Lao Voices

News article from Vientiane Times Newspaper regarding the prisoner agreement between Laos and the UK.
Laos, UK agree to prisoner transfer
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr Thongloun Sisoulith and British Foreign Secretary David Miliband signed a prisoner transfer agreement in London last Thursday, as a British national is held in Laos on [...]

CNN coverage of Samantha Orobator. CNN’s Arwa Damon reports on the signing of a prisoner exchange treaty between Laos and the UK. Does this mean Ms. Orobator may be sent back to the UK to serve her sentence after facing trial in Laos in the near future?
According to BBC News report, Ms. Orobator “does [...]

Lao Telecommunications launched the first 3G network in Vientiane last October. Free concerts from Vientiane to Champasak Province was part of the promotion and I had a chance to attend the one held in Vientiane on October 25, 2008.

Laos has been put on the map again, and unfortunately, not in a good way. British tourist Samantha Orobator was allegedly caught trafficking over a pound of heroin in Laos.
If Samantha actually thought making a quick buck by trafficking drugs in Laos, or South East Asia for that matter, she is dead wrong. Dead wrong [...]

If you have ever been to Tad Pasuam in Champasak Province, then you can appreciate its beauty. How this hot tourist spot get to be what it is today? The tourism project was started by a Thai business man and is expanding with recently built bungalows for tourists.

Lao New Year 2009 celebration at Wat Munisrirattanaram in Utah.
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A news article from Vientiane Times Newspaper about an effort to get rid of beggars in the capital city of Laos, in preparation for the up and coming 25th ASEAN Games in December of this year. I’ve seen some people that are making a living out of begging at temples and these are not the [...]

See what Boun Pee Mai Lao is like in Vang Vieng and Vientiane through the eyes of tourists that visited the country during the week long celebration.