Lao Voices

By September of 2009, 100 newly installed CCTV will go online in Vientiane. Major hotels and Road Number 1 in Vientiane from Wattay Airport to Namphou fountain will have these CCTV running and the plan is to expand the project in other provinces.
My guess is that we will have these cameras in Luang Prabang [...]

Brigadier General Bouasieng Champaphanh ( front right ) and Lieutenant General Nipat Thonglek give a press conference.

News article from Vientiane Times Newspaper regarding the remaining Hmong refugees currently in Thailand. These individuals will be deported to Laos within a year.
Thailand vows to return all illegal migrants
A high-ranking Thai official yesterday reaffirmed Thailand ’s [...]

Sacred Journey Through Laos is a part of Dharma River documentary that gives a glimpse of a Buddhist world in Laos.
Description: Yatra is the Sanskrit word for pilgrimage or spiritual journey. As the first documentary in the Yatra Trilogy, Dharma River is a timeless journey through legendary rivers to the greatest Buddhist temples and [...]

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 [...]

Boun Pee Mai Lao 2552 celebration at Wat Mixayaram on April 15, 2009.