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  • Police seize 800,000 methamphetamines, arrest Myanmar, Laos, Thai suspects (AP/Yahoo!) --In the biggest bust, five Laotians were arrested in a raid on a restaurant in the northern Chiang Rai province and 450,000 methamphetamine tablets were seized from them, narcotic suppression bureau chief Maj. Gen.
  • Old print method offers new hope for Lao schools (The Asahi Shimbun) --Toshaban-a portable mimeograph device-is a medium of yesteryear in Japan. But in Laos, it is a promising educational tool and a hopeful printing method. Behind the popularity of toshaban in Laos is the happy marriage of
  • [Lao-Australian] Monk, 82, got three followers pregnant, court told (The Age) --Three young women fell pregnant to a Buddhist monk, 82, who abused them while acting as their spiritual adviser, a Melbourne court has heard. Ajarn Manivong used his reputation as a healer & Buddhism teacher to induce five
  • AUSAID opens new scholarship website [to Lao students] (Laos NA or backup) --Officials say this is the first time that the public has had access to info. on scholarships through the Internet. The web site was established in the city of Melbourne in Australia and can be accessed at http://www.adsvientiane.org/.
  • Top Lao jobs appear secure (The Nation)--The newly elected Laos National Assembly will convene next week to pick a new president and government... President Khamtay Siphandone is expected to be re-elected to a second term by the 109 winning candidates
  • Laos parliament to vote next week for president and PM (Reuters/Yahoo! Singapore, 1st backup or 2nd backup) --Laos' newly elected parliament gathers for the first time next week when it will discuss possible changes to the ageing leadership of one of the world's last communist regimes, a parliamentary spokesman said on Thursday.
  • Laos' 5th NA to hold 1st session next week (Vietnam NA) --The NA is also to elect members to its agencies, elect the NA President, NA Vice Presidents, and the NA Standing Committee, and approve the State President's proposal for the appointment of a Prime Minister and the list of
  • Vietnam boosts auditing co-op with Laos (Vietnam NA) --Vietnam will provide Laos with documents on auditing and assistance for establishment of an auditing review. This help is provided for by the minutes of cooperation signed between Vietnamese Auditor General Do Binh Duong
  • Vietnam, Laos boost military co-op (Vietnam NA or FT) --The two sides informed each other of the situation in their respective countries, exchanged views on regional & international issues of common concern, & discussed measures to implement a cooperation protocol signed
  • ASEAN and U.S. support Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia joining WTO (Vietnam NA)
    ASEAN & the U.S. have voiced their strong support for early accession to the World Trade Org. (WTO) by Vietnam, Laos & Cambodia. ASEAN economic ministers & U.S. Trade Rep. Robert Zoellick met in Bangkok on
  • Myanmar hosts Mekong Tourism Forum (Xinhua NA/Northern)--Attending the forum are national tourism officials and professionals from six countries of the GMS -- China, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam -- as well as members of the Pacific Asia Travel Association
  • ASEAN ministers hold first trade talks with US in 10 years (AFP/Yahoo! Singapore)
    ASEAN's economic ministers held talks with US Trade Rep. Robert Zoellick here Friday in the first formal negotiations to build trade ties with the world's biggest economy in over 10 years. The 10-member ASEAN said it hoped to
  • ASEAN Finance Ministers meet in Myanmar (Xinhua NA/Northern LT) --The 6th Meeting of Finance Ministers of the ASEAN began here Friday following a 1-day working group meeting of finance & central bank deputies of ASEAN plus 3 partner countries -- China, Japan & South Korea 
  • Ministers look to cooperation to push Asian recovery (Reuters/Yahoo! Asia)--Buoyed by a spirit of cautious optimism, Asian finance ministers meet in Myanmar on Friday looking to nudge the region's economy along the road to recovery through deeper cooperation. But delegates at the 2-day meeting

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Le 10 Avril 2002

  • America: Minnesota's Hmong buy homes at brisk pace (Star Tribune) --Twenty years ago the Xiongs, a Hmong family, arrived in Minnesota from [Laos,] Southeast Asia. Like many newcomers, they started out modestly, working low-wage jobs & renting. It took roughly 15 years before any of them bought a home. But today all eight children have graduated from college & own home
  • Vietnam builds master plan for Laos' Saysomboune Special Zone (Asia Pulse/Yahoo! Asia or backup)--A master plan for socio-economic development of Laos' Saysomboune Special Zone has been built by Vietnam's HCIC. The master plan would be used as a scientific basis for the local authorities to tap the zone's potential
  • America: Hmong are moving into mainstream (Pioneer Press)--With 2,900 square feet and a back yard more than big enough for the kids' soccer field, the $370,000 house rising on 10 acres in Forest Lake is more than Yia Thao's dream home. He also wants his new spread to stand as
  • America -- A Hmong hallmark: Lots of people under one roof (Star Tribune)
    Twelve-year-old Johnny Vang of St. Paul doesn't lack for enthusiastic spectators when he plays his Hmong qeej, a bamboo wind instrument. He's one of six children in a family of eight. The boy lives with his parents, two

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Le 12 Avril 2002

  • Laos welcomes traditional New Year (Vietnam NA) --The Lao people are enjoying their traditional new year festival, the 2545th year of their Buddhist calendar, which falls on April 13, 14 and 15 this year. Khamtay Siphandone, President of Lao PDR, sent new year greetings to
  • Lao people loyal to new social regime, says Khamtay (Vietnam NA) --Lao President Khamtay Siphandone has said that the result of the recent NA election is the most obvious expression of the Lao people's confidence in the Party's leadership as well as their loyalty to the govt & the new social
  • Asian Development Bank (ADB) continues assisting Laos (Vietnam NA) --P. G. Mankad, Director of the ADB in charge of Laos, has been on a working visit to the country since April 7. Mankad has met with Lao Finance Minister Soukanh Mahalarth to discuss ADB assistance in the form of loans
  • Vietnam [and Laos] by road (Bangkok Post, FT) --Anyone who wants to experience road travel from Thailand to Laos and Vietnam now has another option. The Tourism Authority of Thailand has joined forces with the Laos and Vietnam tourism authorities to organise
  • Raise your right hand and swear -- 135 children of new Americans pledge allegiance to U.S. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)--Lee thought about how he would stand. He is a 15-year-old Hmong immigrant who describes his birthplace, the city of K-52 in Laos, from pictures, not from personal memory, as "a bunch of houses made out of
  • America: Forest, community brace for mushroom pickers (Hungry Horse News)--Hickle said pickers are often transitory, migrant workers from a diverse range of ethnic groups so permits are written in a number of different languages, including Spanish, Thai, Lao & Vietnamese. Some groups don't

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  • Mekong River: Rock blasting clears channel (Bangkok Post) --The blasting of rocks in the Mekong river to clear water transport routes between China, Burma, Laos & Thailand is expected to be completed in the next two months... the job would be speeded up to take advantage of lower

Le 22 Avril 2002

  • Travel: In Luang Prabang, Time Stands Still (Time Asia)--Luang Prabang marches to the beat of an indifferent drummer. Nothing is rushed in this sleepy Lao hamlet where the somnolence is contagious and you can spot the new arrivals by the briskness of their gaits.
  • Detour: Take the slow boat to Luang Prabang (Time Asia) --It was the romance of it all that persuaded me to take the slow boat to Luang Prabang from Huay Xai, meandering down the Mekong through a veil of river mist like some intrepid adventurer of old ... Well, O.K., romance & fear
  • Web Crawling -- Luang Prabang's websites (Time Asia) --LAOS ONLINE This is the official government site, so don't expect fancy pop-up graphics or sensational photos. It is, however, a good place to start for basic details on Luang Prabang and a cursory guide to its attractions.
  • Hot Spot: Souvannaphoum Hotel (Time Asia)--I knew I was going to like the Souvannaphoum Hotel as soon as the rumpled bellboy showed me into its best suite and began pointing out its features. "There's no television," I said, as my eyes adjusted to the crepuscular gloom
  • Lao police to begin high speed river patrols (Laos NA or here)
    A new speed boat was presented to the Finance Service of Vientiane municipality for use in patrols along the Mekong River. The vessel was built and delivered by the Laha Company based in Savannakhet province.
  • Laos & Cuba boost co-op in procuracy work (Vietnam NA) --A delegation of the Cuban General Procuracy led by its Chairman Juan Escalona Reguera has paid a visit to Laos to boost bilateral cooperation in procuracy work. The Cuban delegation met with a delegation of the Lao
  • Viet party committee secretary begins visit to Laos (BBC Monitoring Service)
    A visit to Vientiane, the capital of Laos, which commenced today, 22 April, by Politburo member of the CPVCC Nguyen Phu Trong, will further the development of cooperative ties between Hanoi and Vientiane.
  • $16 million Mekong Enterprise Fund (MEF) launched (Asian Dev't Bank or backup)
    The newly launched MEF will be the first venture capital fund to make equity investments in small- and medium-sized private businesses in Vietnam, Laos & Cambodia. The $16 million Fund aims to invest in private companies
  • Demining Operation: Phra Viharn to be cleared (Bangkok Post)--A demining agency will clear landmines around Phra Viharn temple ruins on the Cambodian border to pave the way for the construction of two key roads linking Thailand with Laos and Cambodia.
  • Hmong-Americans: East student wins leadership award (Wausau Daily Herald) --Zoua Yang, a Wausau East High School student, has been selected to attend the National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine this summer. Last year, Yang, the daughter of Ya and Shoua Yang, was honored with Hmong

Le 23 Janvier 2002

  • Lao Prime Minister to visit Indonesia and the Philippines (Laos NA or backup from VT) --Prime Minister Bounnhang Vorachith will pay an official visit in the interests of goodwill to Indonesia from April 25 to 28 and the Philippines from April 28 to 30. The visit is being made at the invitation of President Megawati
  • Mekong Flood Forum launched in Phnom Penh (Xinhua NA/Northern LT)---
    The Mekong River Commission consisting of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam, launched an Annual Mekong Flood Forum here Tuesday. The Annual Mekong Flood Forum is the first such event in the region, which is
  • Labour: Aliens get special jobs in sex sector (Bangkok Post) --Police raided Natari massage parlour on Ratchadapisek road on April 20, & found more than 50 alien women offering sexual services. The raid followed a complaint that many alien workers from Burma, Laos & Cambodia worked

Le 25 Avril 2002

  • Indonesia, Laos agree to promote bilateral relations (Xinhua NA/Northern LT)--Indonesian President Megawati Soekarnoputri and the visiting Laotian PM Boungnang Vorachith Thursday agreed to promote bilateral relations. In a joint press conference following the meeting, Megawati told reporters that
  • Lao Prime Minister visits Indonesia (Vietnam NA)--Lao Prime Minister Bounyang Vorachith commenced his four-day official visit to Indonesia today, Apr. 25. The Lao PM will hold talks with Indonesian President Megawati Soekarnoputri. Both host and guest will witness
  • Air France steps in to improve Lao Aviation performance (Laos NA or backup) --The three-year plan will involve an overhaul of both domestic & international flights, especially the rescheduling & increases in flights, the recruiting of more aircraft, including 40-seat turbo prop or ATR 72 aircraft.
  • Chinese-Lao-Americans: Hong Kong delicacies roll right up to the customers (Oregonian)--Siou & Kham Bounketh say they have tried to give customers an authentic Chinese restaurant experience. The ethnic Chinese couple, who came to Oregon with their five children in 1976 after fleeing political turmoil in Laos
  • America: Hmong students sues Oroville police, high school over arrest (Chico Enterprise Record)--A Hmong student who was recently cleared in court of rioting charges, has filed a civil suit against the police and Oroville Union High School District over the incident. Keng D. Lee, who the suit says was "in the top 10%" of
  • Philippines isn't keen to back ASEAN trade preference systems (Dow Jones/Yahoo!)--The Philippines isn't keen on supporting a plan by the ASEAN to establish a general system of trade preferences for products from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam, a government official said Thursday.

Le 26 Avril 2002

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