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Laos News for September 10, 2008. Big story for the day: Mr. Nouhak Phoumsavanh, one of the founders of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party passed away on September 9. He was 98 years old at the time of his death. The funeral for Mr. Nouhak Phoumsavanh will be held in Vientiane on Sunday 14. The [...]

Lao News for September 09, 2008. Big headlines for the day: Meeting at Lao International Trade Exhibition and Convention Centre (Lao-ITECC) over the land use policy; Meeting on HIV/AIDS awareness for the Western Pacific Region held in Vientiane.
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Lao News for September 8, 2008. Top stories for the day: Laos and Vietnam celebrated the first achievement of an additional border demarcation project on Friday at the Dansavan-Laobao immigration checkpoint between Savannakhet province in Laos and Quang Tri province in Vietnam; Vientiane International School (VIS) opens new campus; Lao Hmong back home from camps [...]

According to the World Food Program (WFP), half the children in rural Laos are chronically malnourished. Many of these children are from ethnic minorities and it is also a fact that policies of LAO PDR contribute to the problem.
A study released by the United Nations food agency in November 2007 estimated that 255,000 children [...]

Lao News for September 06, 2008. Top stories for the day: SEA GAMES meeting; President of National Assembly Thongsing Thammavong was visited by Ambassador Valadimir Plotnikov of the Federation of Russia’s; The inauguration of border the markers between Viet Nam and Laos at Lao Bao-Densavane international border gate in central Quang Tri Province and Savannakhet [...]

Lao News for September 05, 2008: A caravan tour starting in Champassak, to Cambodia and Vietnam. The Federation of Russia’s Ambassador in Laos, Valadimir Plotnikov paid a courtesy visit to President of National Assembly Thongsing Thammavong; The meeting on preparing for the hosting of the 25th SEA Games;
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The 25th Southeast Asian Games is scheduled to be held in Vientiane, Laos, in 2009. This will be the first time the country has ever held a Southeast Asian Games. However, there is an important condition for hosting the games: if Laos fails to meet the qualifications to hold this event, the games will be [...]