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Geological-Mineral Mapping of Northern Laos Completed By Phaysarn Vorachak 15/04/2008 Vietnam has completed a geological survey and mapping of northern Laos, discovering up to 117 new mineral deposit sites. Lao officials said they will use the new map as a basis for considering new mining...

Boundary Setting for That Luang Marshland Development Started By Phaysarn Vorachak 16/04/2008 Lao officials have started the process of defining the area of Bung That Luang or That Luang marshland that has been promised to a Chinese company to develop into a new residential area and...

Rice Exports Halted Amid Price Worries By Ros Sothea, VOA Khmer Original report from Phnom Penh 26 March 2008 The Ministry of Commerce will halt the export of rice for two months, following a price spike nearly nationwide that has left many Cambodians worried. Minister of Commerce Cham...

World food fears mount as rice prices hit record By Apornrath Phoonphongphiphat and Lesley Wroughton Thu Apr 24, 6:32 PM ET BANGKOK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Concerns about food security mounted on Thursday, as rice prices hit records in Asia and the United Nations warned that staples for the...

World Heritage Luang Prabang Received Golden Award for Top Tourist Destination for Three Straight Years Luang Prabang, previously the capital of the former Royal Kingdom of Laos and now the jewel of the communist Lao PDR, has been a UNESCO’s World Heritage town since 1975 and named the most...

15.12.2007 A proposed Thai-produced documentary about the Khmer Empire's greatest ruler, Jayavarman VII, is causing concern in the Cambodian media. It's the latest dust-up for Thai-Cambodian relations, which have been on the rocky side in recent years, and Thai cultural exports have been at...

Season's Greetings Lao people: As 2007 rushes to 2008, what's your new year's resolutions?

Visit http://www.voanews.com/lao/2007-11-16-voa1.cfm for more info about the royal wedding of His Royal Highness Prince Soulivong Savung to Her Royal Highness Princess Chansouk Soukthala, held in Mississauga, Canada, on November 10, 2007. Jao/Chao Fa Sai Soulivong Savung

Looking to travel in 2008? Your be surprise what made it on the 53 places to go in 2008 list. Visit http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/travel/09where.html The 53 Places to Go in 2008 1. LAOS, THE PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF Vietnam and Cambodia are so 2007. Now, Laos is shaping up to...

Lao Movie " Bod Hian Xee Vid" anyone seen this movie yet? Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUjzJ0Lw1qQ Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikk4OAIz3cM...ted&search= Part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ER_bVNRDpRE

Please visit http://www.laoheritagefoundation.org/ for more info. There are pictures, etc for your leisure viewing. See video clips on youtube at (part 1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGuDvVZG4XE...ted&search= and part 2 at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO3mjHLTzGo...ted&search= Enjoy...

Anyone seen this Lao movie "Senh Tarng Heng Kwam Wang" yet (well at least one of the songs is titled that)? I know that it supposes to be release in 2007, but I haven't had time to follow the news. The last time I heard which is about 5 or 6 months ago that they are in the process of editing it...

For those of you who travelled to different parts of the world and see how it is like, have you ever notice that even though Laos P.D.R is labelled as one of the "poorest country" (which I STRONGLY DISAGREED, because Laos is NOT poor, rather I think it is poorly managed, but improving), but you...

Here's an interesting article for the royal people out there! I know that this is published in 06 April 2006, but I still want to share this article with all of you. http://www.rfa.org/english/features/women/...4/07/witow_lao/

As New Year is approaching soon! Let see if we can complete this song together. Please only add a line of the song. This way everyone can contribute. REMEMBER NO CHEATING >>>NO CHEATING>>>NO CHEATING>>> Let see if you know the song....Here it goes... Vun nee vun dee pii mai How ma auy xai...

April is Asian-Heritage month, thus is anyone participating in any events to promote Asian culture (i.e. Lao, Thai, etc)? I know that at the Universities where there are Asian Organizations (i.e. Lao Student Association, Lao Organization Association for Student, Thai Student Association, ) are...

Buddhist New Year 2550/2551 is approaching soon and was wondering what everyone doing to celebrate this wonderful boon pii mai or boon dearn hok songkran (songkran)? Hopefully, I will run to some of you!

Here are the links/clips to Sandra Bounxouei performance: http://laomusic.nu/lao-music-video/alexand...on-thai-tv.html http://laomusic.nu/lao-music-video/alexand...dernine-tv.html http://laomusic.nu/lao-music-video/alexand...o-new-year.html...

The Dai (or the Thai peoples of China, also called Dai Lue) is the officially recognized name of an ethnic group living in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture and the Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture (both in southern Yunnan Province of China), and also in Laos, Vietnam, Thailand...

Anyone knows where all the links are to Thai Lakorn or Boran? OR have uploaded good lakorn or boran? Please share links...Thanks

Anyone seen the new lakorn "Pleng Rug Song Fung Kong" stars Alexandra Bounxouei and Veer? If so, can someone upload it? Thanks,