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Le 1 Juillet 2001

  • Immigrant criminals given 1 more chance (Washington Post) --About half of these 2,700 lifers are from Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos & Cuba, countries that generally refuse to take back their own citizens. The other half are from dozens of countries that won't issue travel documents for
  • Teachers from 4 ASEAN nations to visit (Straits Times)--Staff from tertiary institutions in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam will come here for a week to a month as part of a new, ongoing, year-round Education Train-the-Trainers Program. The program is expected to start at the end of this month when up to 60 teachers from the four nations
  • Summer program uses sports to make immigrants feel at home (AP/Star Tribune)--"For a lot of Hmong kids, soccer & volleyball are the only sports they can play because size doesn't matter," Yang said. "Lincoln is a very centralized spot for the kids. Most of the Hmong kids live in the neighborhood."
  • Insight into Asian democracy (The Star) --DEMOKRASI, Reformasi, Doi Moi, People Power--these are the clarion calls reverberating throughout our region today. "Read about it, read all about it"--the latest, hottest exposes, the kind of news analyses that our

Le 2 Juillet 2001

Le 3 Juillet 2001

  • Laos threatens film protests (The Nation) --Laos has threatened to mobilise nationwide protests against filming of the Thai movie "Thao Suranaree", which threatens to strain bilateral ties. The film, portraying the life of a Thai heroine, who, according to Thai history
  • Push to pardon Danes (Daily Telegraph/News Limited) --Australia will seek a pardon from the Lao Govt for jailed couple Kerry & Kay Danes. Diplomats will submit the plea along with a legal appeal being drawn up by the Danes' lawyer, Ted Tzovaras. The Danes were found guilty of
  • Danes' lawyer hopes appeal will be lodged this week (Australian BC) --The lawyer for two Australians, convicted last week in Laos, says an official appeal is expected to be formally lodged later this week. Speaking in the Laotian capital Vientiane, Australian lawyer Ted Tzovaras said he would give
  • 2001 Lao-Australia cattle insemination pregnancy (Laos NA) --The 2001 Lao-Australia cattle insemination project has progressed well since it started in January. Alan Guy of Guy Investment Ltd as implementing consultant for the Vientiane Province Livestock Department, has worked on
  • Vietnamese party leader to visit Laos (Xinhua NA or Vietnam NA or Australian BC) --General Secretary of the CPVCC Nong Duc Manh will pay a good-will visit to Laos in the near future, according to a report of Lao official news agency KPL Tuesday. Manh's visit is made at the invitation of Khamtay Siphandone
  • Vietnam, Laos' political institutes boost (Vietnam NA) --Diem appreciated the cooperation between the two institutes in the recent past & stressed that the Communist Party of Vietnam aims to increase the political knowledge & leadership skills of all district-level authorities by 2005.
  • Loan program is first for Twin Cities Hmong(Pioneer Planet) --Wells Fargo will invest $60,000 in the St. Paul-based Vang Pao Foundation to help increase access to capital, educate entrepreneurs and consumers about credit and establish the Higher Risk Investment Fund.
  • Former pilot honored for service -- CIA flights into Laos were Air America's secret mission (Idaho Statesman)--CAT became Air America & in 1965, flew arms & supplies in CIA operations in Laos. Charters flew choppers from 1966 to 1970
  • Thai PM moves to calm row with Laos on extradition (Reuters/Yahoo! News or Reuters/Excite News) --Thai PM Shinawatra moved on Tuesday to soothe relations with neighboring Laos after a sharp disagreement over the extradition of suspects accused of involvement in a border clash last year. Thaksin told reporters Laos could
  • NGUYEN KHOA DIEM RECOIT LE DIRECTEUR DE L'INPA LAO--M. Nguyen Khoa Diem,membre du BP et du Secrétariat du PCV, chef de la Commission de l'Idéologie et de la Culture du CC, a reçu M. Chaleun Yiapaoheu, membre du CC du Parti populaire révolutionnaire lao (PPRL), Directeur de l'Institut national de politique et d'administration.VNA 03/07/01
  • LE SECRETAIRE GENERAL NONG DUC MANH VISITERA LE LAOS--A l'invitation du président du Comité central du Parti populaire révolutionnaire lao, du président de la République démocratique populaire du Laos, Khamtay Siphandone, le secrétaire général du CC du PCV, Nong Duc Manh, effectuera une visite officielle dans ce pays.VNA 03/07/01

Le 4 Juillet 2001

  • Extradite the 28 'raiders', Laos says (The Nation) --Laos yesterday stepped up calls for Thailand to extradite the 28 armed men who stormed a border outpost a year ago, taking Lao customs officials hostage and demanding a return to constitutional monarchy and democracy
  • Lao-Thai: Many points of history are false (The Nation) --From a historical standpoint, there is no valid reason to dig up a flaw in this part of Thai-Lao history. Neither should we attempt to find out if the story of Tao Suranaree is true or not. The more we do [about this], the more
  • Lao-Thai: Thao Suranaree's eat must be celebrated (The Nation) --Chao (King) Anuwong of Vientiane, which at that time was a vassal state of the Thai Kingdom, rebelled against Bangkok in 1826. He overran several northeastern provinces and sacked Korat (Nakhon Ratchasima), capturing

Le 5 Juillet 2001

  • Keothavong strides into semis (Wimbledon)--Anne Keothavong became the 2nd British girl to beat a Russian and take her place in the Semi-Finals today, after coming back from a set down to Anna Bastrikova to win 3-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-4. The 17-year-old showed nerves
  • Youngsters close on all-British final -- Wimbledon Girls singles (Sky Sports) --Elena Baltacha and Anne Keothavong are on the verge of a much-needed tonic for home women's tennis, just one match away from facing each other in the first all-British junior final. The two 17-year-olds, both knocked out in
  • Wimbledon: Middlesex rivals seek final showdown (Sport Telegraph)--Keothavong, whose parents are originally from Laos, was equally courageous in her Court Three struggle against yet another of the crop of emerging Russians, Anna Bastrikova. Hackney-born Keothavong, a month
  • LAOS: Bombs away; Decades later, tourists come for a hands-on look at war's devastation (Bangkok Post ) --During Operation Rolling Thunder, American jets loaded with bombs left Udon Thani in Thailand at the rate of one every 8 minutes to bomb Laos. The tiny land-locked nation
  • Lao-Thai: Extradition plea -- 'Most border raiders are Thai' (The Nation)
    Laos' hopes of getting hold of 28 rebels wanted for raiding a Lao border checkpoint last year may have been dashed, when it was revealed most of them were Thai nationals...They could not be extradited because they were
  • Fire at Air Force Communication Co. office (Laos NA)--A fire broke out at the office of the Communication Company of the Air Force at 5:50 p.m. on 2 July. The fire, according to the Security Command of Vientiane Prefecture, appeared to be caused by an electric short circuit
  • Travel Guide: Mekong cruise (Bangkok Post/Asia Intelligence Wire) --Asia Voyages offers special weekend packages for cruises on the Mekong River. A three days/two nights weekend package includes one night aboard the Vat Phou, a floating hotel on the Mekong in southern Laos.
  • What river service? (Bangkok Post) --Laos gave details at the meeting on the conditions of the service, the road projects which would link with the river service, the environmental measures which need to be taken & the development of ports. Mr Pracha obviously
  • Hmong students strive for balance in diverse district, acceptance not always easy (Pioneer Planet) --Walking out into a St. Paul schoolyard, visitors hear the murmur of Hmong kids calling out to one another. Girls play a game resembling jump rope while guys kick around a soccer ball. There's a similar view in lunchroom

Le 6 Juillet 2001

Le 7 Juin 2001

  • Hmong leader outlines goal of economic independence -- Development fund touted in annual speech at festival (Pioneer Planet) --Gen. Vang Pao, the revered international Hmong leader, on Friday capped his annual tournament speech advocating hard work & education by touting a small-business loan program announced this week by his foundation
  • Thinking outside the pill bottle (Sydney Morning Herald) --Mai, a woman of the Lao nomadic Hmong tribe, had been feeling ill after giving birth by caesarean section to her sixth child, although the specialists had been unable to find anything physically wrong with her
  • .This is like family' (Pioneer Planet) --It has been a year of trials and triumphs at HOPE Community Academy, a Hmong-centered charter school in which teachers, administrators and pupils have created special bonds. Tony Ducklow's third-graders pull

Le 8 Juillet 2001

  • Heroes of 'Secret War' finally fly home (Honolulu Advertiser)--The Navy plane was 20 miles inside Laos, a neutral country, on a top-secret mission to drop a series of listening devices along the Ho Chi Minh Trail, when it probably took ground fire and nose-dived into a remote jungle peak
  • Ceremony to honor war remains of 17 vets (Honolulu Star Bulletin)-Three sets of remains were excavated during recovery missions earlier this year in Laos. An additional set of remains from Laos was recovered during a mission completed on July 3. The other eight sets of remains were recently
  • Laos/Rebels: Extradition moves hang on result of court (Bangkok Post)--The authorities cannot proceed with the extradition of anti-Vientiane rebels until their court case is concluded, a top security officer said. Kachadpai Burusapatana, secretary-general of the National Security Council, said no decision could be made on the fate of the rebels, who were charged with illegal entry and firearms offences. He insisted the govt was
  • Ports play catch-up before trade expands (Bangkok Post)--Thailand joined China, Laos & Burma in inaugurating 4-nation commercial navigation on the Mekong river in Jinghong but it has been a reluctant participant. Thailand appears to be wondering whether it can prosper from

Le 9 Juillet 2001

  • Vietnam party chief visits neighboring Laos to boost ties (AP/Yahoo! Singapore, Laos NA or Xinhua NA)--Viet Communist Party chief Nong Duc Manh is visiting Laos to bolster ties between the two communist neighbors, an official said. Accompanying Manh on his first overseas trip since his election in April are Deduty PM Nguyen
  • PM tours Lao-French paint factory (Laos NA)--PM Boungnang Vorachit visited the Lao-French Paint Company and animal feeding plant. Accompanying him were a number of directors, deputy directors and senior officials from state and private organisations.
  • North Korea counting its friends in Asia (AFP/Yahoo! Asia) --North Korea's titular head of state, Kim Yong-Nam will leave Wednesday for a tour of Vietnam, Laos & Cambodia aimed at shoring up what international support the communist nation has in the world, diplomats said. Kim is to
  • Family, friends mourn shot man Fresno man, 33, is remembered as likeable and giving (Fresno Bee)--Fresno police arrested Nor Yang, 29, of Fresno on suspicion of murdering Thao, who was shot several times in his torso...Thao was born in Laos & met his wife, Mee Vang, in a Thailand refugee camp, the woman said in Hmong

Le 10 Juillet 2001

Le 11 Juillet 2001

  • Laos: Vietnamese party leader continues visit, heads to south (BBC MS/FT)--Nong Duc Manh left Vientiane on July 11 for Champassak Province (southern Laos), continuing his official friendship visit to Laos. Speaking at the farewell ceremony in Vientiane, Khamtai Siphandon expressed thanks 
  • Viet-Lao joint communique (Vietnam NA) --The two countries affirmed their resolve to develop their traditional friendship to ensure the success of their national construction and defence, thus contributing to the trend of peace, stability, cooperation, and development
  • Cattle call (Bangkok Post) --It's not always easy being Australian in this part of the world...Next door in Laos, gem-mining ventures are traps for the unwary. "We should just take back the Friendship Bridge," groused as Australian whose taxes helped
  • Interview: Chinese dams could help SE Asia fight floods-UN--(Reuters/AOL)--Chinese plans to dam the upper Mekong river could help Southeast Asia cope with flooding caused by global warming, a senior UN official said. Researchers say global warming threatens to increase flooding in low-lying
  • Officials meet ahead of the 1st ASEAN telecom ministerial (Kyodo NS/AOL or Reuters/Yahoo! or AFP/Yahoo!) --Halim Shafie told reporters that among the issues of concern is the digital divide between the more advanced countries in the ASEAN and their newer and poorer members such as Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia. 
  • Freer flow of goods in Southeast Asia next year (Sun Star)--Local exporters have barely a year left to prepare for the free flow of goods within Southeast Asia. This as the year 2002, the target year of the ASEAN to achieve a free trade area in the region, approaches.
  • Four victims made their families feel proud (Denver Post)--They were two popular high school athletes, a student who gave up his summer to work with kids, & a youth pastor who leaves behind five children. "They were great people. You never know what's going to happen," said
  • Confusion and sorrow reign after Idaho crash of church van (Denver Post)
    For 15-year-old Billy Moua, the Monday morning van crash that killed four members of his Westminster church remains "just a blur." He was among 12 people in the van, but the first thing he remembers is paramedics helping
  • Local Hmong community bears shock (Denver Post)--The fatal crash hundreds of miles away rippled through the Denver area's small, close-knit Hmong community, whose members spent the past two days consoling each other. "The Hmong community here is not big
  • Family, friends fondly recall crash victims (AP/Rocky Mountain News)--His friends called Wesley Her, 14, "The Hmong Shaq" -- partly because of his love of sports and the Los Angeles Lakers and partly because, at nearly six feet tall, he towered over his parents. "Big, big, big," his mother, Mai Her
  • Clans help define Hmong loyalties (Rocky Mountain News)--The Hmong community in Colorado is closely knit, with many belonging to one of 10 clans. "Most people don't understand how the Hmong clan system works," said Yang Chee, president of the Lao-Hmong American Coalition.
  • 17-year-old driving van that rolled (Rocky Mountain News)--A 17-year-old boy was driving the Westminster church van that flipped Monday, killing four passengers as another van load of teens looked on in horror. State troopers said Tuesday that Chuyee Moua of Federal Heights
  • Hmong population balloons (Charlotte Observer)--More than half of the state's Hmong population lives in just two counties - Burke and Catawba, Census data released today shows. Some 3,954 of 7,093 Hmong in North Carolina call those counties home.
  • Methamphetamine: Wa shift drug bases from Burma to Laos (Bangkok Post)--The United Wa State Army is moving its methamphetamine production bases from Burma to areas in Laos opposite Chiang Rai, Phayao and Nan. The Third Army and the Narcotics Control Board have common intelligence
  • Sell-off at Lao brewer (The Nation )--2 Thai conglomerates, Italian-Thai Development Plc & Loxley Plc, separately announced they will dispose of their respective holdings in a brewery in Laos. Both companies said they had on July 4 signed agreements with
  • Loxley, Ital-Thai sell stakes in Lao Brewery (AFX-Asia/Northern LT)--Loxley Plc said it has entered into an agreement with the government of Laos to dispose of its 510,000 common shares or about a 25.5 pct stake in Lao Brewery Co Ltd for a consideration of 12 mln usd. The terms of payment will be in three stages, the company said in a statement

Le 12 Juillet 2001

  • Laos lull (Bangkok Post) --Mistrust may be a bit too undiplomatic but over-cautious is probably the right word for Laos, which took a full year to give the nod to a comprehensive economic co-operation plan broached by its neighbour Thailand.
  • Viet party leader concludes Laos visit (Vietnam NA)--On board his plane, Nong Duc Manh sent a message to President Khamtay Siphandon, expressing his thanks again for the warm welcome & hospitality he received from Mr. Siphandon & the Lao people. There is a special
  • Security, child prostitution seen as major risks to ASEAN tourism (AFP/Yahoo Asia)
    Personal security, child prostitution and human smuggling were touted as being among the biggest threats to growth within Asia's tourism industry at an ASEAN conference. And delegates to the conference of ASEAN national
  • MSC on agenda of ASEAN forum (The Star)--"This is because some ASEAN countries are far more advanced in the area of communications and multimedia than countries such as Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. If ASEAN were to embrace the new economy
  • Drugs to top Hanoi agenda (The Nation)--Thailand will seek greater cooperation in the continuing battle against narcotics among fellow ASEAN members - as well as China, Japan & South Korea - when their foreign ministers gather in Vietnam for their annual
  • Denver mourns 5 who died in crash (AP/Las Vegas Sun)--The city's Hmong mourned a fifth death Thursday after a van filled with children on their way to a Christian retreat crashed in Idaho. Ricky Moua, 13, died of head and chest wounds Wednesday. "It's another blow after all

Le 13 Juillet 2001

  • Laotian PM to visit Vietnam July 17-21 (Reuters/AOL) --Laotian PM Bounnyang Vorachit will make an official visit to communist neighbour Vietnam from July 17-21, the official Vietnam News Agency said on Friday. The announcement came after the head of Vietnam's ruling
  • Japan's grant assistance for grassroots projects in Vientiane (Laos NA) --The govt of Japan has extended grants for school projects to Vientiane province as follows: Construction of Phon Hong Primary School worth US$46,722. Construction of Phon Hang Primary School worth US$46,722.
  • Thailand offers reprieve to illegal Asian workers (The Star) --The immigrants, mostly from Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia, have been working without permits in fishing, construction and agriculture since 1992, when the government opened certain sectors to a small number of migrants
  • ASEAN plans information highway to boost Internet use (AFP/Yahoo! Asia) --Southeast Asian telecoms ministers Friday pledged to intensify efforts to develop a regional information highway to raise Internet use in preparation for the knowledge economy. ASEAN ministers at their first annual meeting
  • Telsom to form five working groups (The Star) --Senior officials at the Asean Telecommunications meeting concluded their meeting by forming five working groups to provide a platform for member countries to share their expertise in telecommunications and multimedia.

Le 14 Juillet 2001

  • North Korean head of state meets Vietnam supremo, heads on to Laos (AFP/Yahoo! Asia)--North Korean head of state Kim Yong-Nam headed on to Laos Saturday after holding talks with Vietnamese number one Nong Duc Man on the final day of a four-day fence-mending visit to an estranged communist ally.
  • Reprieve for one million illegal workers in Thailand (The Star) --Workers won a reprieve when Thailand said it has dropped a quota system limiting permits to 160,000 each year...authorities estimate it at close to one million, with most from Myanmar, and many from Laos and Cambodia.
  • Asia-Pacific ministers set to strengthen regional forum (BBC MS/FT)--One of the steps is empowering the chairman of the ASEAN Regional Forum to convene extraordinary ministerial meetings when necessary to discuss regional security issues, in addition to the foreign ministers' annual
  • Former resident heading to Asia to fight AIDS (Clinton Herald) --Ullrich, who now lives in Vinton, will be visiting Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia & Thailand during a three-week fact-finding mission. During that trek, he said that his top goals will be to find the best ways - and be granted permission
  • 'Lucky' surgery for van survivor (Denver Post)--First, the Idaho van crash Monday that killed five of his friends left him bruised and hurting, but alive. Then, just hours after his grateful parents brought him home to Westminster, hours after doctors in a tiny Idaho town
  • North Korea's Kim Yong-nam wraps up Vietnam visit, arrives in Laos (BBC MS/FT) --After wrapping up a four-day trip to Vietnam, North Korea...[President], Kim Yong-nam, arrived in Laos Saturday on the 2nd leg of his trip to Southeast Asian nations. Kim, who is scheduled to meet with Laos President Khamtai Siphandon, will stay in the country
  • Methamphetamines: Wa rushes speed over border before plants shift to Laos (Bangkok Post)--United Wa State Army is making speedy deliveries of methamphetamine pills to northern Thailand before moving its factories from Burmese soil to Laos. The Wa had just supplied about 500,000 pills to 4 Chinese traffickers

Le 15 Juillet 2001

  • On Laos...Gen. Vang Pao vs. Dr. Yang Dao (Pioneer Planet)--Gen. Vang Pao -- Popular with older Hmong, he advocates hard line against communist regime in Laos. Yang Dao -- Backed by younger Hmong, he supports use of diplomacy in seeking return to democracy. Debate over
  • ASEAN tackles BIMP-Eaga in the November summit (Sun Star) --Dominguez bared that in the continuing assessment of ASEAN on the possible integration of Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos & Vietnam into its realm, Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid raised the matter of including

Le 16 Juillet 2001

  • Laos warns it will resurrect ugly history if Thailand makes movie (AP/Montreal Gazette)--Communist Laos warned it would resurrect ugly history about Thailand's destruction of Buddhist temples more than 200 years ago if a Thai producer presses ahead with a controversial film the regime says will mock Laos.
  • Controversial film sours ties between Thailand and Laos (Reuters/Yahoo! Singapore)--A new Thai film depicting an ancient Laotian king as a villain has soured relations between the two countries and sparked a row over freedom of expression. Phouangkeo Langsy, the Laotian Embassy's charge d'affaires
  • Film row: Laos vows to hit back (The Nation and Readers' comments @ The Nation)--Goods ban among measures being prepared in response to upcoming Thai movie's depiction of revered king Laos has threatened to retaliate if a Thai producer goes ahead with a film whose script, based on a disputed episode
  • Lao royal family is honored in Minnesota (Star Tribune)
    As part of their international effort to build support for holding free elections in Laos, members of the Laotian royal family, exiled since the Communist takeover of their homeland more than 25 years ago, wrapped up a trip to
  • ADB: New ADB resident mission office opens in Lao PDR (Asian Devt Bank, M2 Presswire or AP/Yahoo! Singapore)--Lao PDR PM Boun Nyang Vorachith & Asian Development Bank President Tadao Chino officially opened the new office of ADB's Resident Mission in Vientiane today. President Chino described the event as "a major milestone
  • Laos: North Korean leader Kim Yong-nam visits sites (BBC MS/FT) --When they arrived, a female employee here presented Comrade Kim Yong-nam with a bunch of flowers. Comrade Kim Yong-nam first laid a floral basket before a statue of President Kaysone Phomvihan situated before
  • Lao president arranges banquet for North Korean delegation (BBC MS/FT)--Comrade Khamtai Siphandon, president of Laos, arranged a banquet at the party Central Committee banquet hall to welcome Comrade Kim Yong-nam, president of North Korea. The flags of both countries were hanging at the
  • N. Korea's No. 2 man meets Laos leaders (Kyodo NS/AOL)--Kim Yong Nam, North Korea's No. 2 leader, held talks Saturday in Laos with Lao President Khamtay Siphandone & agreed to expand bilateral friendship & cooperation, a North Korean broadcast said Monday. Kim also met
  • Can ASEAN be rid of drug scourge? (The Nation)--During the past two decades, the ASEAN effort to combat drug abuse and trafficking has been rather half-baked. The member countries preferred to do things their own ways. Concrete cooperation was very limited.
  • Malaysian PM calls for ASEAN action against Net abuse (The Star)--“The misuse of the Internet for propagating and disseminating information detrimental to both national and societal interests is on the rise,” he said in his speech at the 1st ASEAN Telecommunications Ministers Meeting here.
  • Hmong to market Asian-specific produce (Green Bay Press-Gazette)--Since See Thao came to Green Bay in 1994, she has been hoping to find a venue to sell the produce she grows in her gardens. Without a place to sell the onions, different varieties of spinach, peas, beans and other produce

Le 17 Juillet 2001

  • Laos wants Thai movie scrapped (The Nation)--Laos has requested the scrapping of a Thai movie now in pre-production with the working title "Tao Suranari" which is said to depict historical hostilities between the two countries, PM Thaksin Shinawatra said yesterday
  • Outreach team members lend help for medical needs (Star-Telegram)--Vongsavath, who is from Laos, is a registered nurse who started June 4. She handles medical issues while Vo and Valdez connect with residents. Their area hugs the east side of Interstate 35W from Interstate 30 north to
  • Immigrant students get lessons in American life (Akron Beacon Journal) --Choua Vue was 6 months old when she left Thailand and came to the U.S. Growing up, she had to learn two languages, English at school and Hmong at home. And building a sense of social identity as an Asian-American was
  • Laos: Opposition to film about Thai war victory (Bangkok Post)--The Laotian leadership is unhappy with a Thai politician's plan to produce a movie that will glorify Tao Suranaree, a Thai heroine who fought Laotian invaders in the 19th century. Thaksin said Laotian leaders voiced their concerns voiced their concerns about the film during his visit to Vientiane last week.

Le 18 Juillet 2001

  • 2 children dead; mother in critical condition (Star Tribune)
    According to relatives, Vang Yang left his two youngest children at home with his wife, Mee Xiong, when he went to pick up four older children who had been taking Hmong language classes at a nearby community center.
  • ASEAN must work hard to restore 'lost lustre': Singapore FM (AFP/Yahoo! Singapore)
    Southeast Asia must redouble efforts to "regain its lost lustre", as the region faces an economic downturn and key members battle political problems, Singapore Foreign Minister S. Jayakumar said Wednesday.
  • The drug lords can relax over Asean's get-tough campaign (The Nation)
    Kavi Chongkittavorn's article ["Can Asean be free of drugs?" July 16] seemed to be written more in hope than conviction. A drug-free Asean by 2015? Concrete cooperation between Burma, Thailand, Laos and China to
  • External issues threaten to overshadow southeast Asian meet (AFP/Yahoo! Asia)
    Southeast Asian foreign ministers gather here next week, desperate to use key talks with international partners to refocus attention on the region in the face of the growing pull exerted by a resurgent China.
  • [A Hmong] mother arrested in deaths of two young daughters (AP/Star Tribune and picture)
    A St. Paul woman was under arrest at Regions Hospital after being booked for homicide in the deaths of her two young daughters...The 26-year-old woman was in serious
  • Laotian Prime Minister begins Vietnam visit (Reuters/Yahoo! Singapore, Australian BC or Vietnam NA) --After a welcome by a military honour guard, Bounnyang & his Vietnamese counterpart, Phan Van Khai, held talks which were due to be followed by agreements on transport & loans for the upgrading of a highway across
  • Lao premier starts visit to Vietnam (Kyodo NS/AOL)
    Bounnyang will hold talks with Vietnamese PM Phan Van Khai to review the implementation of bilateral cooperation agreements and consider measures to improve on them in the future...Lao leader will also tour a number of
  • Representative of Hmong People and the United Nations (Lao Human Rights Council)
    The delegates...will report on the problems of the ethnic cleansing war & genocide against people in Laos, especially Hmong people, to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights & other members of the U.N.
  • Thailand asks U.S. to help deter violence in Laos (Reuters/Yahoo! or Reuters/Excite News!)
    Thailand, whose ties with neighboring Laos have soured over the last year, has asked Washington for tipoffs on the movements of Laotians living in the U.S. and suspected of stirring unrest at home...Thailand was ready to help
  • Laos orders new measures to shore up kip currency (Reuters/AOL)
    Communist Laos, struggling to tame inflation, has introduced new measures including controls on luxury imports and improved revenue collection to shore up its plunging kip currency, Laotian officials said on Wednesday.
  • Laos threatens measures against Thailand over historical film (AFP/Yahoo! Asia)
    Laos Wednesday threatened retaliatory measures against Thailand if it went ahead with the making of a historical film depicting a Thai heroine's battles against Laotian invaders. "The Laotian authorities will react with measures
  • Laotian PM visits Vietnam to improve economic ties (AP/Yahoo! Singapore)
    Khai and Bounnyang later witnessed the signing of three agreements on transportation and plans for upgrading a highway along their border...Trade between the 2 countries totaled just $150 mil. last year, down from $310 mil.
  • Viet, Lao Prime Ministers hold talks (Xinhua NA)
    The two prime ministers agreed to take measures to expand investment, boost exchange of goods and services, enhance cooperation in industry, agriculture, transport and communications, energy, training and education

Le 19 Juillet 2001

  • Thao Suranaree': Laos seeking film balance (The Nation and Readers' comments) --Laos' Ambassador to Thailand Hiem Phommachanh urged the producer of the controversial film "Thao Suranaree" to study the Lao version of the events it portrays so as to avoid including scenes that could offend country
  • Laos: Upset Thailand by filming Ban Romklao (The Nation) --Rather than demand the impossible from Thaksin Shinawatra's government - censorship - they should instead respond in kind. Laos should film its own blockbuster of the most recent war between the 2 countries at Ban Romklao

Le 20 Juillet 2001

 

Le 21 Juillet 2001

Le 22 Juillet 2001

  • Australia to press Laos to free gems case couple (Reuters/AOL) ---Australian FM Alexander Downer said on Sunday he would press Laos to release an Australian couple jailed on charges tied to the theft of $6.2 million in sapphires. Downer...said he would ask for a pardon of Kerry and Kay
  • Laos wants ministry to take stand on movie (The Nation)---Laos yesterday called on the Thai Foreign Ministry to "take a position" on the planned movie "Thao Suranaree", which Laos believes could badly affect relations between the two countries. Laos' permanent secretary for
  • Editorial: Pisan can avoid a celluloid disaster (The Nation) ---Pisan insists the film will not undermine the already fragile Thai-Lao relationship, adding he might not even make any reference to Laos' revered King Anuwong, who according to Thai history invaded Siam in 1828.  

Le 23 Juillet 2001

  • Danes plea by Downer (News Limited or NineMSN)--FM Alexander Downer confirmed he would ask the Laotian authorities to pardon jailed Australians Kay & Kerry Danes during a visit to South-East Asia this week. Mr Downer will take advantage of a bilateral meeting with
  • Laos: Not everything is what it seems (Bangkok Post)--Sousath was one of the foremost purveyors of false, or at best misleading, stories on Americans missing in Laos. Further, far from being the poor little boy who is depicted in your story as having survived in a cave for five years
  • War items needed to help account for U.S. MIAs (Houston Chronicle)--A small piece of fabric found where a U.S. Marine Corps bomber crashed in Laos 32 years ago is the kind of cryptic evidence that forensics analyst David Headley uses to help account for U.S. troops missing in action
  • Lao agriculture minister on Vietnam visit (Vietnam NA)--The deputy PM was talking with Lao MAF Xiene Saphanthong, who is currently visiting Vietnam. Tan also expressed his pleasure at the signing of cooperative agreements on projects to develop agriculture, irrigation
  • ADB: Tour to explore ways of strengthening Greater Mekong Subregion cooperation (M2 Presswire or Asian Devt. Bank)
    High-level government officials and representatives from the private sector, civil society & the Asian Development Bank will take part in a familiarization tour of Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand from July 22 to 27, 2001. 
  • ASEAN struggles for stability as Indonesia simmers (Reuters/Yahoo!)--Southeast Asian foreign ministers vowed...to rebuild stability in their troubled region but their annual gathering was overshadowed by upheaval in Jakarta, underlining the volatility that has dogged recovery efforts. All eyes were on
  • Southeast Asian nations mull outright elimination of tariffs in 2003 (AFP/Yahoo! Singapore)
    Southeast Asian nations are discussing plans to do away with import tariffs by 2003 for early implementation of a free-trade area despite a sharp economic downturn in the region, according to a top ASEAN official.
  • St. Paul leaders try to ease way for developer (Pioneer Planet)--Chris Thao, head of the Hmong Development Corp., says the group & its partners would continue to work with neighborhood residents & community groups such as the Summit-University Planning Council & the St. Paul
  • Laotian: Officials, friends band together for Newmarket victim of violence (Foster's Online)--The Newmarket community gathered on Sunday afternoon to remember Thung Phetakoune and to take a stand against violence and intolerance. More than 100 people gathered at Pulaski Drive Apartments, where Laotian
  • Laotian victim’s family still pushing for punishment under hate crime law (Foster's Online)--The family wants justice in a crime it believes was motivated by hate. So do others in the Laotian-American community, said a family spokesman. The family of recently deceased Thung Phetakoune holds fast to the belief that

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  • Viet & Lao customs sectors boost cooperation (Vietnam NA)--The two sides agreed to accelerate the implementation of the agreement on the central port of Cua Lo signed between the two governments in 1999 and to create favourable conditions for import and export operations.
  • ASEAN post ministerial conf focuses on pol, econ issues (Dow Jones/Yahoo! Singapore)--Foreign ministers from the 10 ASEAN countries are meeting in Hanoi Thurs. with counterparts from 10 strategic "dialogue partners" to discuss ASEAN's economic and political integration with the rest of the world, delegates said.
  • Southeast Asia seeks global role -- and global help (Reuters/Yahoo! Singapore) --Southeast Asian FMs met the major global powers...in an effort to recapture a credible role on the world stage & win international assistance for their crippled economies. The ASEAN is struggling to rebuild its relevance in the face of nagging internal divisions, declining economic clout & the growing regional
  • Powell: U.S. committed to Asia (AP/Excite News)--Secretary of State Colin Powell stressed President Bush's commitment to Asia on Thursday and urged financially stricken Southeast Asian nations to further liberalize their economies. Powell and diplomats from European
  • Asian-Americans: What it feels like being on 'outside' (Seattle Times)--That characterization not only ignores the economic and social needs of smaller but growing Asian communities, such as the Hmong, Mien or Laotian. But it also overshadows problems such as racial profiling, often

Le 27 Juillet 2001

  • Downer pleased with Danes talks (Australian BC News Online or News Limited)--The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Alexander Downer, has had what he describes as a "very successful" meeting with his Lao counterpart on the fate of an Australian husband and wife jailed in Laos on gem theft charges.
  • Downer encouraged by talks with Lao FM on jailed Australian couple (AFP/Yahoo! Asia )--Australian FM Alexander Downer Friday said he had a "very successful" meeting with Lao counterpart Somsavat Lengsavad on the fate of an Australian husband & wife jailed in Laos on gem theft charges.
  • Australia guardedly optimistic on Laos gems case (Reuters/MSNBC)--Australian FM Alexander Downer said he was guardedly optimistic that Australian couple Kerry & Kay Danes would be freed from long jail terms for gem sumggling in Laos. Speaking in Hanoi after talks with Laotian FM
  • Market tour provides solutions for Vientiane inflation (Laos NA)--Bounchanh Sinthavong told them to open their hearts and give a helping hand to prevent inflation by preventing illegal currency and goods trading. He also advised the traders to pay more attention to increase their income
  • Vietnam grateful for Laos' assistance in searching for dead soldiers (Vietnam NA)
    Manh further said that Laos' cooperation reflects the special Vietnam-Laos friendship and loyalty. He expressed the hope that pertinent army units will further fulfill the assignment of searching and returning remains of fallen
  • Viet PM receives Lao military officers (Vietnam NA)--PM Khai lauded the close cooperation between the two armies, which he said was for the interests of both countries and their revolutionaory causes. He also stressed that the two armies should cooperate more closely in
  • US, EU pledge help with drug summit (The Nation)--The summit will involve Thailand, Burma, China and Laos, and was called specifically to discuss fighting drug trafficking. Surakiart said US Secretary of State Colin Powell had assured him on the sidelines of the Asean meeting
  • Tariff among ASEAN countries reduced sharply (Xinhau NA)--Tariff barriers among member countries of the ASEAN have been reduced quickly under a regional pact to establish a free trade zone within 15 years. The average tax rates among ASEAN nations have been cut from 12.76 %
  • Southeast Asia proposes three-pronged plan to boost Russian ties (AFP/Yahoo! Asia)--Southeast Asian nations proposed a three-pronged strategy to strengthen cooperation with their key dialogue partner Russia in the academic, transport and trade fields. "We need not be overly ambitious but we need

Le 28 Juillet 2001

  • Man arrested in slaying of KCK woman, [a native of Laos] (Kansas City Star) --A 28-year-old man was found within a few blocks of where the crime occurred. Police said the man was interviewed about the killing but had not been charged in the case. Vang, a 63-year-old native of Laos, was stabbed
  • Talks could free Danes from prison (The Age)--Australians Kerry & Kay Danes are likely to be freed from prison in Laos within weeks after an apparent breakthrough in official negotiations on their case. FM Alexander Downer signalled that a deal for their release on
  • Downer hopeful of deal with Laos Govt (Australian BC News Online)--The FM, Alexander Downer, says a government-to-government deal may achieve the release of an Australian couple sentenced to seven years jail in Laos over the dealings of a gem company where they were employed.
  • Tokyo's aid for Mekong anticipated (Bangkok Post) --Laos and Cambodia yesterday expressed confidence that Japan would continue to back projects to develop the Mekong Subregion even though it was focusing on fixing its economy. Somsavat Lengsavad, Lao FM, and
  • Lao-Thai: A matter of acting responsibly (Bangkok Post)  --In the long common history between the Lao people and the Thai people, there were many periods of dispute. The leaders and governments of both countries have surmounted numerous difficulties to develop the relations
  • Ministers from six Asian countries meet on Mekong River deal (Australian BC) --Ministers from India and five countries along the Mekong River has endorsed an initial six-year joint action program to foster cooperation in tourism, culture, education, transportation and communication.
  • Mekong, Ganges river countries agree to cooperate (AP/The Star)--Countries bordering the Mekong & Ganges rivers agreed to cooperate in promoting regional tourism, culture, education & transportation links. Top officials, including four foreign ministers
  • ASEAN talks leave issues hanging -- Some members of the Southeast Asian group question its relevance (Reuters/IHT)--ASEAN foreign ministers wrapped up a week of meetings here with world powers on resolving regional conflicts and winning help for their troubled economies. After the 10 members of the ASEAN expanded the talks

Le 29 Juillet 2001

  • Viet parliamentarians' delegation visits Laos (Vietnam NA) --They informed each other of their respective countries' situation and the two
    legislatures' activities. They focussed discussion on measures to further accelerate cooperation between the two legislative bodies, particularly
  • Supporters seek extension of Hmong citizenship program (AP/Star Tribune or backup) --Less than 6 percent of the people eligible have taken advantage of a law passed last year aimed at helping Laotian and Hmong veterans and their spouses become U.S. citizens. With the law set to expire in November
  • Minneapolis cops keep eye on rising Asian gang crime (Star Tribune)--Officers in Minneapolis and St. Paul are in the midst of a large-scale car theft investigation, said St. Paul Sgt. Rich Straka, an expert in Hmong gangs. Members of some Hmong gangs are suspected of stealing Toyota
  • Southeast Asia sweats over Sino-US rivalry (AFP/Yahoo!)--Southeast Asia is feeling the heat from the strategic rivalry between the U.S. and China with governments anxious for the two powers to iron out their differences in the vital interests of regional stability and economic growth.

Le 30 Juillet 2001

  • "Operation New American" Lao and Hmong Vets Citizenship Campaign (Lao Veterans of America) --A national campaign has been launched by Lao and Hmong veterans from across the U.S. to urge the Bush Administration and the U.S. Congress to adopt legislation extending the law's deadline so that some 45,000 of these
  • Illegal trade war in seafood (Vientiane Times )--Illegal seafood traders are posing a significant threat to newly established legal seafood shops which are being supported by the government in order to eliminate the illegal trade. Recently the price of seafood in Vientiane markets shot down to a new low.
  • Laos and Mongolia to further multi-faceted cooperation (Laos NA )--The Lao and Mongolian FMs reaffirmed their commitments to enhance multi-faceted cooperation between the two countries at talks held yesterday in Vientiane. Heading the Lao delegation to the talks was FM Somsavat
  • Japanese people appreciate Lao culture (Vientiane Times ) --The Japanese people in the Kansai area had the opportunity to get acquainted with Lao culture this month when a group of young artists made a performance tour there. Last year, the troupe performed in the Kanto area
  • Lao military delegation wraps up Vietnam visit (Vietnam NA) --The delegation, led by Major General K. Senglathone...was received by PM Phan Van Khai, & had working sessions with a high-level military delegation of the Vietnam People's Army. They also visited several military schools
  • Southeast Asian ministers aim to improve life for region's children (AP/The Star) --Southeast Asian politicians plan to meet this week in Singapore to share ideas about how to protect the region's children from poverty & hunger & to help them become literate. The 10-member ASEAN will send ministers in
  • ASEAN officials to meet on social welfare issues (Channel NewsAsia/Yahoo! Singapore) --ASEAN senior officials responsible for social welfare are in Singapore this week to discuss how to realise the vision of a socially cohesive and caring ASEAN. The senior official meeting precedes the ministerial meeting which

Le 31 Juillet 2001

  • Vientiane: Authorities tackle illegal currency exchange (Vientiane Times)--To deal with the recent rapid fluctuation of the exchange rates between the national currency and foreign currencies, especially Thai baht and US dollar, bank officials are being urged to collaborate with a new special police
  • Viet and Lao peace committees agree to boost co-op (Vietnam NA)--Vietnamese and Lao peace committees have agreed to strengthen their cooperation in exchanging information, coordinating at international forums, increasing exchange of visits, and organizing seminars, thus boosting
  • Viet and Lao provinces boost cooperation (Vietnam NA) --Senior officials of northern mountainous Lai Chau province and Phoongsaly province of Laos have discussed measures to improve the quality of party committees and mass organizations' activities with the aim of contributing
  • Bill aimed at Hmong vets (Sacramento Bee)--The Central Valley's Hmong war veterans & their spouses need more time to seek U.S. citizenship under special lenient standards, lawmakers contend. Only 2,520 Hmong have become naturalized U.S. citizens under a special
  • The Mekong can become many rivers in one (International Herald Tribune) --From high in Tibet the Mekong River flows for more than 4,300 kilometers through China, Burma, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam before reaching the sea. One of the world's great rivers, it it is a major supplier
  • Indonesia: Megawati for ASEAN tour (The Star) --Aide Bambang Kesowo told reporters the Aug 22 to 26 trip, her first official foreign tour, would start in the Philippines, before taking in the rest of ASEAN--Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, Brunei
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