Laos

Laos: Bike trip

Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | yesterday

GV author Caroline blogs about her bike trip in Laos

Looking for the other side of Laos

atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | yesterday

It's pouring rain but I'm determined to find a gay bar in the capital of Laos. My tuk-tuk driver has a note with a name, Pack Luck, and approximate location, written in Lao by a bilingual local, and after turning around twice, we pull up to a neon sign with a rainbow flag.

Chiangrai Golden Triangle Mae Sai Long Neck

Travelblog (Free subscription) | yesterday

Hot Spring Chiang Rai Chiang Saen the ancient city and the meeting point of Thailand Laos Myanmar called ldquoGolden TrianglerdquoMae Sai Thailand Myanmar border city Also the Akha and Yao Hill Tribe villages.

PBL offers to represent country in 2009 SEA Games

Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008

MANILA, Oct. 11 (PNA) – The Philippine Basketball League (PBL) vowed to bring home two gold medals if given a chance to represent the country in the 2009 Laos Southeast Asian Games.

PSC needs P30 million for SEAG participation in 2009

Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008

MANILA, Oct. 11 (PNA) – Due to important international tournaments next year, the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) would ask Congress for additional P30 million budget for the country’s participation in the 26th Southeast Asian Games in Laos next year.

Immigrants prepare to help Laotian school Billings couple hopes to introduce villagers to Thanksgiving tradition

billingsgazette.com top headlines (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008

Khanthaly Keutla didn't make it to her mother's funeral when she died in Laos. But before her mother passed away, Keutla promised her that she would return to Laos to help the children. She sealed the promise in a eulogy she wrote for her mother, vowi ...

Luang Prabang Arrival

Travelblog (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008

Well we made it to Laos it was a day later than planned due to an unfortunate combination of sickness malaria tablets food and timing. Suffice to say I didn't have a very nice night and on arrival at the airport i decided that discretion is the better part of valour and thought we would postpone the flight until the next day.The next day we did make it and entered the Bangkok duty free section

Drug dog 'Rambo' finds opium bound for Minneapolis

StarTribune.com (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008

A drug-sniffing dog recently helped seize over eight kilograms of opium that was headed for Minneapolis from Laos.

• "Rambo" sniffs out opium headed for Minneapolis - kare11.com - Business News

Embattled Thai premier to visit neighbours

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008

Bangkok - Embattled Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawak will visit Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar next week despite problems at home, foreign ministry sources said Thursday. Somchai, who was appointed premier on September 25, will visit Laos on Sunday,...

First EAS Environment Ministers' Meeting opens in Hanoi

People Daily (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008

The First East Asia Summit (EAS) Environment Ministers' Meeting opens in Hanoi on Thursday, drawing senior environmental officials from 16 EAS nations to discuss regional cooperation on environmental protection. The EAS involves ASEAN member countries, namely, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, as well as six other countries, namely,...

DSC12216 - Sefety First (sic) - Nam Theun 2 Hydroelectric Project (Laos)

Trickle and Thrum (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008

DSC12216 - Sefety First (sic) - Nam Theun 2 Hydroelectric Project (Laos) Originally uploaded by loupiote (Old Skool) Blogged for test

Official: Lao banks remain healthy

People Daily (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008

Financial institutions in Laos are in good health, even though many banks around the world face financial crises, the Vientiane Times reported on Wednesday, citing a senior policymaker in the local banking sector. Phouthaxay Sivilay, acting director general of the Bank and Financial Institution Supervision Department, under the Bank of Lao People's Democratic Republic, said his department has been...

Laos to close two Vietnamese mines

Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008

COECO Minerals Development Company will have two mining project certificates revoked after the company failed to find any minerals at a tin and zinc mine in Houaphan Province and a lead mine in Bolikhamsai Province, said the Lao government.The company said it would gladly handover the mines to Lao authorities.According to the Lao Ministry of Energy and Mines, eighteen mine exploration and exploitation...

Rubber rings are the way forward

Travelblog (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008

Apologies for being so rubbish at keeping this up to date but finding a computer that is actually capable of loading a page quickly is a nightmare over hereI am currently in Vientiane our third and final stop in Laos before we head down to the islands of Thailand in a couple of days After a shaky start to our time here I have loved LaosI am sure all of you received the email from Ash detail

Phonsovan Laos

Travelblog (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008

We hadn't originally planned to go to Phonsovan but we met a FrenchLaos couple who had worked as tourguides in Laos during the 70's before fleeing to Laos during the revolution. They suggested we should go here to learn some interesting history and we certainly did.Phonsovan's regular attraction is the Plain of Jars a series of huge stone jars scattered across various sites. The one we went t