippled economy (BBC News)--Huge tropical forests, wetlands & gem-mines provide
Laos with a potential treasure chest of natural resources. But it remains one of the 10
poorest countries in the world. The average wage is less than $1
- In
brief: Thai-Lao meeting (Bangkok Post)--Thailand and Laos will discuss co-operation in
drug suppression, prevention of illegal entry and border security at a meeting in Bangkok
this month. Pairoj Promsarn, the deputy interior permanent secretary, said participants
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- Indonesia's
Megawati leaves Vietnam for Laos (Reuters)--Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri
left Vietnam for Laos on Wednesday on a whistlestop tour aimed at reassuring Southeast
Asian leaders of her ability to address her country's massive problems.
- Laos:
Indonesian President Megawati arrives for working visit (BBC MS/FT)--At the invitation
of President Khamtai Siphandon, Megawati Soekarnoputri, president of the Republic of
Indonesia, and her delegation arrived in Vientiane on board a special plane this evening
for a working visit to Laos
- Megawati
heads for Laos (BBC News) --Indonesian Pres. Megawati Sukarnoputri has made a flying
visit to Vietnam before heading to Laos for the third leg of her regional tour. Megawati
started the day in the Philippines, then held talks in Hanoi before arriving in the
Laotian capital of Vientiane. The Indonesian leader plans to visit all nine fellow member
states of the ASEAN in just a week.
- Myanmar,
Laos issue joint communique to promote co-op (Xinhua NA)--Myanmar and Laos issued a
joint Communique here Wednesday at the end of a four-day official visit by Lao Prime
Minister Boungnang Vorachith, saying that his successful Yangon visit has set a firm base
for enhancing
- Laotian
Foreign Minister to visit Moscow August 26-29 (Interfax/Country Watch)--After a
decline in the early 1990s, trade turnover between Russia & Laos has grown to $14
million, with Russia's exports to Laos coming to $12 million, according to the Russian FM.
At the moment, Laos is studying draft
- Laotian
football team to arrive on Friday (The Star)--The Laotian Under-23 football team will
be the early birds for next month's SEA Games in Kuala Lumpur. Laos, who are drawn in
Group A with defending champions Thailand, Cambodia, Singapore and Myanmar, are
- Nine
countries targeted on concern list as a threat to religious freedom (Cybercast News
Service)
The commission selected Burma, China, Iran, Iraq, Laos, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan
and Turkmenistan for review by the State Department. Its findings were reported in a
letter to Secretary of State Colin Powell
- Singapore and Thailand aim to
revitalise ASEAN (Reuters)--Singapore and Thailand said on Wednesday they will work to
help regional group ASEAN regain its position as a major area of investment and trade in
the world. PM Goh Chok Tong met his Thai counterpart Thaksin Shinawatra
- Typhoon
Pabuk leaves six dead, spares Tokyo (AFP/Yahoo! Asia)--Typhoon Pabuk cut across
Japan's Pacific coast Wednesday, leaving at least six dead and forcing more than 7,000
people to evacuate their homes, officials said. Fears of a direct hit on Tokyo proved
unfounded as the capital
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- Laos: Sepon Project -
Khanong Copper Resource Upgrade
(AAP/AOL) --Resource estimates for the Khanong copper orebody following 7,500m of
infill drilling show more than a 50% increase in contained copper in the supergene zone.
The work has confirmed Khanong's world class orebody
- Burma:
Joint communique issued on Lao prime minister's visit (BBC MS/FT ) ---Prime Minister
Boun-gnang Volachit and party were accorded a warm welcome by the government and people of
Myanmar, reflecting the close ties of friendship and fraternal relations between the two
countries.
- Burma:
Lao prime minister concludes visit (BBC MS/FT) ---A goodwill delegation led by PM of
Laos Boun-gnang Vorachit & Madam Khammeung Vorachit left Yangon by special flight this
morning at the conclusion of their goodwill visit. The Laotian PM & his goodwill
delegation
- Indochina Pact: Four states to promote tourism
(The Nation) ---National tourism organisations of Thailand, Burma, Laos & Vietnam
agreed in principle to promote attractions along Southeast Asia's East-West Economic
Corridor. "Within a month, we will finalise details for all activities
- Four-nation drugs fight: Ministerial meeting a crucial decider--
China wants to hear if summit necessary (Bangkok Post)
China made clear yesterday that next week's ministerial meeting in Beijing will be crucial
to its decision to host a four-country drug summit later this year. Chinese, Burmese, Lao
& Thai ministers are due to discuss Thailand's
- Thailand PM urges greater ASEAN cooperation,
dialogue (AFP/Yahoo! Asia) ---Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra urged fellow
members of the ASEAN to step up co-op to confront the challenges posed by globalisation.
In light of the global economic slowdown & spluttering US economy, it was more crucial
than
- Hmong legal guide completed (Wausau Daily
Herald) ---Marathon County lawyers are trying to help Southeast Asian parents understand
the legal system with a new brochure that is being sent to every Hmong household in the
area. The county Bar Association has just finished
- Mekong:
'Mother of rivers' (BBC News)---For
such a small place, Laos is surprisingly hard to pin down. You come away feeling the
ever-present Mekong, the country's economic & spiritual lifeline, is the one thing you
can be sure of.
- Economy Monitor - Laos receives gifts
from above (Dow Jones/Yahoo!
Singapore) ---Poverty reduction is the latest catchphrase in Laos, but some
economists fear that this may just be another way of attracting foreign aid to a country
which is already too dependent on it. From the cautious optimism of 1990s
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- Improving roads and drains in
poor areas of Laos capital (ADB ) --Roads & drains in the poorer areas of
Vientiane, capital of Lao PDR, will improve as a result of a US$25 million loan approved
yesterday by the Asian Devt Bank. The project is expected to benefit over160,000
residents.
- Russian,
Lao foreign ministers to discuss co-op (Itar-Tas) --The foreign ministers of
Russia & Laos will soon meet in Moscow to discuss prospects for the bilateral
cooperation & pressing matters of international politics, says a report of the Russian
foreign ministry obtained by Itar-Tass
- Thailand
seals border in attempt to stop influx of illegal workers (AFP/Yahoo! Asia)
---He added that border patrol officers had taken up posts in Thailand's frontier areas
bordering Cambodia, Laos & Myanmar, & that official checkpoints would remain open.
The move comes as the Thai government struggles to
- ASEAN
ambassadors visit enterprises in Novosibirsk region (Itar-Tass)
Ambassadors of countries of the ASEAN familiarised themselves with enterprise &
research institutions of the Novosibirsk region. The delegation includes ambassadors
extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Malaysia,...Laos
- Laos
Undercover: Posing as tourists, two conservationists took to Laos' back roads to track
animal trafficking (Asia Week)
--Hanneke Nooren and Gordon Claridge love Laos - so much they may never be able to return.
The reason is 300 pages long.
- 2001
Hmong population and education in the United States and the world (Lao Human Rights Council)
From 1972 to 2001, approximately 126 Hmong persons received doctorate and other
professional degrees in various majors...From 1984 to 2001, more than 3,500 Hmong
Americans received B.A. and B.S. degrees
- CELEBRATION DE LA 56e FETE NATIONALE DU VIETNAM AU
LAOS---Le 56e anniversaire de la Révolution
d'Août (19 août) et la 56e Fête nationale (2 septembre) ont donné lieu à une
rencontre d'amitié mercredi Borikhamsay, province centrale du Laos, sous les auspices de
l'Association d'amitié Laos-Vietnam et des autorités provinciales.VNA 24/08/01
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- Laos
mapped out... Brightly (The Nation)--This atlas of Laos, one of the least developed
countries in Southeast Asia, is a product of the new world of computer wizardry. The
wizardry is supplied by French geographers in cooperation with Lao statisticians.
- Laotian FM
in Moscow for talks (BBC News)--The
Laotian FM, Somsavat Engsavat, has begun an official visit to Russia that is expected to
focus on economic and trade relations. The minister will meet his Russian counterpart,
Igor Ivanov and other senior officials.
- Laos
foreign minister to arrive in Moscow for official (BBC MS/FT)--Laotian FM
Somsavat Lengsavat is launching a four-day official visit to Russia on Sunday. His talks
with the Russian leadership will focus on the interaction in the Asia-Pacific region.
Diplomatic sources told ITAR-TASS
- Immigration: Illegals
scamper for alien permits--Task forces brace for border mayhem (Bangkok Post)
Severe unskilled labour shortages had forced the farm sector and certain industries into
using illegal immigrants, mostly from Burma, Laos and Cambodia. To prevent labour abuse,
crime, the spread of communicable
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- Laos
shares Russia's opposition to NATO enlargement (Itar-Tass/FT)--He said that Laos is consistently pursuing a
peaceful foreign policy & is broadening international co-op in the interests of peace
and development. "The goals & aspirations of Laos and Russia therefore
coincide," he said.
- Laos
backs Russia's efforts to preserve ABM Treaty (Itar-Tass/Northern LT)--He also lauded
Russia's initiatives on the creation of a multi-polar world and Moscow's support for
transforming Southeast Asia into a nuclear free zone. "At present, no important
international problem can be solved without
- Laos
hails Russia's participation in ASEAN (Itar-Tass/Northern LT )--He believes that the
Laotian leadership praises Russia's role in Southeast Asia & its efforts to sign a
treaty of friendship and cooperation in Southeast Asia, and an agreement on transforming
the region in a nuclear free zone.
- Russia-Laos
talks to focus on expansion of cooperation (Itar-Tass/Northern LT)--Laotian FM
Somsavat Lengsavat said on Monday that his talks in Moscow would focus on the
strengthening of cooperation with Russia in all fields.
The Laotian minister arrived in Russia on an official on Sunday.
- Laotian,
Burmese, Thai officials praise China's anti-drug role (Xinhua NA/FT)--"It is very
encouraging" that China has offered a variety of help for the international narcotic
control movement, said the minister in charge of drug control for Laos here." Souban
Srithirath, minister to the president's office
- Ho City,
Vientiane leaders discuss ways to boost co-op (Vietnam NA)--Leaders of Vietnam's Ho
Chi Minh City & Laos' Vientiane capital city have agreed to give soft loans &
preferential policies to joint ventures between businesses from the two cities. The
agreement was reached at talks held in
- Calif.
still home to most SE Asians, but many leaving (AP/Inland Empire Online)--Florence
Vangay was once a refugee in search of opportunity. Like thousands of Hmong, she fled her
native Laos to escape persecution after the Vietnam War, and eventually settled in
California's Central Valley.
- Laos:
Caught between its neighbours (BBC News)--In many respects Laos is a client state of
communist Vietnam's... Vietnam also has thousands of advisers in Laos - political as well
as military. Officially, the relationship is described by Vietnam as
- Laos:
Bombs pounding on paradise -- Tragic stories from a peaceful country embroiled in violence (Books Online)--As befits their landscape, the
Laotians are among the most equable of people. They are not lazy, Brown judges; they just
appreciate the value of leisure: "I believe that . . . Laotian village society may
have come as close to
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- US$25 mln ADB loan to improve roads
and drains in Vientiane (Asia
Pulse)--Roads & drains in the poorer areas of Vientiane, capital of Laos will improve
as a result of a US$25 million loan approved by the Manila-based Asian Devt Bank. The
project is expected to benefit over 160,000 residents.
- Laos:
Foreign minister satisfied with Moscow talks (Itar-Tass/BBC MS/FT )--Russia & Laos
have common goals, the minister said. He said the had been to Russia in 1994 when the
treaty on fundamentals of friendly relations was signed. Somsavat Lengsavat said that they
would continue working on
- Laos:
Foreign minister holds talks in Moscow with Russian counterpart (Interfax/BBC MS/FT)--Russia
is interested in "giving a practical content to its relations with Laos",
Russian FM Igor Ivanov said on Tuesday. Opening talks with Laotian FM Somsavat Lengsavat,
Ivanov said that during the Laotian official's visit to
- Russia
to develop cooperation with Laos (Itar-Tass/Northern LT)--Russia is interested in the
development of all-round co-op with Laos, FM Igor Ivanov said, opening talks with his Lao
counterpart Somsavat Lengsavat. The Russian FM expressed the confidence that the visit of
- Viet Deputy PM
receives Lao govt's delegation (Vietnam NA)--Deputy PM Pham Gia Khiem has expressed
his hope for the Viet and Lao Governments' Special Working Groups' continued cooperation
in searching for the remains of Viet soldiers who died while serving in Laos.
- China, Southeast Asian
neighbors announce new anti-drug agreement (AP/ABC News )--The agreement by China and
the countries of the heroin-producing "Golden Triangle" Myanmar, Laos and
Thailand stops short of letting police from one country operate in another. But it commits
them to sharing information
- Asian
states anti-drugs initiative (BBC News)--China & three of its South East Asian
neighbours have pledged to increase co-op to tackle the region's drugs trade. The
agreement between China, Thailand, Laos & Burma includes law enforcement agencies
sharing more
- Four-nation
ministerial meeting on drug control opens (Xinhua NA/Northern LT)--The China, Laos,
Myanmar and Thailand Ministers' Meeting on Drug Control opened here Tuesday. Chinese State
Councilor Luo Gan addressed the meeting, which was attended by ministers in charge of drug
control from
- Hilltribes: Planned
arrests delayed -- More time needed to separate the illegals (Bangkok Post)--Plans to
arrest & deport hundreds of thousands of hilltribe people have been postponed until
Aug 29 next year pending a decision on which of them should be naturalised. The
tribespeople, mostly from Laos and Burma, fled
- Laos
border security high on agenda (The Nation )--A high-powered group of Thai & Lao
governors kicked off a 3-day meeting yesterday aimed at the elimination of drug
trafficking, illegal aliens & the strengthening of cooperation in security matters
throughout their adjacent border areas. High on the agenda at the meeting, which involved
11 Thai
- Attack on Lao outpost:
Lawyers for defendants quit case
(Bangkok Post)--Three lawyers for the 28 Thai & Lao defendants charged over the raid
on Vang Tao checkpoint last year have withdrawn from the case. Govt sources said Panya
Sarawit, Chatri Thani & Songpol Niramansakulpong advised
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- No obstacles for co-op between
Russia and Laos (Pravda or Itar-Tass/Northern
LT or BBC
MS/FT)--FM believes that the level of bilateral relations "has declined as
compared with the Soviet period." Reaching well over $50 million in the Soviet times,
the volume of commercial exchange is expected to reach just $14 million
- Laos:
Foreign minister to meet Moscow mayor (Itar-Tass/BBC MS/FT)--Laotian FM Somsavat
Lengsavat, who is on a final day of his visit in Russia, meets parliament leaders and
Moscow's mayor, Yuriy Luzhkov, on Wed. Diplomatic sources told ITAR-TASS that the talks
will focus on the two
- Laos wants
further co-op with Vietnam (Vietnam NA)--Thongloun Sisoulith said he hoped to see more
opportunities for further co-op in economics & technology between his country &
Vietnam. The Lao Deputy PM was speaking with his Viet counterpart Nguyen Tan Dung
- Rise
of new leaders augurs well for ASEAN, but reforms are key: Severino (AFP/Yahoo!
Asia)--The emergence of new and younger leaders in the ASEAN has laid the foundation for a
return of investor confidence, but policy reforms remain the key, ASEAN chief Rodolfo
Severino said Wed. "It requires more than
- Laotian
foreign minister ends visit to RF, leaves for Minsk (Itar-Tass/Northern)--Laotian Foreign Minister Somsavat
Lengsavat ended his visit to Russia on Wednesday and left for Belarus. In the afternoon,
the minister held talks with Federation Council deputy speaker Vladimir Platonov. Russia
& Laos have no disagreements & obstacles for maintaining relations, Lengsavat
said. He said that Russia & Laos "have no disagreements
- Fiancee of murder
victim may be deported (AAP/The Age)--The woman who was within two days of marrying a
man murdered in a Melbourne nightclub on July 21 may be deported after her visa expires on
Friday. Soraya, 22, may be ordered to return to her native Laos after
- COOPERATION
VIETNAM-LAOS DANS LA PLANIFICATION ET L'INVESTISSEMENT--Une convention de coopération entre les deux branches du Plan et de
l'Investissement du Vietnam et du Laos pour la période 2001-2005, a été signée
mercredi à Hanoi.VNA 29/08/01
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- U.S.
to help Chinese surf around censors
(Reuters/ZDNET News)--The high-tech U.S. reply to Web site blocking by Beijing is being
led by the same U.S. agencies that poured billions into piercing the Iron Curtain with
Cold War radio broadcasts. The International Broadcasting Bureau, the parent agency of the
Voice of America radio station, said it was negotiating with a California start-up called
Safeweb, which licenses technology that lets people scan the Web anonymously so no one can
pry into their communications.
- Belarus,
Laos agree on trade and economic co-op (Itar-Tass/Northern LT) --Belarus &
Laos on Thursday concluded an intergovernmental agreement on commercial and economic
co-op. The document was signed on the results of the talks of FM Mikhail Khvostov with FM
Somsavat Lengsavat who arrived on Wednesday for an official visit in Minsk. Summing up the
agreement signed, Khvostov told Tass he believed co-op
- North
Korean leader Choe Thae-bok meets Lao youth delegation (BBC MS/FT)--Choe
Thae-bok, secretary of the Central Committee of the Korean Workers' Party, met &
conversed with a delegation of the Lao Youth Union led by first secretary of its central
committee Bounpon Bouttanavong at the Mansudae
- SAJ
to issue green forms for IPO (The
Star) --“This is one way of
showing appreciation to our consumers for their support and we want them to be part of the
company,” he said after receiving a visit by a Laos delegation. The eight-man group
from Laos’ northern province of
- Drugs summit: Thailand
favoured over China as four-nation host (Bangkok Post)--Thailand is favoured to
be chosen ahead of China to host a four-nation drug summit that will also involve the
government heads of Burma & Laos. A joint communique issued at the end of PM Thaksin
Shinawatra's visit to China
- Lao general to
visit Hmong festival(Green Bay
Press-Gazette)--A Hmong & Laotian
national leader will visit Green Bay Labor Day weekend to take part in the annual
Lao-Hmong National Festival of Wisconsin. The festival is one of three that Gen. Vang Pao,
former commander of the Royal
- Lao-Thai relations:
Pact signed on fighting drugs and border safety (Bangkok Post )--Thailand & Laos have agreed to co-operate in
fighting drugs & ensuring the safety of their citizens while travelling across the
border. Interior Minister Purachai Piumsombun & his Lao counterpart, Maj-Gen Asang
Laoly, signed
- Belarusian
foreign minister plays down row with USA after meeting Lao FM (BBC MS/FT) --The visit by the Lao high-ranking government delegation is the
first one after establishing economic relations with Belarus. It was calm & limited to
several meetings probably because the Laotians are known for their slow & gradual
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