Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh

Janthan, from Phanop Village on the Ho Chi Minh trail, sits beside one of her two defused 500-pound bombs, which will be sold for scrap metal when prices rise PHANOP, 12 November 2009 (IRIN) - A close look at this river bank village on the Ho Chi ...  

More special units of the Vietnam Peoples Army (VPA) have been deployed in Laos from Hanoi as Lao students, activists and political and religious dissidents seek to rally prior to the SEA Games and the visit of President Barack Obama to Singapore and ...  

NANNING, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang and Lao Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh pledged Monday to strengthen economic exchanges and deepen the strategic relationship between th...  

the Prime Minister's Office. The ministers are Mr Chan Tong Yves of Cambodia, Mr H Suswono of Indonesia, Mr Sitaheng Rasphone of People's Democratic Republic of Laos, Dato' Mohd Johari Baharum of Malaysia, Major General Htay Oo of Myanmar, Atty Arthur C  

Laos admits that 26% of its population still live in the poorest conditions due to the ineffective implementation of various development projects aimed at eradicating poverty in the country. Mr. Bousone Bouphavanh, Lao Prime Minister, recently ...  

Bangkok, Thailand and Washington, D.C., November 9, 2009 Over 1100 Laotian citizens have been arrested by the Lao government for suspected roles in organizing, or participating in, rallies in opposition to the Lao government. Arrests directed against Lao and Hmong people have intensified in Laos as military and police units intervene in Vientiane, Luang Prabang and elsewhere. “Many Laotians suspected of seeking to peacefully assemble in...  

"After Cambodia started quarrelling with Thailand, casino fans are heading to casinos in Laos instead," a man familiar with the situation disclosed. Identifying himself only as Porn, this van owner has driven Thai gamblers to casinos in Laos and ...  

Bangkok, Thailand, Vientiane, Laos, Washington, D.C., November 6, 2009, The communist regime in Laos, the Lao Peoples Democratic Republic, or LPDR, has arrested and jailed peaceful Lao activists seeking to organize protests against corruption and one-party, authoritarian rule in Laos. The forthcoming SEA games in Vientiane, Laos, have suffered potentially damaging results as a consequence of the Lao military and secret police arrests of...  

BANGKOK—Laos denied Friday reports that it has detained people on their way to stage a pro-democracy protest in the Lao capital, saying the reports were "fabricated" to harm the country’s image ahead of two major events. The Seattle-based Lao ...  

not recovered since then," he said. The 10-member ASEAN includes seven APEC members -- Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Brunei, Vietnam --and Cambodia, Myanmar and the Laos. It remains unclear whether the establishment of the  

VIENTIANE, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) - Laos expects to enhance exchanges and cooperation with China in news and media areas, said Lao Standing Deputy Prime Minister Somsavat Lengsavad here on Saturday. Somsavat made the remarks when meeting with Wang Chen ...  

"Thailand’s Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, Defense Minister Prawit Wonguwon and Army Chief of Staff, General Anupong Paochinda, have launched a massive campaign of armed abuse, intimidation and threats to seek to seek to force some 4,000 Lao Hmong political refugees in Thailand back to the communist regime in Laos that they fled," said Philip Smith of the CPPA in Washington, D.C.  

Background Note: Laos October 2009Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs A small boat crosses the Mekong River, Laos, February 9, 2001. [© AP Images]PROFILEOFFICIAL NAME:Lao People's Democratic RepublicGeography Area: 236,800 sq. km. (91,430 sq. mi.); slightly larger than Utah. Capital--Vientiane (2008 pop. est. 740,010). Other principal towns--Savannakhet, Luang Prabang, Pakse, Thakhek.Terrain: Rugged mountains, plateaus...  

HA NOI — A top Lao official on a visit to Ha Noi has said the Lao Party, State and people will do their best to consolidate and strengthen traditional friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive co-operation with Viet Nam. Politburo member of ...  

Washington, D.C., Fresno, California and Green Bay, Wisconsin, October 27, 2009 A bipartisan coalition in the U.S. House of Representatives led by U.S. Congressman Jim Costa (D-CA) have expressed their intention to introduce legislation to honor and seek to grant veterans burial benefits at U.S. national cemeteries to Lao and Hmong veterans who served in defense of the Kingdom of Laos during the Vietnam War. “As you may know, Officers from...