Lao Voices

Yesterday, Brunei, Laos and Malaysia have joined Singapore in ratifying the Association of Southeast Asian Nations charter that provides for the creation of a human rights body.
This ASEAN Charter sprouts from three important earlier declarations in the Vientiane [...]

Congress recently passed the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008, which President Bush signed on Feb. 13, 2008. If you normally file your income tax return, then there is nothing that you need to do, but for those that don’t normally file, especially our elders that receive social security payments, to be able to receive [...]

Several thousand local and overseas visitors travelled on long and winding roads from various parts of Laos to Paklai district in Xayaboury province over the weekend, to view the impressive sight of dozens of assembled pachyderms.
Xayaboury provincial authorities organised the festival in conjunction with the Lao National Tourism Administration (LNTA) and French organisation ElefantAsia in [...]

More information on ‘Lao movie set for screening’ posted by Darly at Laomusic.la; this will be the first real Lao movie in 33 years, ‘Sabaidee Luang Prabang’ could prove the launch pad for a cultural revival. Sabaidee Luang Prabang stars Bangkok-based Australian-Lao Ananda Everingham and Lao beauty queen Khamlek Pallawong. The movie was shot throughout [...]

Nothing but bumpy dirt road, well almost.