Lao Voices

Lao dancing at Patouxay.

A view of the soufrom a terrace restaurant at a hotel in Pakse.

To honor the Lao Traditional Food Festival 2008 that is taking place at the Lao National Culture Hall in Vientiane today and tomorrow, I have selected a few photos to showcase Lao dishes that would be presented at the festival. This is the second Lao Traditional Food Festival and it is expected to be bigger [...]

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 [...]

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.

There is nothing more inviting than the delicious taste of warm ping kai and bung khao larm during festival times. When I think of ping kai and bung khao larm I think of Boun That Luang.