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Thailand's Anawin Jujeen (centre) fends off Cambodia's San Narith in Vientiane in December 2009. Thailand's Buriram United made light of an acrimonious managerial shake-up as they extended their dream run in the AFC Champions League with a 2-1 win ...

Vientiane: Leaders of the key military factions in Laos have agreed to a temporary cease-fire on the Plain of Jars scene of sporadic fighting over the past month, the Laotian Prime Minister, Prince Souvanna Phouma, announced here tonight.The Prince who flew ...

Press Release Vientiane, May 2nd, 2013 NAM PHOUAN HYDRO PROJECT (LAO PDR): MAJOR STEPS ACHIEVED The Ministry of Energy and Mines of the Lao PDR approved on 3rd April 2013 the Feasibility Studies of the Nam Phouan Hydropower Project for an increased ...

VIENTIANE, April 30 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese Ambassador to Laos Bu Jianguo commemorated completing her term of service to the country by noting the exception progress made by the Lao government in a ceremony held here on Tuesday. In the speech, Bu ...

Laos: Opposition to U.S. Taxpayers Funding of Bomb Clearing From Vietnam War-Era April 11, 2013, Washington, D.C., and Vientiane, Laos The Center for Public Policy Analysis (CPPA) and a coalition of Lao and Hmong non-governmental organizations ...

By Melinda Boh VIENTIANE - It was once referred to by US magazine Newsweek as a "kinder, gentler" type of dam. Since the Nam Theun 2 hydropower dam commenced commercial operations in 2010, the World Bank and other proponents of the multi-billion ...

VIENTIANE, Lao P.D.R--(Business Wire)-- Last week U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry questioned the Lao Government's commitment to the rule of law in relation to the unexplained disappearance of, Sombath Somphone, founder of the NGO, Participatory ...

VIENTIANE, Laos On the 100th day since the disappearance of a prominent American-educated Laotian agriculture specialist, Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday urged the government here to make public the results of an investigation into what had ...

VIENTIANE THERE are no obstacles to Laos planned high-speed rail link from China, the transport minister was quoted as saying on Thursday, days after the Asian Development Bank called the project unaffordable for the developing nation. Construction ...