Nowhere safe to play for children in cluster-bombed Laos (AFP via Yahoo!Xtra News)
21 Nov
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XIENG KHOUANG, Laos (AFP) - Laotian children chase each other through their school playing field, unaware of the 248 unexploded bombs buried a few steps away -- the lethal legacy of a war that ended three decades ago.
Nowhere safe to play for children in cluster-bombed Laos (TODAYonline)
21 Nov
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A member of UXO (Unexploded Ordnance) Laos demining team stands amongst unexploded cluster bombs before they are detonated.
Thavisouk Phrasavath and his mother in a scene from “The Betrayal” (“Nerakhoon”), a documentary directed by Ellen Kuras.
Four wells from the Golden Lion oil field off Vietnam’s southern coast are now producing 60,000 barrels per day, Vu Ngoc An, general manager of Cuu Long Joint Operating Company said Wednesday. The o...
CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and his Vietnamese counterpart, Nguyen Minh Triet, agreed on Thursday to create a $200 million joint development fund to strengthen economic coop...
Thursday. Dealers said they expect the foreign exchange rate to be little changed next week. "The current rate is good for exporters, while the government wants to encourage exports to minimize trad...
Cambodia not to raise Preah Vihear issue at ASEAN Summit in Thailand
21 Nov
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PHNOM PENH, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia will not list its dispute with Thailand over the ownership of the 900-year-old Preah Vihear Temple into the agenda of the ASEAN Summit next month in Bangkok, C...
The Lao government will ask Thailand to lift its ban on the import of Lao sweetcorn after learning Lao growers are facing hardship, according to a senior official from the Ministry of Industry and Commerce.
Happy Friday everyone. Menu Today Lao Cooking Show features Vientiane Garden Restaurant in Ban Phonsavad Neur in Khed Tong Pong. It looks like a great place to take your family out for the weekend for fun and good food.
Vientiane Garden...
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