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- Japan foreign minister on visits
TOKYO - JAPANESE Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone will visit Thailand, Cambodia and Laos this weekend for talks on issues expected to include recent political turmoil in Bangkok, officials said on Friday. Mr Nakasone is to arrive in Bangkok on Saturday
- Laos eyes further cooperation with HCM City,
VietNamNet Bridge Lao Deputy Prime Minister Somsavat Lengsavad praised current cooperation programmes between HCM City and Lao localities, and invited Vietnamese businesses to expand their investment in Laos. At a meeting with Pham Phuong Thao, Chair of
- Nigerian troops suffer fresh attack in Darfur
Nigerian troops suffer fresh attack in Darfur From Laolu Akande, New York LESS than a week after the Federal Government deployed two Police units to the United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), news filtered in yesterday that a UN peacekeeping mission
- HSBC To Expand In Vietnam; Eyes Moving Into Laos, Cambodia
LONDON -(Dow Jones)- U.K. banking group (HBC) said Monday it plans to expand in Vietnam and have 10 branches there by year-end, up from two currently, and is looking at setting up operations in neighboring Laos and Cambodia within the next five years.
- Taekwondo team to train for SEA Games in Laos,
VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnams 40-member taekwondo team will start training at Hanois Sports Training Centre No 1 on February 2 in preparation for the 25th SEA Games to be held in Laos late this year. Last month, Nguyen Dinh Toan and Nguyen Minh Tu bagged
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- Are Croatia, Vegas or Laos on your list? They should ...
Note: This article has been edited from a previously published version. I Based on the purchase of a good hundred dollars worth of travel magazines (thanks, boss) and the perusal of dozens of stories in newspapers and websites, as well as a few
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In 1975 the communist Pathet Lao took control of the government, ending a six-century-old monarchy. Initial closer ties to Vietnam and socialization were replaced with a gradual return to private enterprise, an easing of foreign investment laws, and the admission into ASEAN in 1997.
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