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A volleyball player trains at Nongtha village indoor courts.

News article from Vientiane Times Newspaper on SEA Games 2009 in Vientiane.
Chinese volleyball coaches lead Laos to SEA Games
Two professional volleyball coaches from China are helping the Lao men’s and women’s volleyball and beach volleyball teams to prepare for the 25th SEA Games in Vientiane in [...]

News coverage of 2009 Charlotte Asian Festival and Dragon Boat Race on News 14 Carolina Channel, posted on May 18.

News article from Vientiane Times Newspaper on SEA Games 2009 in Vientiane.
SEA Games stadium 90 percent complete
Various Lao sporting committees and federations on Friday joined local media to view progress on the construction of the 20,000-seat 25th SEA Games stadium in Dongsanghin village, Xaythany district, Vientiane.
Construction of the game’s main stadium is now 90 percent [...]

Manylath Phommavongsa trains at Phonesavanh Secondary School

News article from Vientiane Times Newspaper on SEA Games 2009 in Vientiane.
Schoolgirl abandons cycling for weightlifting
The national women’s weightlifting team is training hard at facilities at Phonesavanh Secondary School as they eye a medal at the 25th SEA Games in December.
The team has been living in the school’s dormitory [...]

A short clip of Boat Racing Festival 2008 in Tha Ngon, Vientiane, broadcast on Lao National Television Channel 3.

News article from Vientiane Times Newspaper on 25th SEA Games to be held later in Vientiane this year.
Six shooters head to Hanoi
Six Lao shooters will fly to the Vietnamese capital Hanoi on Saturday, where they will undergo training for six months, as part of preparations for the 25th SEA Games, to be held in Vientiane [...]

Various video clips from the 8th Lao National Games, which took place in Champasak Province in December 2008.
News report of Champasak Games

The handover ceremony of the SEA Games flag to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, at the closing ceremony of the 24th SEA Games in Thailand (6 to 15 December 2007). The 25th SEA Games will be held in Vientiane from December 9-18, 2009. See you there!

An interview from Lao National Television about Miss SEA Games 2009 Beauty Pageant. The 25th Southeast Asian Games is scheduled to be held in Vientiane, Laos in December 2009.

You are invited to a Sepak Takraw (Kato) Demonstration at the International Lao New Year Festival 2009 in San Francisco, California. The Kato Demonstration is part of the day event scheduled for Saturday, April 11 from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM at the Civic Center Plaza. For more information on this event and Lao New [...]

The conclusion of Pakse Boat Racing Festival 2008. The final three teams were the same ones from Champassak Boat Racing Festival 2008 with Champassak Army Team, Don Nang Loy, and Pa Phin. Which team came out as the winner? You have to see the rest of the clips to find out.

After the lunch break, it was time to get back on the water and find out which teams will be competing in the final round of the competition. Which three teams will go boat to boat for the 2008 Championship? Would they be the same teams from the Champassak Boat Racing Festival 2008 that just [...]

Here are additional photos and video clips of the morning competition at Pakse Boat Racing Festival 2008. There were more boats entering in the races and the faithful fans were standing there at the riverbank cheering their hearts out until noon. Everything came to a complete stop and people parted ways for a long lunch [...]

After sending off the two boats from Ban Houylao to compete in the Pakse Boat Racing Festival 2008, we all gathered in a truck and went to Ban Wat Chine to watch the races. It was very crowded when we arrived at San Jao Sop Se because many others had the same idea as us [...]

Here are a few video clips of the preparation for Pakse Boat Racing Festival 2008 at Ban Houaylao on October 15, 2008. There was a blessing of the boat ceremony before the two teams travel to Nam Xe by Sala Kham for the competition.