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Lao News for August 30, 2008. Top stories: Prime Minister, Bouasone Bouphavanh and his delegation left Vientiane for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, to enhance bilateral and existing relations between the two countries, Seminar on border security operation, meeting between Phongsavanh Bank and a bank of Thailand on business cooperation on ATM service and [...]

Lao News August 29, 2008. Top stories: Signing Ceremony for Australia’s support for UXO operations in the Lao PDR, Schools getting ready for 2008-2009 term.
Morning News

Lao News for August 28, 2008. Top stories: The graduation of students for the year 2008, Mekong River Commission Meeting, 25 schools in Borikhamsay will start late this year because of the recent flooding in the province.
Morning News

Lao News for August 27, 2008. Big headlines: President Choummaly Sayasone and his delegation left Vientiane for a state visit to the Republic of India after a farewell ceremony at the Presidential Palace. More reports on the recent flooding in Laos.
Morning News

These are hard times for Hayden Adcock, a traveler to Laos from the Sunshine Coast of Australia. Hayden survived a horrible 11 days in the thick and humid jungle of Laos and, at this moment, is fighting for his life in a hospital in Thailand.
How did this nightmare start for Hayden? The 40-year-old had just [...]

Lao News for August 26, 2008. Main headlines: the start of the school year, the assistance from Japan for flood victims, China’s assistance to Laos for the development of satellite-based communication system.

Lao News for August 25, 2008. Top story is about improvement of That Luang esplanade, Xaysettha Park. The groundbreaking ceremony was held on Saturday to officially kick off three improvement projects for Vientiane city. The national esplanade improvement project, the establishment of Xaysettha Park and the new Unknown Soldier Monument will cost about 5 million [...]

Lao News for August 24, 2008. The meeting at Don Chan Palace over the recent flooding in Vientiane was the big news of the day. Several organizations were recognized for their involvement in the flood prevention efforts with President Choummaly Sayasone presenting special medals of honor.

Lao News for August 23, 2008. Top story is no other than the 33rd anniversary of the Vientiane Uprising Day. On August 23, 1975, Vientiane residents took to the streets to demand the abolition of the old government.

Daily Lao news for August 22, 2008. Top story is about flood damages in the three northern provinces of Laos: Luang Prabang, Borkeo, and Sayabouri.
Morning News

Lao News for August 21, 2008 with continual coverage of the flooding in Laos and the recovery process. There are 44 schools in Vientiane Province that will be starting school late due to the recent flood. Normally the new school term would start on the first of September. For your daily updated news from Laos, [...]

Lao news for August 20, 2008. Relief efforts have been underway but many families in Vientiane but many families are still without clean water or adequate food. Another big headlines is the news about hree districts in Borikhamxay province that are coping with damages caused by flooding.
Lao Morning News

Lao News for August 19, 2008 with special coverage of the flood in Laos from the Morning News, Afternoon News, and Evening News sessions to keep you update on what’s going in Laos.
Lao Morning News

The worst might be over for the lucky villages in Vientiane that were not damaged by the flood from the mighty Mekong River as of yesterday. Other towns along the river’s path have been devastated by the flood with major damages in Borikhamxay Province. Even my Grand-Mama’s village in Pakse has been affected by the [...]

On August 12, 2008, Vientiane authorities started to build a sandbag wall against potential floods by Wat Sibounheuang. Three villages in Sikhotabong have been flooded already. An examination of the river bank the day before found possible breach spots in the most important areas of the city.
The Mekong River water level has been has [...]