Laos

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is planning to provide a US$60 million low-interest loan to Laos at the end of the year to help reduce rural poverty and improve food security. The loan will be used to build roads in...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) -- The Laos government is calling for support from various sectors to implement the ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response (AADMER). "We need deeper understanding of the AADMER and the actual...

BEIJING (China Daily/ANN) -- China and ASEAN countries signed seven mining cooperation agreements valued at about 16.3 billion yuan ($2.59 billion) during the China-ASEAN Mining Cooperation Forum and Exhibition over the weekend. The event, co-hosted...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) -- The Lao government has gained a new partner to back its hydropower development policy after the World Bank resumed its support for the construction of dams. According to a report published in the Washington Post this...

On Sunday, May 12, some 500 visitors are expected for the first annual Hmong American Day in St. Paul. The event, which takes place from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Lao Family Community Center at 320 W. University Ave., will recognize Hmong veterans who fought...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) -- The European Union wants to broaden its partnership with Laos in many areas and intensify cooperation in regards to global climate change diplomacy, as well as judicial matters and human rights issues. Ambassador and...

Avon native Brendan Walsh, a student in the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program at Southern Connecticut State University, has been selected for a Fulbright U.S. Student Award for 2013-2014 to Laos, where he will teach English at Ventiane...

Laos will develop more renewable energy so that it makes up 30% of total energy use within 2025, according to the Ministry of Energy and Mines. A consulting firm is being selected to draft the master plan, said Anousak Phongsavath, deputy director-...

Apr 28 (TheWrap.com) - The Laos-set drama "The Rocket" and the documentary about same-sex unions "Bridegroom" have won the top audience awards at the Tribeca Film Festival. Tribeca's Heineken Audience Awards carry $25,000 cash prizes, which were given...

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT -- Thai Polycons Plc (TPOLY), the listed construction contractor, will list its power subsidiary on the Stock Exchange of Thailand next year. Trinity Securities Group has been appointed as financial adviser to the listing of TPP...

NEW YORK -- Kim Mordaunt’s Laos-set tale “The Rocket” continued its stratospheric ride through the festival universe Saturday, picking up the audience award in the narrative category at the Tribeca Film Festival after previously...

>> 50 Years Ago — EL CENTRO — “Laos is lost … down the drain,” Virgil Pinkley, editor and publisher of the Post and Press Newspapers, told members of the El Centro Rotary Club yesterday. He called for a drive, starting in...