| Le 1 Avril 2001 |
->Laos govt pins hopes on reshuffle
(Yomiuri Shimbun) ---The dictatorial ruling
party of Laos, the Lao PRP, held its 7th congress in Vientiane, its first in five years.
At the congress, the party reconfirmed the continuation of the collective leadership
headed by Khamtay Siphandone
-> The choice of new Lao premier is a
sign of pragmatism (The Nation) ---While most of the new Lao cabinet members
are holdovers from the previous one, Boungnang Vorachit's rise to premier is seen as a
vote for good governance. Laos' fresh cabinet reshuffle that followed the 7th Party
-> Australian lawyer optimistic that
one of Laos imprisoned couple will be released (Australian BC or Excite
Australia) ---The lawyer for an Australian couple imprisoned in Laos says he's
optimistic that the latest pressure on that country from the Federal Government may secure
their release by the end of the week. |
| Le 2 Avril 2001 |
->Artesian well project in
Vientiane (Laos NA) ---Japan ICA
and the Centre for EHWS are currently reviewing their artesian wells project, which had
run from 1997-2000 in Vientiane province. The project was declared officially complete on
March 29, 2001 at Novotel Hotel between JICA Representative, Makoto Aoki, and EHWSC Head,
Sudsakone Chanhthanom, The ceremony was attended by rep.
->Vietnam, Laos
provinces agree to cooperate for border order (Vietnam NA) --Viet Nam's central Quang
Binh province and Laos's central Khammouane province have agreed to cooperate in
safeguarding order and security along their border. The agreement was signed in Thakhek
township
-> Mekong
meeting on refugees opens in Myanmar (Xinhua NA)--The two-day meeting is attended by
delegates of China, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Myanmar as well as representatives of the
U.N. High Comm. for Refugees. The meeting is aimed at enhancing exchange of experiences
-> Heu trial
goes to jury (AP/Star Tribune)--Dakota County jurors began deliberations Monday
afternoon in the trial of an Eagan man accused of killing his wife. Jurors must decide
whether Fu Joseph Heu intentionally shot his wife on a late-night visit to her home last
-> The rest of
stories from Laos NA
-> Viet Vice-pres. congratulates Lao counterpart
->Viet & Camdodian PMs congratulate newly elected Lao PM
->Vientiane mayor receives Viet guest
->Chinese CC magazine delegation visits Laos
->Training the people's court
->Lao Women Union funds for Sekong province
->New youth development center |
Le
3 Avril 2001 |
-> Lao students to study in Japan
(Laos NA )---Japanese Charge d' affaires a. i Hiroshi Manabe recently held a reception to
farewell 27 Lao students who will start their courses in Japan in this academic year. The
students will study economics, architecture, computer
->PM Goh's message
to new Laos PM (Straits Times)Pic: Courtesy of Singapore govt ---Singapore PM Goh Chok
Tong has sent a congratulatory message to Mr Bounnyang Vorachit on his appointment as PM
of Laos. Here is the text of his message: 'I extend to you my warmest congratulations on
your appointment as the PM of the Lao PDR. 'I am confident that under your leadership, our
two countries
->The
exam for best student in Saravane province (Laos NA )---Students of Saravane took part
in "Best Students' Competition". The selected students will then study in
Vientiane and they'll receive scholarship from government of Japan. Participating in the
exam were 18 students
-> Mekong
meeting on refugees ends in Myanmar (Xinhua NA)---Delegates from Cambodia, China,
Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam exchanged information on displaced persons and
migrants, and proposed the best measures to solve the problem of cross-border migration.
-> Heu found
guilty of second-degree murder (AP/Star Tribune)---Dakota County jurors convicted an
Eagan man Tuesday on one count of intentional second-degree murder in the killing of his
wife last summer. Fu Joseph Heu, 39, shot his wife, Marie Heu, 34, in her home on Aug.
22.
-> From
Laos NA
->Phandouangchit Vongsa, Info. & Culture Min. visits Khammouane prov.
->Lao Aviation launched Vientiane-Siemreab airlink
->Linkham canal construction in Luang Prabang 100% complete
->Historical sites in Sekong province
->Fish get new lease of life in Vientiane
->ASEAN forum on transitional economies in Bangkok |
Le
4 Avril 2001 |
-> Lao
student receives top score abroad (Vientiane
Times or here)
---Mr Kaviphone Phoutavong of the Living
Aquatic Resources Research Centre, LARReC, in Vientiane recently returned from Denmark,
where he has attended a 3 months International Training Course in Applied
->Book Review: Essays on Lao culture and
society (Lan-Xang.com)---Laos: Culture and Society , edited by Grant Evans, is
a remarkable collection of essays on aspects of Lao society as assessed by a range of
contemporary researchers and academics. The book includes a dozen essays under the
categories of geography & history, diasporic Lao & ethnicity, religion &
ritual , and language & literature. The editor's essay, "What is Lao Culture and
Society?"
->Australian
Govt warns Laos over detained citizens (AP/Yahoo! Asia)---Australia warned Laos on Wednesday that relations between the
two nation could be seriously damaged by the continued detention of an Australian couple
accused of stealing gems. Moving to significantly increase pressure
-> Australian
government calls for Laos to release couple (AFP/Yahoo! Asia) ---Australian
govt challenged Laos Wed. to either charge a couple detained on gem theft allegations with
a crime or to free them. In an intensification of diplomatic tensions over the detention
of security consultant Kerry Danes
-> Australia steps
up pressure for Danes' release
(Australia BC News Online or here)---Australia
is threatening Laos with foreign policy consequences over the imprisonment of an
Australian couple, Kay and Kerry Danes. The FM, Alexander Downer, says the Danes have been
held in Vientiane since Dec.
-> Danes' lawyer
prepares to take tougher stance [against Laos govt] (Australian BC News
Online)--The lawyer for the Australian couple imprisoned in Laos for the past three months
says if they are not released soon Australia will have to take a tougher stance on the
matter. Kerry and Kay Danes were arrested after
-> Mobile
technology still on the horizon for Laos? (Vientiane Times or backup)--Last
week, Lao Telecom in collaboration with Ericsson Thailand organised a seminar to introduce
Lao people to the most desired telecommunications trend of the future. Imaginative experts
from Ericsson showed participants
-> D-Day
for opium producers in Xieng Khuang (Vientiane Times or backup)--Opium
production in Nonghed district, Xieng Khaung province is well on the way to being
successfully stifled after the UN Drug Control Programme (UNDCP) set up its project to
give alterlatives to local people such as
-> Vietnam and Laos
localities boost cooperation
(Vietnam NA)--A minutes for boosting cooperation in maintaining security along their
common border has been signed between central Thua Thien-Hue province, Vietnam, and
Saravane province, Laos. The border authorities of the two
->Heu found
guilty of estranged wife's murder in Eagan (Star Tribune)--Fu J. Heu,
who prosecutors said was angered and shamed by his wife's desire for a divorce and by her
filing a domestic-abuse charge against him, was convicted Tuesday of intentional
2nd-degree murder for her slaying in Eagan. A jury rejected Heu's claim that a first
gunshot was an accident and that he fired a 2nd
->Heu
guilty in wife's slaying (Pioneer
Planet)--A jury found Fu Joseph Heu guilty of intentional 2nd-degree murder, but acquitted
him of 1st-degree murder charges in the shooting death of his estranged wife. The verdict
-- which came after 14 hours of deliberation by
-> Gang violence to get worse,
official says (Sacramento Bee)--A
drive-by shooting in Oak Park last week was the latest in a series of Southeast Asian
youth-gang violent acts in the Sacramento area, law enforcement gang experts said. A
17-year-old boy's finger was slightly
-> ASEAN
Finance ministers meeting to discuss regional currency swap (Asia Pulse/Yahoo! Asia)
The proposed currency swap arrangement for Asian countries and the impact of the U.S.
slowdown plus the soft Japanese economy on the region is expected to hog the limelight at
the 5th Asean Finance Ministers meeting
-> From
Vientiane Times
-> A
new world of possibilities for Lao Aviation travellers
-> Final
seminar formulating national master plan on land use
-> Joining
hands with an open heart to get Vientiane clean
-> World
Water Day a splashing success
-> Construction
workers tango with sewage lines
-> Govt
development plans on the table
-> Chinese
goods seep in
-> Polish
pop king rocks Laos
-> Sports:
Junior League in full swing |
Le
5 Avril 2001 |
| ->ASEAN
ministers to express concern over yen-paper (Reuters/Yahoo!)--The ASEAN will express its concern over the weakening of the
yen at a meeting of the group's finance ministers this weekend, Japan's Mainichi Shimbun
said on Thursday. The daily quoted a source close to the meeting ->RENFORCEMENT DE
LA COOPERATION ENTRE THUA THIEN-HUE ET SALAVANE--Un aide-mémoire
portant sur le renforcement de la coopération entre la province vietnamienne de Thua
Thien-Hue et celle du Laos de Salavane, dans le maintien de la sécurité et de l'ordre
social le long de la frontière commune, a été signé lors d'une séance de travail à
Salavane des délégations des deux provinces.VNA 05/04/01 |
Le
6 Avril 2001 |
-> Minority
youngsters in Laos get the basics (Vientiane Times)---The education of young Lao from
all backgrounds has long been a cornerstone of Govt developmental policies. Lao youngsters
are the future of the country, and none are in more vital need of assistance in order to
->Tourist
enticements go dot com (Vientiane Times) --Tourism is currently a big money spinner in
Laos. In order to capitalise on its unbridled potential the Mekong Tourism Service Centre
has established a tourism website at mekongcenter.com.
The opening of this illustrious new piece of tourist enticement equipment was presided
over by
->Forget
the bank, put your money in the post office (Vientiane Times)---Vientiane’s main
post office, last week, announced the introduction of a Lao Postal Savings Institute in
the province, to provide Lao citizens with another avenue for hoarding their hard earned
savings. “The postal service is taking
-> LCDC/UNDCP
start opium elimination in north Phongsaly (Laos NA)
The UNDCP will provide a grant for a 4-year project to eliminate opium and reduce opium
addiction in the districts of Phongsaly, Boun Nua and Gnot Ou in Phongsaly province. A
letter of intent was signed on April 6
-> Laos
to give decision on jailed Aussies (AAP/Excite Australia)--Lao officials, contacted by
AAP, said the investigation had today been completed. "I have just been informed the
public prosecutor of Vientiane has finalised their investigation today," a senior Lao
official said.
-> Laos
completes gem theft inquiry (BBC News)--The authorities in Laos are reported to have
completed their investigation into allegations that an Australian couple tried to steal
sapphires from a Laotian gem mine. The results are now expected to be considered
-> Laos finalises
Aussie gem inquiry (AAP/News Limited)---AMID mounting pressure on Laos to charge or
release a jailed Australia couple, the Lao prosecution has today finalised its
investigation into the couple's alleged gem smuggling. The Australians were arrested on
Dec. 23
-> Detained
Australian couple in limbo over Laos gems allegations (AFP/Yahoo! Asia)---The govt of
Laos has yet to charge or set free an Australian couple detained on gem theft allegations
despite diplomatic pressure, the Australian ambassador to Laos said. Thwaites said he had
not heard from Laos' FM
-> Danes' detention
conditions labelled intolerable (Australian BC News Online)--The conditions of the
detention of Australians Kerry and Kay Danes in Laos have been described as becoming
intolerable. The Govt of Laos has not yet responded to pleas for action from Minister for
FA, Alexander Downer.
-> Australia
PM ups pressure over pair held in Laos (Reuters/Yahoo! Asia or Reuters/MSNBC)--Australian
PM John Howard said on Friday he was prepared to increase pressure on the Laotian
government over the jailing in December of an Australian couple accused of stealing gems.
Australian FM officials said last
-> Vietnam, Laos
trade union organizations review cooperation (Vietnam NA)--They exchanged experience
with Lao trade unionists in organizing emulation movements among public employees and in
developing trade union organizations. The VGCL delegation was received by Politburo
-> Judge
rules against slaughterhouse (Pioneer Planet)--The ruling supports the city of Hugo's
position that the slaughterhouse operation on Jeffrey Avenue violated zoning laws. It
discredited the position of the owners that the Hmong-run business should be protected by
the First
-> No
agreement so far on ASEAN currency swaps arrangement (Dow Jones/Yahoo! Asia)--Finance
officials from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have so far failed to reach a
consensus on setting up a system of bilateral currency swaps agreements, an Indonesian
finance ministry official said Friday. |
Le
7 Avril 2001 |
->Drug: Three Lao suspects
killed by Thai police (Bangkok Post)---Police killed three suspected members of
a Lao drug trafficking gang in a brief exchange of fire on the Mekong river bank in Chiang
Rai yesterday before seizing 100,000 methamphetamine pills.
-> Despair takes its toll as
the Danes sweat it out (The Age)---The heat is the hardest part. The tiny cell
blocks have no ventilation and no electricity. There's no air-conditioning, no fans, no
lights - nothing to break the sweltering heat and humidity of Laos in April. At 7pm each
day
-> Lao prosecution
completes Danes' investigation (Australian BC News Online)---Lao officials say
the investigation has now been completed. "I have just been informed the public
prosecutor of Vientiane has finalised their investigation," a senior Lao official
said. The report is expected to go
-> Men get
jail terms in beating of African man (AP/Star Tribune)---Two of three Hmong men
convicted in the hate-crime beating of an African man will spend time in the Dane County
Jail. In separate hearings, Ying Vang, 23, and Kao Vue, 24, were sentenced for being part
of a mob that
->SE Asia Finance
Ministers seek comfort in Forex Pact (Reuters/Excite)---Finance
ministers from Southeast Asian nations opened talks on Saturday aimed at securing a pact
to stave off future currency crises as their export-oriented economies slow due to falling
global demand.
->ASEAN to
join hands to stabilise wobbly currencies (Times of India)---Southeast Asian finance ministers meeting this weekend will
pledge to close ranks to stablise their wobbly currencies in the face of a declining yen
and global slowdown. Thai FM Somkid Jatusripitak, who was one of the first to
|
Le
8 Avril 2001 |
->UNHCR
poised to wind down 26-year program in Laos (AFP/Yahoo! Asia)---Equipped with building materials, sacks of rice and
pocketfuls of cash, the last remants of one of the world's great waves of refugees crossed
from northern Thailand to their homeland Laos just over a year ago. Some had not been back
in decades
->Vietnam, Laos
agree to boost co-op in rural devt.
(Vietnam NA)---Under the agreement, the CHESH and the PRDFA will coordinate in setting up
a model for substainable devt of resources in two rural communes of Luang Prabang
province, training PRDFA workers, and exchanging
->Japan
assures Southeast Asia that yen won't be allowed to fall intentionally (AP/San Francisco Gate)---Southeast Asia's finance
ministers said Sunday that they were bracing for lower growth this year, expecting the
plunge in the U.S. stock market and Japan's fragile economy to put smaller countries at
risk.
->ASEAN
ministers worried by slow growth, weak yen (Reuters/Northern LT) ---Stung by sagging U.S. demand for their exports and
worried by a falling yen, Southeast Asian countries said on Sunday they expect the
region's growth to slow to three to five percent this year from 5.3 percent in 2000. |
Le
9 Avril 2001 |
-> Envoys to meet for
Mekong-bridge talks (The
Nation)---Foreign ministers from Thailand, Vietnam, Laos and Japan are expected to meet in
Rangoon at the end of this month to discuss ways to maximise the use of a 2nd Thai-Lao
bridge that will link Northeast Thailand to South China
->Lao
politics: How did the foreign analysts get it all wrong? (Lan-Xang.com)---The outcomes of the 7th session of the Lao NA
and the Lao PRP just demonstrated how foreign reporters and analysts ignored Lao politics
and got it all wrong. Some analysts predicted that Somsavat would step up to
-> Vietnam
invited to join plan for Thai-Laos bridge (Kyodo NS/AOL)---Thailand and Laos will invite Vietnam to discussions on a
common master plan for use of a Japanese-financed 2nd bridge across the Mekong
River.Thailand and Laos signed an agreement last month to build their 2nd bridge
-> Envoys
to meet for Mekong-bridge talks
(The Nation)---Foreign ministers from Thailand, Vietnam, Laos and Japan are expected to
meet in Rangoon at the end of this month to discuss ways to maximise the use of a 2nd
Thai-Lao bridge that will link Northeast Thailand to South China
-> Thai FM arrives in Vientiane (KPL) ---The delegation is scheduled to hold a
bilateral meeting with Lao officials, and present a religious offering of Phapa at
the That Luang Neua Temple. The offering will contribute to the construction of the
Religious Council Hor
-> Assistance for fire victims in
Sekong province (Laos NA) ---Thirty
families, 21 houses, and 212 people are currently suffered from the devastating aftermath
of a fire that recently swept through Sekong province. Two villages in Laman district, and
one village in DackCheung district were
-> Ambassadors to
discuss release of couple in Laos
(Australian BC News Online)---The Laotian Ambassador in Canberra has been called in over
the legal timetable for the Queensland couple imprisoned in Laos for three months.
Ambassador Soutsakhone Pathammavong is to have talks this afternoon
-> Australia pressures Laos to free
Brisbane couple (Australian BC) --A
round of shuttle diplomacy is underway to try to free Australians Kay and Kerry Danes,
who've been imprisoned in Laos for three months. The Laotian ambassador to Australia,
Soutsakhone Pathammavong, tonight.
-> Final report in Danes'
case expected today (Australian BC
News Online)--The Queensland couple imprisoned in Laos for the last three months could
find out as early as today if they will be set free or charged. Their lawyer says if they
are charged it will probably be a quick conviction.
-> Lawyer's plea for couple
in Laos (AAP/The Age)--The lawyer
representing an Australian couple detained without charge by authorities in Laos wants the
Federal Government to take a tougher stand. Sydney-based lawyer Ted Tsovaris arrived back
in Australia yesterday
-> The fate of the Australian couple
being tried in Laos is to be decided
(Australian BC)--The Australian couple imprisoned in Laos for the last three months could
find out as early as today if they will be set free or charged. But the lawyer for Kerry
and Kay Danes, Ted Tzovaraz, says if the Laos prosecutor
-> From Laos NA (KPL) |
Le 10 Avril 2001 |
-> Laos to toughen drug penalties (The Nation) ---VIENTIANE will introduce capital punishment for drug offenders
for the first time as part of a plan to turn its impoverished state into a drug-free zone
by 2015, a Laotian source said. Laos will pass a death sentence
-> Howard demands Danes'
release (The Age) ---Australia stepped up the pressure on Laos yesterday
to free Kerry and Kay Danes, with Prime Minister John Howard writing to his Laotian
counterpart demanding their release. The letter came as Laotian ambassador
-> Pressure on Laos rises
as PM seeks release of jailed couple
(Sydney Morning Herald) ---The PM, Mr
Howard, wrote to his Laotian counterpart, Mr Bounyang Vorachit, in a bid to secure the
release of detained Australian couple Kerry and Kay Danes. Mr Howard said in his letter
that he was very concerned->SOURCES KPL du 10/04/01
>Laos –
Thaïlande : rencontre sur les relations et la coopération
>Des dirigeants lao
reçoivent la délégation thaïlandaise
>Laos-Chine :
coopération judiciaire
>Laos - Allemagne:
Coopération de développement pour l’éducation à travers la télévision à
Bokèo
>Aide du Centre de
langue française à la Bibliothèque Nationale |
Le 11 Avril 2001 |
->The side making
mistake in collision apologize: Laos
(People's Daily or Xinhua
NA/Northern LT)---Laos hopes the US-Chinese military jet collision incident could be
solved properly and believes the side that made mistake should apologize, Lao FM Somsavat
Lengsavad told Chinese media in an interview here Wednesday.
-> FM
offers ties of trust to Laos (The Nation)---If the recent two-day visit to Laos by
Foreign Minister Surakiart Sathirathai is any indication, Thai-Lao bilateral ties may be
on an upswing with more sunny days coming in the future. Let bygones be bygones and let's
have
-> Laos
to introduce death penalty; drug crime (AP/Yahoo! Asia)---Laos, one of the world's
leading opium producers, is set to introduce the death penalty for serious drugs offenses.
The NA of the communist state approved an amendment to its penal code Tuesday before
ending its
-> Laos
makes drugs trafficking capital offence (BBC News)---In future, possession of or
trafficking in more than five hundred grams of heroin, three kilograms of amphetamine or
ten kilos of precursor chemicals which are used in the production of some drugs will be
punishable by death.
-> Traffickers
in Laos to face death penalty (The Nation)---LAOS closed its NA yesterday after
passing a hotly debated amendment to the country's 1990 criminal code that introduced the
death penalty for drug trafficking. The amended law included capital punishment for
producers
-> Charge the Danes or
free them (The Age)---Australian couple are being held in a jail near Ventiane, the
Laotian capital. They are confined for 12 hours a day in tiny, crowded cells without
lights, ventilation or fans. They are forbidden to try to communicate with each
-> Deane in emotional plea
to Laos over Danes (The Age)---Governor-General Sir William Deane yesterday joined
diplomatic efforts to free imprisoned couple Kerry and Kay Danes in Laos, writing a letter
to the Laotian president asking for the couple's immediate release. ->La partie qui a
commis l'erreur dans la collision des avions doit présenter ses excuses, estime le Laos ---La
partie qui a commis l'erreur dans la collision des avions doit présenter ses excuses,
estime le Laos Le Laos espère que l'incident de la
collision entre les avions militaires américain et chinois pourrait être résolu
convenablement et il estime que la partie quia commis l'erreur doit présenter ses
...Peopledaily 11/04/01 |
Le 12 Avril 2001 |
->Vietnam &
Laos cooperate to develop rural electricity (Vietnam NA)---Vietnam will sell
electricity to Laos's Saravane province under a project approved by the two Govts.
Saravane province has discussed with Viet Nam's Quang Tri border province on the project
to develop rural electricity
-> VLDCs demand duty-free access of goods
(Dawn.com)---In the forthcoming international conference on least developed countries
(LDC), Bangladesh is to press for duty-free access of goods from LDCs into the developed
countries...Four other Asian countries...are Laos and |
Le 13 Avril 2001 |
->Border: Laos offers to help
with drug suppression efforts
(Bangkok Post)--Laos wants to help Thailand combat drugs, especially methamphetamines
along the border, according to a Thai-Lao border committee meeting. The request was made
at a meeting of the Chiang Rai-Bokeo border security
->Coffee
fix: War veteran hopes import business will heal Laos, himself (San Francisco Chronicle)--Lee Thorn (pic) is pioneering the import coffee into the U.S. -
from the same country he once helped bomb. He wants Laotian coffee beans to become as
popular as Peet's. But he does not want to become a java mogul. The Vietnam veteran wants
profits from
->Viet Consul
General pays new year visits to Lao central provinces (Vietnam
NA)--Viet Consul General in Savannakhet province of Laos Nguyen Dinh Vinh has paid visits
to Laos central Savannakhet, Khammouane, & Borikhamsay provinces on the occasion of
Lao traditional New Year holidays "Pimai" |
Le 14 Avril 2001 |
| ->Cuba,
Laos improve sports links (Xinhua NA)--The President of the National Sports Commission of Laos, Phouthong
Seng Akhom, concluded his work visit to Cuba on Friday, in which he signed a joint
cooperation accord between both countries. |
Le 15 Avril 2001 |
->Survivor's
story of a bus disaster (San Francisco Chronicle)
Pic: Courtesy of AlisonWright.com ---She was riding a bus from Luang Prabang to Vang
Vieng, Laos, when it was broadsided by a logging truck that had been jury-rigged to carry
passengers. Sitting right at the point of impact, Wright was crushed between two
collapsing seats. The impact broke her back, her pelvis, her coccyx and at least six ribs
->Trips, Tours and
Cruises: Bargain trip to Laos and Thailand (Sacramento Bee)---The trip begins in
Bangkok, continues to the old Thai capital of Sukhothai and travels extensively in
northern Thailand before crossing into Laos. Stops there will include Vientiane, Luang
Prabang and rural areas.
-> Traditional New
Year visits to Lao, Cambodian, Thai friends (Vietnam NA)---Deputy President Le Van
Hoang of Vietnam called at the diplomatic agencies of Laos, Cambodia and Thailand in the
city on April 13. The visits were made on the occasion of the traditional New Year
Festivial of these->ACTIVITES EN L'HONNEUR DE LA FETE TRADITIONNELLE LAO--Le consul général vietnamien à Savannakhet, Nguyen Dinh Vinh a rendu visite
aux responsables et habitants des provinces centrales lao de Savannakhet, Khammouane et
Borikhamsay, à l'occasion de la Fête traditionnelle Boun Pi May (Nouvel an) de ce pays.VNA 14/04/01 |
Le 16 Avril 2001 |
->Laotian FM arrives in China
(AFP/Inside China)---Somsavat, who is here as a guest of Chinese FM Tang Jiaxuan, is
scheduled to attend activities commemorating the 40th anniversary of the establishment of
diplomatic relations between the two countries, the official
->Laotian FM arrives in Beijing
(Xinhua NA)---Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Somsavat Lengsavad of the Lao
People's Democratic Republic arrived here Monday afternoon, starting a nine-day official
visit to China as guest of Chinese FM Tang Jiaxuan. During his stay in the Chinese
capital, Somsavat is to attend activities commemorating the 40th anniversary of the
establishment of diplomatic |
Le 17 Avril 2001 |
->40th anniversary
of Sino-Lao diplomatic ties marked (People's
Daily) ---A reception was held at the Great Hall of the People Tuesday to mark the 40th
anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Laos.
Vice-Chairman Buhe of NPC and FM Somsavat Lengsavad of
->Book Review: In the Place of Origins
(Lan-Xang.com)---These are concepts of great relevance to the issue of Lao development and
the impact of capitalism and modernization on Lao society. Since among Laos's neighbors
the Lanna people are closest in culture and ethnicity, they present a valuable case study
for anticipating the changes that Lao society will soon
->Chinese
FM holds talks with Lao FM, Somsavat (Xinhua NA) ---Tang said China and Laos
are friendly neighbors and the development of bilateral relations over the past four
decades has been marked by the mainstream of friendship and cooperation. Somsavat is
visiting China
-> Senior
CPC official meets Laotian delegation (Xinhua NA) ---Ding Guangen, member of the
PBCCCP of China, met here Tuesday with a delegation from the Lao PRP, headed by Osakan
Thammathewa, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the party.
-> Cross-border gambling:
Officials losing their fight against casinos (Bangkok Post)---Twelve of
them are located on the Cambodian border opposite Surin's Kap Choeng district and Sa
Kaew's Aranyaprathet district, four in Burma, five in Laos and one in Malaysia. Most of
their customers are Thai.
-> Forum
on Lancang-Mekong River development to be held in SW China (Xinhua
NA)---China will hold a special forum on economic development and cooperation for the
Lancang-Mekong River region during the 2001 Kunming Export Commodities Fair in Kunming,
capital of southwest China's Yunnan |
Le 18 Avril 2001 |
->Laos
has 717 HIV victims
(News24.com)--Land-locked Laos has 717 people who have tested positive for HIV/AIDS, of
whom 72 have already died, Lao National Radio reported on Tuesday. According to the Lao
MH, 190 Laotians have developed full-blown AIDS
->A river lost in
time but open for travel (TIMEasia)---This jewel of an islet, known to the French as "the Tahiti of Laos," is
a perfect rest stop. Flanking it are waterfalls, including Khon Falls--the largest in
Southeast Asia--marking the start of an unnavigable stretch. On arrival, follow an old
railway track to the main village. A French hospital has been converted
->Foreign affairs
awaits possible Danes jail transfer (Australian BC News Online)--Foreign
Affairs officials are hoping to learn today whether Australians Kerry and Kay Danes will
be moved from the prison where they are being held in Laos. Australian officials have been
pressing for the couple to be moved
-> Viet Party Gen.
Sec. receives Lao, Chinese & Cambodian party delegations (Vietnam NA)
---Khamtay Siphandon expressed the Lao Party, State and people's delights at Vietnam's
achievements in the process of renovation initiated and led by the CPV. He highly
appreciated CPV's position and international prestige and
-> Chinese
Vice Pres. Hu Jintao meets Lao Pres. Siphandone in Hanoi (Xinhua NA)--Hu said he is convinced that under the firm
leadership of Khamtay Siphandone, the Lao people are sure to achieve their goals set in
their social and economic plans at the beginning of the new century and to score
-> Banquet
marks Sino-Laotian diplomatic ties (Xinhua NA)--Laotian Ambassador to China Soukthavone Keola held a banquet Wed.
evening to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations
between Laos and China. Soukthavone said in his speech that
-> Senior
Chinese official meets Laos delegation (Xinhua NA)--China and Laos are both developing countries, and the CPC and PRP
are faced with many common tasks and challenges in governing their respective countries
and promoting their own reforms, Wei said, adding that the CPC
-> Theft during raids
alleged: Fresno Hmong families file suit over treatment during law enforcement sweeps
(Fresno Bee) --A federal lawsuit is alleging that law-enforcement officers stole money,
jewelry and firearms during a series of raids by an anti-gang unit last year and in 1998.
The raids by MAGEC were directed at a number of Hmong |
Le 19 Avril 2001 |
->Slower
inflation to boost Laos' real growth - ADB (Reuters/AOL) --Laos has
begun to rein in soaring inflation and this will help lift economic growth to 6.0 % in
2001 and 6.5 % in 2002 from 5.5 % last year, the ADB said. But the ADB warned...that Laos
needs to implement structural reforms
->ADB
outlook: Laos GDP likely to rise 6% in '01 on exports (Dow Jones/Yahoo! Asia)
--The ADB estimates that Laos' economy
will expand 6% this year and 6.5% in 2002, up from 5.5% in 2000, it said in its ADO report
published. The outlook for 2001 and 2002 is for some improvement in economic growth
-> Australia
asks Laos to improve conditions for citizens (AP/Yahoo! Asia)--Australia has asked Laotian authorities to transfer
an Australian couple out of a detention center in Laos, citing worsening conditions in the
tropical heat, the Australian ambassador said. Kay and Kerry Danes have been held
-> No interference
in name of human rights: Lao FM (People's Daily)--It's not right to interfere in other country's internal affairs
under the pretext of the human rights issue, Lao Foreign Minister Somsavat Lengsavad told
Chinese press in an interview recently in Vientiane. Somsavat said the issue
-> Chinese
Premier meets Laotian guest (Xinhua NA) --Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji met here Thursday with Lao FM Somsavat Lengsavad. Zhu
welcomed Somsavat on a tour which coincides with the 40th anniversary of the establishment
of Sino-Laotian ties. Zhu said he is
-> 9th Congress
will help Vietnamese people gain more achievements, says Lao leader (Vietnam NA) --Khamtay Siphandon expressed his confidence in the
clear-sighted leadership of the CPV in the new stage in Ha Noi today, Apr. 19. He said:
"With close fraternal comradely sentiments, we believe that the Resolution of the
CPV's 9th
-> Presidential
visit to Vietnam (KPL) --A
delegation led by President Khamtay Siphandon left here yesterday to attend the 9th
Congress of Vietnam. The Congress will be held from April 19 - 22 at Hanoi's Ba Dinh Hall.
The delegation included Mr. Thongsing Thammavong
-> Developing Asia growth
seen slowing to 5.3 pct - ADB (Reuters/AOL) --Average economic growth among Asia's developing countries is
expected to slow sharply to 5.3 % this year from 7.1 % in 2000, the ADB said. But
aggregate GDP growth in the region's developing countries is expected to->SOURCES
KPL du 19/04/01
>Khamtay Siphandone
participe au IXe Congrès du Parti Communiste du Vietnam
>Une
délégation du PPRL part pour la RPD de Corée et la RP de Chine
>Transmission du
pouvoir du Premier ministre de la RDP lao
>Réunion nationale
sur la lutte contre le Sida
>Aide de l’AFD
en faveur des divers Projets du Laos |
Le 20 Avril 2001 |
-> Danes visit denied
again (AAP/The Age or AAP/News Limited)---Australian
officials have been unable to visit a couple jailed without charge in Laos for the second
week in a row. Kay and Kerry Danes have been jailed on the outskirts of the capital
Vientiane since Dec. 23 on suspicion of
-> Viet President
receives Lao counterpart (Vietnam
NA) ---President Tran Duc Luong this afternoon received Lao President Khamtay Siphandon
who is attending the 9th Congress of Vietnam in Hanoi. President Luong thanked to the Lao
PRP for having sent a high-ranking delegation
-> Urban Coalition picks first
nonblack leader: Lee Pao Xiong reflects changes in Twin Cities (Pioneer Planet) ---Xiong, 33, replaces Yusef
Mgeni, who left the coalition in December after 12 years to become director of education
equity for the St. Paul Public Schools. Xiong, who escaped from Laos in 1976 and came to
St. Paul with
-> Mekong Basin: Concern over plan
to widen river channel (Bangkok
Post)---The dredging is proposed by Thailand, Burma, Laos and China. The commission's
prime concern is that the clearance of some islets in the Mekong is a transboundary issue
which could have wide-ranging |
Le 21 Avril 2001 |
->Laos: Remote architectural
jewel, ancient cities face dangers of development (AP/ABC News)--Wat Phu, the architectural gem of Laos, and the
surrounding ancient shrines, urban dwellings, roads and canals are now awakening.
Archaeologists just hope it won't prove a rude one.
->Somkid
calls for five-country Indochina tourism union (The Nation or backup)--Thailand
should join hands with Burma, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia to form a five-country
Indochinese tourism alliance to increase the region's attractiveness as an international
tourist destination, FM Somkid proposed.
->Xiong named
head of Urban Coalition (Star
Tribune)--Xiong said his personal experience prepared him to understand issues of racial
strife & discrimination. He fled Laos with his family in 1976 & came to St. Paul
in 1979, where he said he remembers being treated as an outsider in school and being
called racial names while growing up in the McDonough Homes public housing |
Le 22 Avril 2001 |
|
Le 23 Avril 2001 |
[A native of Laos
does a] soul searching (Fresno Bee)---Souvannarath was jailed by the Fresno
County Health Department in July 1998 because she did not take medicine for a case of
tuberculosis that health officials feared could become contagious. The refugee who fled
Laos
->Laos needs
consistent foreign aid to fight poverty (Reuters/Yahoo! Singapore)---Laos, one of the
world's poorest nations, said on Monday it would need annual foreign aid of at least 17
percent of its GDP to achieve its target of halving poverty by 2005. "Laos can't act
alone to achieve this target. We need foreign contributions, worth at least 17 percent of
our GDP, to reach the goal," Souphanh
->Luang
Prabang: 41,000 families still engaged in slash-and-burn cultivation (Laos NA)
Luang Prabang province has three main tasks to tackle before 2005. These include the
termination of slash-and-burn cultivation, putting an end to opium cultivation, and the
gradual elimination of poverty among 20,000 families in
-> Swiss
IDA builds bridge in Khammouane province (Laos NA)--The new bridge is on a 5 km long
road running from Thabak of Mahasay district to Panam village. Started in 1998, the new
concrete bridge, 4.7 x 86 metres, is able to support 20 tonnes. The bridge cost 300
million kip to build
-> Lao Party
entends greetings to new Party Gen. Sec. Nong Duc Manh (Vietnam NA)--The Lao Party
leader also said he believed the Vietnamese people under the leadership of the CPV and
General Secretary Manh would obtain greater achievements in the renovation,
industrialization and modernization process
-> Viet's Party
chief receives Lao head delegate, Khamtay (Vietnam NA)--The Vietnamese leader
expressed his belief that the special friendship and solidarity and comprehensive
cooperation between the Parties and peoples of Vietnam and Laos would be constantly
consolidated and developed. |
Le 24 Avril 2001 |
MF
approves in principle three-year, US$40 million PRGF loan for Laos (M2 Comm./Northern LT) --The Executive Board of the IMF today approved in principle a
three-year arrangement for Laos under the PRGF for SDR 31.7 million (about US$40.2
million). The Board also approved in principle the release of a first loan
->Book Review: The Economics of
Transition in Laos (Lan-Xang.com)---The Economics of Transition in Laos: From
Socialism to ASEAN Integration by Yves Bourdet is a collection of various papers Bourdet
has written over the years since she went to Laos in 1988 as an affiliate of the Swedish
IDA. The associate professor...has visited Laos at least every year to monitor the Lao
govt's
->Deportation to disrupt longtime
U.S. families (Arizona Republic)---Vongphachanh
"Rick" Siridavong, 25, came to the U.S. 20 years ago as a refugee from Laos. His
parents and seven siblings are U.S. citizens. In 1995, soon after graduating from high
school, Siridavong and some friends
Six
Asian nations to attend two-yearly drugs meet in Myanmar (AFP/Yahoo! Asia)---Ministers from Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar,
Thailand, and Vietnam will gather in Yangon next month for a UN-sponsored meeting on
regional efforts to stamp out the drug trade, officials said Tuesday.->SOURCES
KPL(Agence Lao de presse) du 24/04/01
<>Retour de la
délégation lao du IXe Congrès national du PCV
<>Une délégation
du Parti communiste cubain au Laos
<>Réunion
annuelle nationale sur l’information et la culture
<>Phongsaly:
construction d’une route entre le district de Bountay et celui de Samphane.
<>Xiengkhouang:
achèvement de l’irrigation de Theuang.
<>32 maisons
détruites par l’orage. |
Le 25 Avril 2001 |
->European
Parliament delegation visits Laos
(BBC News) --Before leaving Bangkok the
head of the delegation, Hartmut Nassauer, said he hoped they would have constructive
dialogue about democracy & human rights. The EP passed a resolution two months ago
urging the authoritarian
->Lao-Chinese
cooperative relations should be further promoted: Lao PM (Xinhua NA) --Laos and
China should further promote their all-round cooperative relations by strengthening
economic & trade cooperation, maintaining momentum of frequent exchanges of visits by
top leaders & enhancing mutual support & cooperation in regional and international
affairs, Lao PM said
->LFNC
7th Congress underway (Laos NA)--The 3-day Congress attended by 186 people will
review the implementation of the resolutions of the last Congress, and formulate its own
resolutions. The Congress will also discuss the amended statute of the Front which will
-> Lao Party exalts
achievements of Viet people and Party (V.N.Agency)--The fraternal Vietnamese
people have joined hands to highlight patriotism and the spirit of national independence
and self-determination, overcome all trials and difficulties to successfully implement the
Resolution of the eighth |
Le 26 Avril 2001 |
->Aust couple detained in
Laos allowed to meet (Australian BC
News Online or backup)
An Aust couple accused of stealing gems in Laos have been allowed a short meeting together
for the first time in their four months of detention. After a consular visit was denied
last week, Aust's ambassador was allowed to visit
-> Detained Danes in
first meeting (AAP/News Limited)
A Couple accused of stealing gems in Laos were allowed a short meeting together for the
first time during four months of incarceration, the Australian ambassador said today.
Kerry and Kay Danes "hung onto each other"
-> Viet FF
president's activities in Laos
(Vietnam NA)
President Khamtay Siphandon welcomed the VFF President and his delegation's attendance to
the LFNC's seventh congress, describing it as a valuable source of encouragement to the
LFNC and the Lao people of all
-> Man's 2nd rape trial as
controversial as the first (Pioneer
Planet)
The second trial for a Hmong man whose earlier Dakota County rape conviction was
overturned because of racially biased testimony proved just as controversial as the first.
On Wed., the opening day of the new jury trial |
Le 27 Avril 2001 |
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