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SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea and Laos agreed Saturday to foster economic cooperation as the Laotian prime minister began a goodwill visit, state media reported. The two impoverished communist countries signed an agreement to establish a joint committee for cooperation in economics, trade, science and technology, the Korean Central News Agency reported in a dispatch from Pyongyang. Laotian Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh arrived earlier Saturday accompanied by officials including his ministers of agriculture and industry. Bouasone and North Korean Premier Kim Yong Il held talks in which "both sides exchanged views on boosting the bilateral friendly and cooperative relations and matters of mutual concern," KCNA said. At a banquet, Kim and Bouasone made speeches lauding bilateral ties, it said. Laos is a single-party state with a ruling communist party that tightly controls politics but allows a liberalized economy. Communist North Korea allows no political opposition bu...

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source http://epaper.jinghua.cn/html/2008-08/27/content_331075.htm China aid Laos $100 000 Us dollars to support the Laos government in reconstructing after serious flooded .

According to the news from Paxason Newspaper on Agust,25, the flood has seriously influenced 8 provinces in Laos namely Huaphan,Borkeo,Xayabouly,Luangprabang,Capital vientiane,Vienchan Province,Borlikhamxay and Khammuane Provinces , Including 53 districts , 679 villages and 5 people were killed. the victim reachs 178,329 people and the National road was damaged. the agricultural area 381.116 H was damaged by the flood from the river overflowed and heavy rained in the couple weeks ago. Laos need help and support from the international organization and neighboring countries specially the Food, Clean Water ,Medicine and Medical equipments.

China will, under a recent agreement, help Laos develop a telecommunications satellite and a ground station, and train relevant staff, Lao newspaper Vientiane Times reported Monday. Under the agreement signed by Bountiem Phissamay, head of Laos' National Authority for Science and Technology, last Friday in Laos, and inked earlier in China by Sun Laiyan, chief of China's National Space Administration, the Chinese side will exchange technical information with Laos in the fields of earth observation, remote sensing satellite technology and application of remote sensing data. The two authorities will also cooperate to exchange information about satellite imaging and develop a program to read data from satellite images. Developing Laos' expertise in space technology will be beneficial to the country's socioeconomic development, according to the National Authority for Science and Technology. It can be used to facilitate long-distance transmission of audio and visual materials...

Laos earn 5 golds 7 silvers and 32 bronzes in the 24th Seagame, In Nakon Ratchasima, Thailand

Laos football ranking in the 189th Place of the FiFa world football ranking,this is a unacceptable performance of Laos football in the recent years. Combodia and Brunei are ranking before Laos. What 's happending with Laos football?

VIENTIANE, Aug 22 (Bernama) -- Laos will build a 12km-long dyke along the Mekong River section running through Vientiane in order to prevent the capital city from flooding, the Vietnam news agency reported Friday quoting Lao Deputy Permanent Prime Minister Somsavat Lengsavat as saying here.The Lao government will seek foreign loans for the construction of the dyke, said Somsavat Lengsavat, who is also Chairman of the Vientiane Committee for Flood Control.Vientiane capital and other localities suffered largest-ever flooding in the past weeks.In Vientiane, the Mekong River water level was measured 13.68m, 1.1 m higher than the alarming level, causing inundation in many areas in the city.The government had mobilised thousands of people to build a 2.5m-high sand-bag dyke along the city to prevent water from flooding the capital city.The rising water level of Mekong River also caused flooding and heavy material damages in Khammoan, Champassak and Savanakhet provinces.

VIENTIANE, LAOS: The recent floods in Laos have inflicted damage worth hundreds of billions of kip (millions of dollars), destroying farmlands, irrigation systems, roads, schools and houses, according to unofficial reports. The total cost of flood damage has yet to be officially confirmed because the government is still collecting information from provincial authorities. But initial reports reveal extensive damage throughout the country. In six of Vientiane 's nine districts the cost of flooding has already reached about 148 billion kip (US$78.5 million). This figure does not include damage to Sikhottabong and Xaysettha districts, which authorities are currently assessing. In Luang Prabang province the cost of flood damage is almost 100 billion kip ($11.8 million). More than 50 billion ($5.9 million) of this damage was to the transportation sector, according to provincial authorities. In Khammuan province the value of flood damage has not yet been calculated, but authorities say it...

Laos, China to strengthen natural resource management co-op Technical staff from Laos and China have recently reached in-principle consensus on establishing a center for cooperation on land and natural resource management in Laos to exchange technical knowledge between the two countries, Lao newspaper Vientiane Times reported Thursday. China has valuable expertise in requiring investors to take into consideration environmental issues when developing projects, the newspaper quoted Chanthaviphone Inthavong, acting director of Laos' Center for Research and Information on Land and Natural Resources, as saying. China has faced similar problems to Laos, including deforestation for trade and agricultural purposes, but its officials have succeeded in introducing income-generating activities attached to forest preservation. Jin Jiaman, executive director of Global Environmental Institute, a Chinese non-profit, non-governmental organization in Beijing, said China had implemented a number of ...

Suksavanh Tonsacktheva leads the Olympic delegation of the Lao People's Democratic Republic as they parade during the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games at the National Stadium.

MOSCOW, Aug 21 - Russia's hydro-electricity giant Rushydro is considering 2-3 projects in Laos to build hydro-power stations with a capacity of 150-250 megawatts each, an industry source familiar with the projects said. "We are not just talking about local power generation, but about the possibility of exporting power to China," the source told Reuters. The landlocked southeast Asian state has been shaping itself into a battery for its power-hungry neighbours by damming up its rivers to tap hydro-electricity.

Mr Adcock, 40, is suffering a sepsis infection from cuts and abrasions he suffered in wild storms and being ravaged by insects in the rugged eastern province of Khammouane. He had lost half his body weight, contracted pneumonia and his kidneys had failed when he was found in a semi-conscious state in thick jungle earlier this week. All he had with him was a bottle of waterBut, from his Bangkok hospital bed yesterday, after a tube was removed from his throat, he attempted to speak on the phone to his father Stan in Queensland. More>>

Dong minority in Zhaoqing,Guiyang, Guizhou Province,China

four Lao athletes completed their trip in Beijing Olympics with unacceptable results Men's 100 m Souksavan has completed his 100 m with 11.51s at the last place in the first round. Men's 50 m swimming free stlye, Chindavong was 1st place in the quanlity round, but due to his finshing time was 29.31 so he s unqualified for the round2. women's 100 m running, completed last place...9th place Women's 50m swimming ,freestyle, result: 5th place. Good luck for seagame 2009, Host in Vientiane

Laos sent four athletes to attend the beijing olympics by supporting of IOC men' 50 m free style and women's 50 m Free style Swimming , Men's 100 m and Women 's 100 m runing . as we know, Laos not expect to get any medals in those sports. it is very important for us to pratice and improve our skills at an important event as Olympics.

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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will extend about 9 billion kip (US$1.1 million) to Laos to strengthen its public financial management. The ADB and the Lao ministry of finance signed the agreement on technical assistance in Vientiane yesterday. The agreement was signed by the deputy minister of finance Viengthong Siphandone and ADB Laos resident mission country director Gil-Hong Kim. In his remarks yesterday, Gil-Hong Kim said ADB had a long-standing relationship with the Lao government in the area of public financial management. The ADB had also consistently supported capacity building in the Ministry of Finance, developing and implementing an improved set of government accounting relations, establishing a database management system and assisting the government in its efforts to increase revenue. Viengthong expressed thanks on behalf of the government to the ADB for supporting the Lao budget and efforts to implement socio-economic development plans. She believes that ADB will c...

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According to VIENTIANE, Aug 5 (Bernama) -- Laos has set a target to earn around US$1 billion from exports by 2010, said the Lao Ministry of Industry and Commerce. To reach the target, the Lao government is stepping up efforts to attract foreign investment and encourage investors to focus on the country's spearhead economic sectors, Lao News Agency (KPL) reported. The Lao government has also created favourable conditions for exporting companies. Laos has earned some US$2.77 billion from exports in three years, accounting for 79.5 percent of the country's five-year plan which will last till 2010. source:-- BERNAMA