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Mekong artists gather in Cambodia to celebrate regional arts festival

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:54:01 GMT

Some 200 delegates from the arts and media circle in the Mekong sub-region gathered on Monday here in the Cambodian capital to celebrate the vibrant culture and tradition along the Mekong River.
Source: People's Daily Online

Annual 'Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project'

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:50:04 GMT

Plans under way for Oct. 2010 "Carter Work Project" build in the United States to kick off on World Habitat Day Nearly 3,000 Habitat for Humanity volunteers dedicated 166 homes in Thailand, Vietnam, China, Laos and Cambodia.
Source: Scoop - New Zealand News

SM Goh to visit Cambodia and Laos

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:16:30 GMT

SINGAPORE: Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong will visit Cambodia from 23-24 November at the invitation of Prime Minister Hun Sen. From Cambodia, Mr Goh will visit Laos from 24-26 November at the invitation of Standing Deputy Prime Minister Somsavat...
Source: Channel News Asia

Sabaidii Loas

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:17:56 GMT

Sabai-dii (Greetings), this is the only thing you’ll hear from the locals in the most amazing chilled out place we’ve ever been too. Si Phan Don, its literal English translation is the Thousand Islands.
Source: Travel Blog

Here are a few websites that offer hotel bargains

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:03:59 GMT

Go online to book a hotel room, and you'll be bombarded with options from Las Vegas to Laos, in no particular order. You can make use of a constellation of hotel-sorting websites.
Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Indonesia Name Squad For SEA Games

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:04:01 GMT

The Indonesian national Under-23 side moved into their final phase of preparation for the SEA Games in Laos next month by moving their training base to Jakarta. For the last several months, the U23 team has been training in Palembang.
Source: Goal.com

Photos: Western Thailand route

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:38:52 GMT

Lush and green just like Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia. Actually I think there is the exact same background when I was on the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Vietnam. Anyways, everything is green and beautiful being post monsoon season.
Source: For Mom, Love Steve

Vientiane isnt

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:50:54 GMT

Laos at last! Wanted to travel here since I can remember. Crossed over the Thai Laos Friendship bridge and caught a bus to Vientiane. In the capital Vientiane and only word that comes to mind is Isnt.
Source: Travel Blog

Quoted in 'Laos, Hmong Refugees Appeal for Burial of Family, Religious Freedom in Thailand'

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:57:13 GMT

said in PR-Inside.com:

Now before the SEA Games, we are especially appealing to President Obama and the international community to help urge the Lao government to stop these intensified military attacks on religious believers and political dissidents as well as ordinary Laotian and Hmong civilians who wish to live in peace and freedom away from the corrupt one-party communist regime in control of Laos.

Quoted in 'Laos, Hmong Refugees Appeal for Burial of Family, Religious Freedom in Thailand'

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:57:13 GMT

said in PR-Inside.com:

In the refugee camps in Thailand, many of the people are veterans or descendants of veterans who served in the Royal Lao Army and 'U.S. Secret Army' in Laos during the Vietnam War in defense of the Kingdom of Laos and Thailand from invading divisions from North Vietnam and the North Vietnamese Army from Hanoi.

Special Vid1: Laos Look

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:05:56 GMT

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Sat, 03 Oct 2009 09:11:15 GMT

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (R) shakes hands with Laos Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Thong Loun Sisolith (L) during the 2nd Mekong-Japan Foreign Ministers' meeting at a hotel in Siem Reap province, some 314 kilometers northwest of Phno...

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Sat, 03 Oct 2009 08:32:59 GMT

Laos Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Thong Loun Sisolith speaks during the 2nd Mekong-Japan Foreign Ministers' meeting at a hotel in Siem Reap province, some 314 kilometers northwest of Phnom Penh on October 3, 2009.