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French-Portuguese 'smuggler' arrested
dpa, Published on 03/03/2014
» Thai police have arrested a French-Portuguese man allegedly involved in an attempt to smuggle 305 kilogrammes of cocaine into France.
Cambodia-Laos dam dolphin threat
dpa, Published on 20/02/2014
» PHNOM PENH – The last population of Irrawaddy dolphins in the Mekong could be driven to extinction by a planned hydropower dam on the Laos-Cambodia border, conservationists said on Thursday.
Japanese outflows to Laos up 15%
dpa, Published on 12/02/2014
» Vientiane — Japanese investment in Laos hit US$405.7 million (13.26 billion baht) last year, up 15% year-on-year, partly driven by manufacturing relocation after the 2011 floods in Thailand, media reports said on Wednesday.
Laos slow to pass legal reforms
dpa, Published on 07/02/2014
» VIENTIANE - Laos has received US$3.9 million from foreign donors to expand the rule of law in the communist country, where only about 100 legislative laws have been passed since 1975, media reports said.
Laos mulls private investment for roads
dpa, Published on 06/01/2014
» VIENTIANE - Laos is considering allowing private investment to help improve the country's roads, reports said Monday.
Laos to borrow $225m
dpa, Published on 24/12/2013
» VIENTIANE - Communist Laos plans to borrow 1,800 billion kip (225 million United States dollars) and sell 300 billion kip (37.5 million) in bonds to address its budget deficit, reports said on Tuesday.
Myanmar's opium cultivation up: UN
dpa, Published on 18/12/2013
» The area of Myanmar under opium poppy cultivation increased 13% this year compared to 2012 to reach 57,800 hectares, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said Wednesday.
Japanese firms turn to Laos
dpa, Published on 16/12/2013
» VIENTIANE - Tokyo will open a trade office in Laos next year amid a boost in Japanese companies investing in the communist Southeast Asian country, a news report said Monday.
Rally at Lao embassy for missing activist
dpa, Published on 15/12/2013
» Human rights groups on Sunday gathered outside the Lao embassy in Bangkok to mark the disappearance of Lao civil society leader Sombath Somphone in Vientiane a year ago.
Wife's fears for missing Lao activist
dpa, Published on 12/12/2013
» The wife of a missing Lao civil society leader Sombath Somphone has pleaded with the media to stop idolising him, saying the attention could be doing more harm than good.