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Thai, Lao cabinets end second joint meeting
The Nation, Bangkok, Thailand / Asia News NetworkBANGKOK (The Nation/ANN) -- A government handout photo shows Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, right, shaking hands with Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong during the second Thai-Lao Joint Cabinet meeting in Chiang Mai yesterday. Thailand...Tags: Politics, Yingluck Shinawatra, Government, Thailand, Germany
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Kino Lorber Readies 'The Rocket' for Launch
VarietyGotham-based distributor Kino Lorber has picked up all U.S. and Canadian rights to "The Rocket," Kim Mordaunt's feature that bowed at Berlin and scored a hat-trick of kudos at the Tribeca Film Festival. Distributor plans a national theatrical release for...Tags: Movies, TriBeCa Film Festival, Entertainment, Chess Playing, Film Festivals
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BAY opens Laos venture
The Bangkok PostKrungsri Consumer, an unsecured-loan lender under Bank of Ayudhya (BAY), plans to commence its auto and personal loan joint venture in Laos in July. BAY's two financial arms _ Krungsri Consumer and Ayudhya Capital Auto Lease (Krungsri Auto) _ each own...Tags: Hybrid Vehicles, Loans, Consumers, Credit and Debt, Bangkok (Thailand)
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Champassak province in Laos faces first outbreak of chikungunya virus
Vientiane Times, Laos / Asia News NetworkVIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) -- More than 100 people have fallen ill with the mosquito-borne disease chikungunya in Champassak province of Laos this year. Director of the province's Health Department, Dr Khampho Chaleunvong, said this was the first...Tags: Asia, Viral Diseases and Infections, Vientiane (Laos), Diseases and Illnesses, Headaches
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Laos seeks Chinese help to survey its mineral wealth
Vientiane Times, Laos / Asia News NetworkVIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) -- Laos is seeking help from the Chinese government to conduct detailed surveys of its mineral wealth, aiming to use the information to help regulate the mining industry, according to a senior government official....Tags: Environmental Issues, Conservation, Mining, Vientiane (Laos), Metal and Mineral
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Almost 10,000 people killed in road accidents over 22 years in Laos
Vientiane Times, Laos / Asia News NetworkVIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) -- Almost 10,000 people have died in road accidents in Laos over the past 22 years, according to a Lao government report this week. Despite many road safety campaigns, road accidents in Laos have continued to rise and are...Tags: Politics, Disasters and Accidents, Vientiane (Laos), United Nations, Government
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Alison Wright, photographer, chases faces, grace
Alison Wright got her first camera at age 10, a Kodak Instamatic. Then she learned there was such a thing as a photojournalist, a person who traveled the world taking pictures. So that was that. She had a career – a career that would eventually...
Tags: Indigenous People, Politics, Photography, Human Interest, Dalai Lama
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Boost for checkpoints on Laos border
The Nation, Bangkok, Thailand / Asia News NetworkBANGKOK (The Nation/ANN) -- Thailand and Laos will soon forge closer cooperation in promoting trade by upgrading two border checkpoints, adopting the single-stop inspection system and implementing a single visa. The Foreign Ministry proposed to the...Tags: Thailand, Germany
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Hmong family has emotional reunion after 40-year separation
The Sacramento BeeThe Hmong past met its future at Sacramento International Airport Terminal B this weekend when Chai Ying Moua, a confident man in gold-rimmed glasses and a brown fedora, and his wife Maivang Her got off the tram. The couple from Laos were swarmed and...Tags: Yams, Central Intelligence Agency, Thailand
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ADB plans $60m loan for Laos
Vientiane Times, Laos / Asia News NetworkVIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is planning to provide a US$60 million low-interest loan to Laos at the end of the year to help reduce rural poverty and improve food security. The loan will be used to build roads in...Tags: Vientiane (Laos), Healthy Diet, Social Issues, Poverty, Germany
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Laos seeks more assistance for disaster management
Vientiane Times, Laos / Asia News NetworkVIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) -- The Laos government is calling for support from various sectors to implement the ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response (AADMER). "We need deeper understanding of the AADMER and the actual...Tags: Tropical Storms, Politics, Disasters and Accidents, Vientiane (Laos), Insurance
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China and ASEAN to strengthen mining cooperation
China Daily, Beijing / Asia News NetworkBEIJING (China Daily/ANN) -- China and ASEAN countries signed seven mining cooperation agreements valued at about 16.3 billion yuan ($2.59 billion) during the China-ASEAN Mining Cooperation Forum and Exhibition over the weekend. The event, co-hosted...Tags: Environmental Issues, Conservation, Mining, Malaysia, Metal and Mineral
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