Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh

30 November 2009 – Religious minorities in Laos remain isolated with little access to higher education, few opportunities for job promotions in the public sector and effective exclusion from decision-making processes, an independent United Nations ...  

Myanmar, Laos Work for Boosting CooperationCRIENGLISH.comIn November 2006 and March 2007, Lao Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh and Lao President Choummaly Sayasone successively visited Nay Pyi Taw, while Myanmar ...  

Luang Prabang and Vientiane, Laos and Washington, D.C., November 29, 2009 The persecution, imprisonment and killing of minority Christians and independent Animist and Buddhist groups who seek to worship in freedom outside the control of the Lao Peoples Democratic Republic (LPDR) government’s control in Laos has intensified. Release International, Open Doors, Compass Direct, International Christian Concern, Persecution International, Human...  

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and visiting Lao Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh on Wednesday held talks on the border demarcation for the two neighboring countries and bilateral ties. "We ha...  

“Lao military helicopters are reportedly delivering, on almost a daily basis, food, ammunition and supplies to the Lao Peoples Army (LPA) military camp in Pha Phai and elsewhere in Phu Bia mountain, Laos that is being used to attack Lao Hmong civilians and religious believers and political dissidents hiding in the jungles and mountain there in Laos, ” said Vaughn Vang of the Lao Hmong Human Rights Council in Green Bay, Wisconsin.  

ANTARAAsean-US leaders agree to continue dialogueANTARA... Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Laos Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh. ...and more »  

Bangkok, Thailand and Washington, D.C., November 24, 2009 The Former U.S. Ambassador at Large and Coordinator for Refugee Affairs, The Honorable Howard Eugene Douglas, has issued an international statement and communique in response to recent emergency appeals to Thailand and its Prime Minister Abhisit Vejajjiva by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Human Rights Watch (HRW) and others to end the forced repatriation of...  

Nong Khai and Huay Nam Khao, Thailand, Vientiane, Laos and Washington, D.C., November 21, 2009 A Lao Hmong refugee, 72 years of age, who fled horrific political and religious persecution and Lao military attacks in Laos died in Huay Nam Khao refugee camp in Thailand after being repeatedly refused medial treatment by Thai Army soldiers who had beaten and robbed him and his family after he would not volunteer to return to Laos before the start...  

Ahead of the Southeast Asia Games, vociferous calls are being made for the urgent release of three Hmong men detained in Laos. Below is an article published by the Media Newswire: In Laos, the Lao Peoples Democratic Republic (LPDR) military regime ...  

CONGRATULATORY LETTERS SENT TO S.BATBOLDMontsame (subscription)In addition, S.Batbold received a congratulatory telegram from his counterpart of the Lao People's Democratic Republic Bouasone Bouphavanh. ...  

“People should be aware of the significant and serious corruption issue within the public-sector in Laos as pointed out by Transparency International and other non-governmental and human rights organizations, especially if they are thinking of traveling to Laos for the SEA Games events, as tourists or doing business there. Ordinary Laotians from abroad should also be aware of this tragic ongoing reality and the cancer of corruption that...  

Officials of the Lao Ministry of Industry and Commerce are developing a strategic plan on export promotions, aimed at mitigating the impacts of implementing the ASEAN Free Trade Agreementor AFTA. Officials say the plan will be completed and submitted ...  

Ban Huay Nam Khao, Thailand, Vientiane, Laos, Washington, D.C., November 17, 2009 Royal Thailand Army Chief-of-Staff General Anupong Paochinda as well as Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and Minister of Interior (MOI) Chavarat Charnvirakulhave have mobilized over 320 heavily-armed troops in the Lao Hmong refugee camp at Ban Huay Nam Khao, Thailand, and are reportedly preparing for the potential mass forced repatriation of the...  

VIENTIANE, Nov 20 (IPS) - Before 2002, Chanhpheng Sivila held training workshops for the many Lao disabled women and men at her own house. Now she presides over the sprawling Lao Disabled Women's Development Centre fronting the Mekong, 20 km from ...  

saying some members still did not even have advanced immigration databases of their own. Asean groups Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. "This is a continuing dialogue," Balato told