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Lao-Australian Scholarships are now open. If you would like to knowhow to apply for an Australian Development Scholarship or AustralianLeadership Award, information sessions will be held in the followinglocations:Vientiane College: Monday 30 March 2009 at 4.00pmOudomxay Provincial Education Service: Wednesday 1 April2009 at 4.00pmPakse Teacher Training College: Friday 3 April 2009 at 12.30pmFor further information about the scholarships, please visit thescholarships office at Vientiane College, website: www.laoaustralianscholarships .com or phone: 021 414873 vientianetimes

These photo have taken in Phinh district ,Savanakhet Province,Lao PDR, by Thaviphone when she works as  data collection at the Village.

First time I 've visited Hongkong in 2006 . Lao citizen are required a visa to entry the Hongkong and it made me unconvernient decision to back Laos and apply for a Hongkong visa. This is my 3rd time visiting Hongkong in March,2009 and this is the first time in this year. I occasionally visit Hongkong, because 1st travel is my hobby and 2nd to accompany with girlfriend who has to visit Hongkong at least once a month. We have some friends who live and work in Hongkong for a quite long, they treated us very well during our stay and they took us to the Movie theatre. the ticket costs $70 Hk a person. the movie called " Benjamin Button" which is very good story of a new baby born who is an old man after born and his mother dies after given birth him and his father refuses raise him due to his monster face and leaves him at the house of black american couple. the old baby (Benjamin) grows younger and younger, This is very interesting and touching story of Love and family. The ...

as far as i know there is a scanner at the Wattai airport which is very convinient for the custom work to contro the goods. now Laos custom will be installing more scanner machines at three border check points namely, 1st friendship bridge custom check point, 2nd Friendship bridge Savanakhet, Dansavan border at Savanakhet custom and Wangdao border at Champasack border check point.

ໃນຕອນບາ່ຍຂອງວັນທີ່3ເດືອນ 2 ປີ ຄສ 2009 ໄດ້ມີພິທີແຫ່ຮູບຫລໍ່ພະຍາສີໂຄດຕະບອງອອມ້ພາຍໃນຕົວເມຶອງທາ່ແຂກ3ຮອບແລ້ວແຫ່ໄປຊູ່ ພະທາດສີໂຄດຕະບອ ງ ໂດຍມີປະຊາຊົນພາຍໃນແລະນອກເຂົ້າຮ່ວມຢາ່ງຫລວງຫລາຍ ເຊິ່ງປຊ ສ່ວນຫລາຍແມ່ນອາໄສລົດຈັກ,ລົດໃຫ່ຍເປັນຍານພະນະແຫ່ຕາມຫລັງຂະບວນພະຍາສີໂຄດໄປພອ້ມກັບສຽງຂັບລຳແລະສຽງດົນຕີພຶ້ນບາ້ນ,ປະຊາຊົນບໍ່ວ່າຜູ້ເຖົ້າ,ຍິງຊາຍເດັກນອ້ຍ,ຜູ້ບາ່ວສາວໄດ້ພາກັນຖືຂັນໝາກເບັງ,ດອກໄມ້,ທູບທຽນ ພອ້ມແຕ່ງຕົວເປັນລະບຽບຮຽບຮອ້ຍແລະເບິ່ງຜູ໊ໃດກໍ່ຍີ້ມແຍ້ມເບີກບານມວ່ນຊຶ່ນ.ເຖິງວ່າແດດຈະຮອ້ນ,ຄົນຈະໜາແໜ້ນກໍ່ບໍ່ໄດ້ເປັນອຸປະສັກໃດໆຕໍ່ຜູ໊ທີ່ເຊຶ້ອຖືແລະເຄົາລົບສັດທາພະຍາສີໂຄດໄດ້.

First, I want to tell anyone in any parts of the world that, Today, 5 March, the Train between the Bangkok and Thanaleng station ( Vientiane) open,  So today on  Laos is not on the list of Country has no train anymore!! wow! I can't wait to see how the exciting of Lao and Thai people have !!             BANGKOK - THAILAND and Laos on Thursday officially opened the first rail link connecting the two counties over a bridge spanning the Mekong River, a step towards a regional dream of connecting Asia by rail. Thai Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn presided over the launch ceremony, boarding the first train from the Thai border town of Nong Khai which travels along 3.5 kilometres (2.1 miles) of track to Thanaleng in Laos. From Thanaleng it is still another nine kilometres to the Laotian capital Vientiane but both sides hailed the inauguration as a key step towards opening up a regional route ferrying goods and passengers. 'The inauguration of this train link today (Thursday) will ...

 I returned to Laos before the Chinese new year started, my trip was on 17th of Feb,2009. I live and work in Shantou, a small town of Guangdong province, China. I guess there is only Laotian who lives there and works for many years. I had never met any Lao people in this town. Sometimes, I feel lonely and want to share something with someone who understands my mother language.  My holiday was  longer than any in the past, I 've spent my holiday  almost a month with my family and friends in my hometown, it was really relaxed and had a great time with great sticky rice and Lao foods. I hardly wanted to return to China again, but of course, I had to, because I have got a job and someone special in Shantou.      How did I travel to Laos from Shantou?      Shantou is not far away from Vientiane if there is a direct flight, I think the plane will take maximum 2.30 h...

Congrats. Three Lao writers namely Dr Thongkham Onmanichanh,Mrs Vanhmai Soukkongsy and Mr Douangxay Luangphaxy  won the Mekong river literary award which was hold in Cambodia on 18-23 Feb,2009.  more details: http://www.vientianemai.net/news.php?TopicID=1&NewsID=242 the Mekong River literary prize is organised by the Mekong River Literary Fund from an initiative by the Viet Nam Writers Association. The fund was founded in 2007 by writers associations in Viet Nam, Laos and Cambodia to nurture literary talents and encourage new literature that imbues the friendship between the three countries.