Vientiane Times
JDB crew triumphs in Vientiane traditional boat race,
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- JDB crew triumphs in Vientiane traditional boat race,
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- 5:35
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- 10 years ago
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- Thousands of people flocked to the Mekong yesterday to cheer for their favourite boat crew on a day of fine weather with temperatures just topping 30C at the annual Vientiane Boat Racing Festival, with the races taking place from 8am until 4pm.
At the end of the day a crew from the Joint Development Bank (JDB) hoisted the trophy in the men's traditional boat category, with the festival being the main event marking the end of Buddhist Lent.
Locals and visitors not only enjoyed watching the races on the final day of the festival, but also took the opportunity to browse the 432 booths that made up a bustling street fair, which ran from October 14-17.
The crew from LuangPrabang province who won the event in 2014 and 2015 could only manage third place this year after trailing behind second-placed Lao Toyota in the semifinals.
This year's champions showed their strength from start to finish and were unbeaten from the first race onwards. They had a...
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- Buddhist Lent ends in an evening of colour.
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- 3:40
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- 10 years ago
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- After three months of retreat during the rainy season the Buddhist Lent finally ended with colourful celebrations on the full moon day of the 11th lunar month yesterday as people celebrated nationwide.
People all over the country eagerly took part in the celebration by going to temples near their houses for giving alms, food and offerings, as well as dedicating merit on the day of the festival.
This is a very special time of colourful celebration and also a time for cheering the boat racing members, meeting people, making friends, and drinking.
Everyone likes it because there are many things to do, and various kinds of products are on display because the day after Boun Ork Phansa is Boun Xuang Heua or the Boat Racing Festival.
As happens during other festivals, on the festival day, in the morning people go to temples in their community for giving alms and food, and presenting offerings and yellow robes to monks and novices.
Howe...
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- PM urges more efforts in research work.
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- 4:43
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- 10 years ago
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- The Ministry of Science and Technology has to work harder in developing the sector so that its achievements serve those of other sectors, contributing to socio-economic development in the country.
Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith relayed the message yesterday in his address to scientists, officials and civil servants at a meeting of the science and technology sector being continued in Vientiane this week.
He praised the persistent development of the sector since the Ministry of Science and Technology was founded in 2011, and noted some achievements made by the ministry in various fields in recent years, especially in preparation for the country's accession to the World Trade Organisation.
Meanwhile, Mr Thongloun said he wanted the sector to review where the country is in terms of its progress compared to other countries, especially the countries in Asean, and at what level its research achievements serve daily life and other sectors that contribute to ...
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- Stakeholders hope capacity building continues programme ends.
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- 4:03
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- 10 years ago
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- officials experts and beneficiaries of a Norwegian assistance programme hope target communities continue the capacity development founded by the project once the support ends.
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- Asean officials further enhance their single aviation market.
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- 2:44
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- 10 years ago
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- Senior officials from Asean aviation are willing to work towards realising their aspiration to build a comprehensive partnership on the Asean Single Aviation Market, which would be a milestone for the Asean Economic Community.
The officials also reaffirmed their commitment to driving their vision and dreams one step closer to becoming a reality.
This was revealed yesterday during the 34th Asean Air Transport Working Group Meeting and its other related meetings, being held in Vientiane from October 10-14.
The meeting was chaired by the Director General of Civil Aviation Department, Mr Vanhpheng Chanthaphone.
During yesterday's meeting, delegates focused on key decisions achieved in the 33rd ATWG held in March in Laos, particularly in completing key economic and technical elements of the Asean Single Aviation Market implementation for open skies agreements among ten Asean member states and partners.
Besides, officials also ...
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- Compensation unacceptable with continuous pollution
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- 3:05
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- 10 years ago
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- Video by Phoonsab Thevongsa
The community in Doung village, Xaysettha district, Vientiane will not accept any compensation which will allow the factory processing waste from a brewery to continue releasing pollution.
Village Chief Mr Sinakhone Khottaphom relayed this message while talking to Vientiane Times during a field trip to seek facts after increasing complaints from the community about the impact of the factory on them.
�The factory owner has even suggested building infrastructure facilities for the community to compensate for the environmental impact, but we will not accept any offer where the factory continues to release pollution which impacts upon on villagers,� the village chief said.
According to Mr Sinakhone, the factory appeared in the village early last year at the site of A2B Recycle, which was set up in 2012 by Mr Xayadeth Vongxay to turn waste plastics and metal into useable products.
Villagers said...
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- PM pushes for enhanced teacher dedication to development.
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- 6:16
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- 10 years ago
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- Teachers have to enhance their dedication in meeting their obligations as the nation's instructors to develop intelligent human resources for Laos.
Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith relayed this message in his address at a meeting held yesterday in Vientiane to salute the dedication of teachers on the occasion of National Teacher's Day, which falls on October 7.
Teacher representatives from universities, colleges, schools, and various educational institutions, former teachers, and education administrators from throughout the country attended the meeting.
In his address at the meeting, PM Thongloun praised the outstanding achievements in teacher development over the past years, including the development of primary school teachers working with disadvantaged children in remote rural areas, improvements to curriculum development for pre-primary and primary school teachers, and English training for primary school teachers.
He reminded the audien...
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- Laos, Vietnam to further enhance special solidarity ties.
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- 2:29
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- 10 years ago
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- Laos and Vietnam have reaffirmed their commitment to further enhance relations and continue cooperation in development of respective fields between the two countries.
This was revealed on Wednesday after high ranking officials of the two countries met to discuss the strengthening of existing cooperative relations in Vientiane.
Lao officials were led by the Deputy Prime Minister Dr Sonexay Siphandone, while the Vietnamese delegation was led by his counterpart Mr Trinh Dinh Dung.
Dr Dung and his delegation are on a short working visit to Laos from October 5-6, according to the statement from th e Lao Prime Minister's office.
During the talks, the officials from the two countries took the opportunity to exchange their views and discuss mutual cooperation in the future.
The two Deputy prime ministers said they highly valued their cooperation over past years and discussed ways to promote future collaboration.
Rega...
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- Caruso Lao: International designer meets local master carver
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- 7:11
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- 10 years ago
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- By Keoxomphou Sakdavong
With more than 30 years of experience in the international textile and fashion world, the designer Sandra S. Yuck fell in love with Laos' culture and lifestyle and decided to pour all her skills and experience into the creation of finely crafted wood products and textiles that reflect daily life in Laos.
If you have ever visited the Settha Palace hotel in Vientiane, you might have noticed a tiny shop called Caruso Lao. It displays the finest handmade wooden pieces trimmed with silver, along with silver and textile products. They are symbolic of Laos and are elegant and artistic, appealing to international tastes. A similar, larger shop can be found in Luang Prabang, also called Caruso Lao.
Each piece made by Caruso Lao reflects aspects of Lao culture and features unique designs, crafted to perfection by local master carvers.
"I wanted to make products that would attract foreign visitors and I wanted to make the...
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- VCSBE renews bus shelter contract.
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- 2:36
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- 10 years ago
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- BlueGrass Design Group will work with the Vientiane Capital State Bus Enterprise (VCSBE) to improve the bus shelters in the city after the two parties reached agreement yesterday.
BlueGrass Design Group inked its concession with VCSBE for the bus shelters project for 10 years.
The project was signed by Founder and Principal of BlueGrass Design Group MrPraseuthBanchongphakdy and Director of the Vientiane State Bus Enterprise, MrKhamphounTemelath.
The signing ceremony took place at the Vientiane Public Works and Transport Department yesterday and it was attended by the Director General of the department MrViengsavathSiphandone and senior officials from concerned sectors.
Following the signing of the contract, BlueGrass Design Group will begin replacing the current shelters with new ones as soon as the former concession holder has removed the existing structures.
The new shelters will be installed in different phases. The first pha...
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- Boat Racing in Chaeng villagers' blood
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- 5:27
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- 10 years ago
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- Video by Phoonsab Thevongsa
This Vientiane Times reporter had the pleasure of visiting the peaceful Nam Ngum River environment of Chaeng village, Thoulakhom district Vientiane province after being invited to the area to meet local people.
After crossing the river by ferry from Hadsuan village on the border between Xaythany district, Vientiane and Thoulakhom district, Vientiane province, we were greeted by hundreds of green gardens with various fruits and vegetables growing along the riverside. This best kept secret doesn’t appear on Google Maps.
The local people’s lifestyle is peaceful with children playing along the roadside while some locals sit under a big tree chatting to each other after attending to their farming and garden work.
It was almost lunch when the Vientiane Times team and owner of the boat Noy Itthalith, who sent us our invitation to visit his rowers in the village, arrived in the village. Almost a hundred rowers have gathered in fro...
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- Lao Fashion Week 2016
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- 8:44
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- 10 years ago
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- Infrastructure meeting assesses progress.
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- 4:43
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- 10 years ago
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- Representatives from government and development partners met on Friday to assess the progress of infrastructure achievements and challenges in implementing the 2015-16 fiscal year plan and discussed the upcoming 2017 development plan.
The 9th Infrastructure Sector Working Group (ISWG) meeting was co-chaired by Minister of Public Works and Transport Dr Bounchanh Sinthavong, Ambassador of Japan to Laos Mr Takeshi Hikihara, World Bank Country Manager Ms Sally Burningham, and ADB Resident Mission to Laos Officer-in-Charge Mr Shunsuke Bando.
The ISWG meeting was initiated in 2008 as a forum for information sharing and assessing progress on infrastructure. ISWG is one of 10 sectors of the Round Table process and includes roads, railways, inland waterways, air transport, urban development and water supply and sanitation.
The meeting reviewed achievements such as the Road Maintenance Fund Decree having been updated to become the new Road Fund Decree in Ju...
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- Asean Quiz 2016 Round FS
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- 1:35:33
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- 10 years ago
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- Asean Quiz 2016 Round FS
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- Laos tracks increased family planning services.
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- 2:28
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- 10 years ago
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- Laos is attempting to increase access to family planning information and services, with the goal to reach 80 percent of women by 2025.
The target was made public at a consensus building workshop held in Vientiane yesterday; following this week's Track20 monitoring and evaluation training; which aimed to improve the progress and monitoring of family planning programs.
During the meeting it was revealed that around 50 percent of women currently use family planning, while 18 percent of them did not have access to such services; which the government hopes to decrease to 8 percent by 2025.
Plans to increase the coverage of family planning services are also in the works, with a focus on long-term pregnancy prevention, including IUDs.
According to a document released at the meeting, 20 percent of women in the country would like to delay or stop childbearing, but are not using any method of contraception. The need for contraception is high th...
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- Asean Quiz 2016
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- 2:42:02
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- 10 years ago
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- Asean Quiz 2016
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- Disabled people struggle to get education, jobs: workshop.
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- 2:31
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- 10 years ago
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- Various barriers still hinder the development of people with disabilities, particularly those living in rural areas and who lack access to education, vocational training, and employment.
This was the message delivered yesterday by Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Welfare, Prof. DrKhamkeoSanbounkhounxay, when addressing the Australia Development Research Award Scheme (ADRAS) workshop in Vientiane.
The workshop was convened to discuss the findings of research with the aim of improving access to social and economic services by people with disabilities.
Prof. DrKhamkeo highlighted the efforts the government has made in implementing the Convention on the Rights of People with Disability, to which Laos has been a party since September 2009.
The National Committee for People with Disability was established to research policies and regulations, aiming to protect and promote the development of Lao people with disabilities.
He ...
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- Bokeo families relocate to make way for dam.
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- 5:01
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- 10 years ago
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- Resettlement of communities from areas of the Nam Tha 1 hydropower project is 87 percent complete, with displaced families in Bokeo province having been moved to a new location.
Assistant Managing Director of Electricite du Laos (EDL) Mr Vilaphone Visounnarath, who is Head of the Resettlement Management Office, told Vientiane Times about the progress of the programme during a media visit to the project on Thursday.
The 168MW dam on the Nam Tha River extends into Luang Namtha province's Nalae district and Bokeo province's Pha-odom district.
The dam will create a reservoir of 64 square kilometres to store about 17.55 billion cubic metres of water, and will flood 37 villages in the two districts.
Mr Vilaphone said 10 villages of more than 3,100 inhabitants in Pha-odom district have moved to new accommodation in Hadmuak village in the same district, which has infrastructure such as roads, water, electricity, schools, a temple and a health...
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- Ministers highlight Laos-led frameworks for Asean community building
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- 5:03
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- 10 years ago
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- Asean has compiled a number of important frameworks to boost community building efforts under Laos' chairmanship of Asean this year, ministers have said.
Lao ministers in charge of the Asean Community's three pillars on Tuesday highlighted the successful strides Asean has made under Laos' chairmanship to stimulate motivation in achieving the Asean Community Vision 2025.
These were highlighted as Laos successfully hosted the 28th and 29th Asean Summits and related summits last week.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Saleumxay Kommasith, who is in charge of the Asean Political-Security Community for Laos, said 2016 was significant as it was the first year of Asean Community building after the establishment of the Asean Community on December 31, 2015.
As chair of Asean for 2016, Laos adopted the slogan �Turning Vision into Reality for a Dynamic Asean Community�.
To pursue the goals set in the three-pillar blueprints that aim t...
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- Laos, ROK push for greater cooperation.
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- 5:25
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- 10 years ago
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- Laos and the Republic of Korea have agreed to push for greater cooperation in areas relating to economics and trade, education, agriculture, health, human resource development, and tourism.
The agreement was reached during an official visit to Laos by the President of the Republic of Korea, Ms Park Geun-hye, in response to an invitation from President Bounnhang Vorachit.
An official welcome ceremony for the Korean President took place at the Presidential Office in Vientiane on Friday prior to a bilateral meeting.
During their talks, the two presidents said they highly valued the growing relations and cooperation between Laos and the Republic of Korea in past years, according to the Lao Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The two countries have organised exchange visits by high-level delegations, with the Lao President visiting the ROK in 2013 and the Korean Prime Minister visiting Laos in 2015.
In addition, economic and trade co...
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- Miss Lao visit Vientiane Times office
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- 3:09
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- 10 years ago
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- Miss Lao visit Vientiane Times office
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- Leaders adopt statements to strengthen future cooperation
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- 3:46
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- 10 years ago
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- Several important joint statements have been endorsed during the 28th and 29th Asean Summits which came to an end in Vientiane on Thursday.
The statements adopted include the Chairman's Statement of the 28th and 29th Asean Summits, Asean Plus Three Leaders' Statement on Promoting Sustainable Development Cooperation, and the Asean Plus Three Statement on Active Ageing.
Other statements were the Asean-Australia Joint Declaration for Cooperation to Combat International Terrorism, Joint Statement of the 19th Asean-China Summit to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Asean-China Dialogue Relations, and the Joint Statement between Asean and China on production capacity cooperation.
As stipulated in the Chairman's Statement, leaders welcomed the positive progress made in Asean Community building and emphasised the importance of the full and effective implementation of this forward-looking roadmap that will continue to provide guidance in charting a path o...
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- Laos launches SDG 18 to make lives safe from UXO.
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- 6:24
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- 10 years ago
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- Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon yesterday inaugurated the Lao PDR's own national Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) on unexploded ordnance (UXO) during the ongoing Asean Summits.
The SDGs have been drawn up by the United Nations as targets for developing countries.
Goal No. 18, which relates specifically to Laos, is �Lives safe from UXO; remove the UXO obstacle to national development�
The logo shows, on a red background, a disabled person walking away from cluster munitions on a crutch, towards an empowered, self-reliant future.
At the SDG 18 launch yesterday, which was attended by high-ranking Lao officials and the UN Resident Coordinator, representatives of UN agencies and donor representatives, a renewed commitment was expressed for a future safe from UXO in the Lao PDR, and for dignified lives for all UXO survivors, many of whom have life-long needs.
Speaking at the event, UN Secr...
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- Laos, US unveil comprehensive partnership.
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- 2:23
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- 10 years ago
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- Laos and the United States have unveiled a comprehensive partnership aimed at starting a fresh era of bilateral relations based on mutual respect and benefits.
The new partnership was revealed during talks held in Vientiane yesterday between President BounnhangVorachit and US President Barack Obama.
The new comprehensive partnership will lay the foundations for the two nations to cooperate in the future, particularly in areas relating to political and diplomatic relations, trade and economic ties, education and training, environment and health, fighting drug trafficking, UXO clearance, human rights, culture, sports and tourism.
Mr Obama arrived in Laos on Monday in response to an invitation from President Bounnhang. He is the first US president to visit Laos.
An official ceremony to welcome Mr Obama took place yesterday morning before the bilateral meeting took place.
The two sides issued a joint statement which outlined framewo...
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- Vientiane Fashion Week 2016
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- 3:56
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- 10 years ago
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- Asean officials finalise documents for summits.
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- 2:17
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- 10 years ago
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- Asean officials on the weekend finalised draft documents for the 28th and 29th Asean Summits and related summits scheduled to take place back-to-back from September 6-8 in Vientiane.
On Saturday, permanent representatives of the 10 Asean member countries met at their 14th meeting with discussion focused on finalising drafted outcome documents of the Asean Senior Officials' Meeting, Asean Coordinating Council Meeting and the 28th and 29th Asean Summits and related summits.
Yesterday, the Asean officials also met for drafting the summits' outcome documents. Today, the Asean Senior Officials' Preparatory Meeting will also be convened to finalise arrangements for the summits.
Minister to the Prime Minister's Office and Asean Senior Officials' Meeting Leader of Laos, Mr Alounkeo Kittikhoun announced on Friday that Laos was ready to play the role of Asean chair and host the 28th and 29th Asean Summits and related summits.
He confirmed that prepara...
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- Border marker setters' outstanding efforts awarded by nation.
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- 5:39
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- 10 years ago
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- Outstanding efforts by members of a team responsible for planting of marker poles at the border between the country and Vietnam have received recognition, with awards presented by the nation's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Saleumxay Kommasith.
The nation's government has awarded departments, divisions, units and individuals at a ceremony that took place yesterday in Vientiane.
On the Lao side, successful border marker planting involved cooperative efforts between 15 departments, divisions and units of some 360 individuals.
All 15 departments, divisions and units, and 11 individual officials received the nation's Second Class Issara Orders while another 102 officials received Third Class Issara Orders.
A further 124 individuals received Second Class Labour Orders, 98 received Third Class Labour Orders and 25 more officials receive Labour Medals.
Laos and Vietnam share borders of some 2,340 km, much of it being mountainou...
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- Laos ready to warmly welcome delegates for summits
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- 4:25
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- 10 years ago
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- Laos is ready to play the role of Asean chair and host the 28th and 29th Asean Summits which will be held back-to-back in Vientiane from September 6-8 after completing all its preparations.
The preparations include arrangements for security, accommodation, food and transport, and officials have confirmed that all other facilities are also well prepared.
Minister to the Prime Minister's Office Alounkeo Kittikhoun addressed a press conference on preparations for the 28th and 29th Asean Summits and sideline events yesterday.
Citing security, he said it must be tight during the meetings and encouraged local residents to maintain order and keep the city clean, especially along main roads and at notable landmarks.
With regards to other facilities, Mr Alounkeo, who is the Asean Senior Officials' Meeting Leader of Laos, encouraged officials in charge of each sector to do their best in an effort to facilitate the delegations during the meeting...
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- Turning cultural differences into shared assets, Asean can prosper
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- 4:01
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- 10 years ago
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- Prime Minister ThonglounSisoulith has encouraged the 10 Asean member countries to turn diversity into the spirit of one Asean Community and cultural differences into shared assets for a caring and sharing community.
The PM made the comment as he was delivering his opening remarks at the 16th Meeting of the Asean Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) Council yesterday in Vientiane.
He encouraged the ministers to work together in �Turning diversity into the spirit of one Asean Community and cultural differences into our shared assets in accordance with our ongoing efforts towards a caring and sharing community for our peoples.�
Hundreds of participants including ASCC ministers, Deputy Secretary General of the Asean Secretariat, ambassadors of Asean member countries to Laos, delegates and officials attended the opening ceremony at the National Culture Hall.
PM Thongloun said the Asean's diversity has not been an impediment for Asean member states...
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- ASCC chair to push priorities for endorsement.
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- 2:27
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- 10 years ago
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- The 16th meeting of Asean Social-Cultural Community (ASCC) Ministers opened this morning following the 21st ASCC Senior Officials meeting which concluded yesterday.
The ministers of the ASCC Council are convening their 16th meeting in Vientiane today to continue discussion and endorsement of the remaining priorities related to the Asean Community pillar, after they have already endorsed some of the documents at their 15th meeting held in LuangPrabang provincial capital town in June.
At that meeting in LuangPrabang, the ministers endorsed the Vientiane Declaration on Transition from Informal Employment to Formal Employment towards Decent Work Promotion in Asean; the Asean Declaration on One Asean One Response: Asean Responding to Disaster as One in the Region and Outside the Region; and the Asean Declaration on Strengthening Education for Out-Of School Children and Youth.
Lao officials are hopeful that the ministers will adopt the Vientiane Declaration on...
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- Cloud seeding leading to forecast uncertainty: weather bureau.
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- 3:30
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- 10 years ago
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- Cloud seeding is making weather forecasts around the country less accurate while better coordination is needed between water level forecasting and dam managers, according to a leading official.
Department of Meteorology and Hydrology Director General Mr Khanmany Khounphol made the claims in his address at the 6th Monsoon Forum held last Friday at the department office to report about disaster warnings for the past eight months and to discuss its planned response for the next three months.
�Artificial rainmaking activity in neighbouring countries, especially in their provinces sharing a border with our country, is making our forecasts inaccurate,� Mr Khanmany said.
He explained his department prepared forecasts by thoroughly analysing all information received from available technology and equipment and if this showed increasing humidity and clouds forming they would probably predict rainfall for the following days.
However, Mr Khan...
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- Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith .
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- 1:55
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- 10 years ago
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- Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith this morning called on all Lao
people, especially everyone in Vientiane, to be good hosts during the 28th and 29th Asean Summits to be held in the capital from September 6-8.
Mr Thongloun called on citizens through the media when speaking at the Government Office, saying he would like everyone to be good hosts while state leaders and leading officials from Asean nations and dialogue partners are attending the various meetings.
He said Laos was fully prepared for the Summits and welcomed all state leaders, high ranking officials and delegations to Laos.
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- PM inspects summit venues.
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- 2:07
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- 10 years ago
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- Venues to host the 28th and 29th Asean Summits, related summits and meetings scheduled to take place from September 6-8 in Vientiane are well prepared to accommodate the events, officials in charge have told the Prime Minister.
PM Thongloun Sisoulith and his delegates on Saturday toured the National Convention Centre - the main venue where the summits will take place to inspect the preparations firsthand.
The PM also inspected the preparations for the ASEM Villa, Muong Thanh Luxury Vientiane hotel, and Land Mark Hotel where foreign leaders and delegates of the summits will be accommodated.
Over recent weeks, officials in charge of various operations for the summits have been working hard to ensure they will run smoothly and successfully.
Security officials have been properly prepared to provide services. Officials from various sectors and volunteer students have also undergone trainings on service provision.
Director of Vientian...
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- Experts mull good gender-responsive budgeting practices.
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- 3:46
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- 10 years ago
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- Experts from within the country have looked for superior practices in gender-responsive budgeting with the government committed through various policies and the Law on State Budget.
Experts from the National Commission for Advancement of Women (NCAW) are meeting with specialists from international organisations in Vientiane at a national workshop running August 25-26 to learn about practices in other Asia-Pacific countries.
In her opening remarks at the workshop yesterday, NCAW Acting Chairperson MsBandithPathoumvanh made mention of the government's action to realise its commitment to the international community on advancement of women, promotion of gender equality, as well as elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against women.
Gender equality is mentioned in the Law on State Budget newly amended last year, with its Articles Nos. 33 and 34 stipulating the responsibilities of ministries and other organisations, provinces and the ...
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- One-day tour of cultural sites in Vientiane
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- 2:23
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- 10 years ago
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- Vientiane Times will produce several interesting articles beginning from August 24, in the lead up to the Asean Summit from September 6-8. These articles will highlight policies on investment, commercial cooperation, foreigners living in Laos, well-known tourist sites, entertainment venues and shopping sites, as well as where to buy souvenirs from Laos for family members and friends prior to returning home.
When having a short stay in Vientiane, the capital of Laos, don't leave without visiting some of the most famous cultural landmarks before heading off to other exciting dest inations around the country.
Sisaket and HorPhakeo Museums, the Patuxay Monument, the Pha That LuangStupa and Buddha Park are among the most significant tourist attractions and feature some of the oldest archeology in Vientiane and the country.
Hundreds of people visit these fascinating cultural sites daily.
Vientiane has a long history involving a beautiful cu...
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- Party Secretary General stresses streamlined govt
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- 2:43
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- 10 years ago
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- Party Secretary General BounnhangVorachit has stressed that all Party and government bodies and agencies be restructured from now into streamlined units that have appropriate jobs and clear roles and duties in order to drive development.
MrBounnhang, who is also the country's President, made mention about the actual issues in his address at the tenth meeting on personnel-organisational affairs which ended in Vientiane yesterday, stressing the need for change to ensure all government bodies function in line with government policies and regulations.
Vice President PhankhamViphavanh, Prime Minister ThonglounSisoulith, other high ranking officials, and personnel-organisational heads from throughout the country were in attendance.
President Bounnhang said �From now onwards, we have to restructure the organisational bodies and agencies, ensuring that they will not be big but have appropriate jobs, clear roles and duties.�
He noted the complica...
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- Lao team tops 7th Asean Quiz competition.
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- 6:25
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- 10 years ago
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- The Lao team has won first place in regional level competition at the 7th Asean Quiz yesterday after beating nine other Asean countries' teams.
The competition was hosted by the Lao Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism and held in Vientiane.
Representing the Lao team were MsAntikaXayaphone, MsSirisophaSithiphone and MrChanchaleunRasphone from secondary schools in Champassak and Vientiane.
The second place team came from the Philippines, while the Thai team took third place.
�We were so proud to win this competition and I would like to say thank you to our coach and teachers who had always supported and helped us in preparation for this competition,� said MsAntikaXayaphone.
She said they received a lot of things from the event, including new knowledge about Asean and Asean member states and new friendships.
�To be the winners was not easy. We dedicated ourselves to this competition for a few mont...
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- Vang Luang waterfall
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- 5:58
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- 10 years ago
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- A 14-day novice life tackling teenage problems
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- 5:23
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- 10 years ago
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- Addressing many of society's problems, especially those affecting young people, is the main reasoning behind the 14-day Kirt ma thang thy tong pen khon dy hai dai (Make this life for your life) project.
The project aims to make young boys into novice monks for two weeks as they study to understand Buddhist traditions and culture, the concepts of merit and sin and spiritual dos and don'ts. Hopefully after the boys leave they will be on the path to a better life.
At the core of its teaching is getting the boys to understand what is the cause of making them happy or unhappy?
The 9th annual instalment of the project started last Monday with 112 boys in the capital and other places attending Vat Pa Nakhounnoy temple in Naxaithong district, Vientiane.
At 10am that morning the temple was full of villagers, young boys and their parents as they waited for the shaving of the boys' heads.
All the boys sat on chairs in two lines as t...
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- Officials and some of the 37 master’s students from Meiji
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- 3:28
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- Officials and some of the 37 master’s students from Meiji University and 28 (20 master’s and
8 bachelor degree) students from National University of Laos (NUOL) proudly show their
completion certificates for a International Green Campus Design workshop at Dongdok Campus
in Vientiane yesterday. The workshop from August 10-16 was organised by NUOL Faculty of
Architecture and Laos-Japan Human Resource Development Institute.
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- Savannakhet’s Famous Xeno Grilled Chicken Now in Vientiane
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- 4:28
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- 10 years ago
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- Vientiane residents don’t need to travel to the Xeno area of Savannakhet province to buy the famous grilled chicken since a new restaurant opened in Vientiane last month.
In Savannakhet, the Pingkai Xeno (Xe no Grilled Chicken) restaurant is located along Road No. 13 South in Outhomphon district where passersby can stop to ge t their fill of chicken before heading further south or north.
But now the restaurant’s owner, Mr Khamphan Xanaphane, has opened another outlet at the PTT station, a Thai petrol station, in Naxay village, Xaysettha district, making it the first shop to sell this much-desired chicken in the capital.
Mr Khamphan told Vientiane Times over lunch at his shop, “I am the first one to open the shop in Vientiane after I got a copyright certificate from the Association of Xeno Grilled Chicken in Savannakhet province which allows me to be the only person to bring in chickens from the Xeno area.”
“As part of...
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- Civil code draft nears completion .
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- 3:14
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- 10 years ago
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- The development of a draft of
a civil code for the country is
close to its completion with
the expectation of submission
for government and National
Assembly consideration next
year.
U n d e r t h e f i n a n c i a l
and technical support from
the Japanese people and
government, the Ministry
of Justice (MOJ) began
development of the country’s
first-ever civil code in 2012.
The Third Law Forum to
continue discussion on the
draft took place yesterday
in Vientiane among Lao and
Japanese legal experts.
The draft of the civil code
has nine parts, which divides
into 600 articles, their content
covering 18 promulgated
private laws dealing with
business and negligent lawsuits
and practices.
In his opening remarks at
the forum, Deputy Minister of
Justice Professor Ket Kiattisak
said the ministry had planned
to submi...
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- Laos offers investment opportunities: US trade representative
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- 5:04
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- 10 years ago
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- Laos is offering investment
opportunities while the United
States has pledged to work with
the country to help improve ‘Ease
of Doing Business’ procedures to
attract greater investment, a US
trade representative has said.
Special Representative
for Commercial and Business
Affairs at the US Department
of State Ziad Haider made the
comment in a media conference
during his trip to the capital
to attend the Asean Economic
Ministers Meeting and its related
meetings at the beginning of
August.
US businesses have seen
investment opportunities in
Laos and some US companies
have already established their
presence here, including CocaCola,
he said.
Mr Haider a few days earlier
met with the US companies
doing businesses throughout
the country as well as a
Representative for the American
Chamber of Commerce to Laos.
“The...
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- Famous Salakham Laap restaurant
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- 3:19
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- 10 years ago
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- The public has more freedom to information, Minister says.
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- 4:19
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- 10 years ago
- Description
- The public has more freedom
accessing information than
in many other countries,
according to the government,
with domestic media working
to educate on how to better
consume information from
external media outlets.
The Minister of
Information, Culture and
Tourism Prof. Dr Bosengkham
Vongdara made the statement
in his address at a meeting held
yesterday in Vientiane to mark
the 66th anniversary of the
foundation of Lao media and
publications.
Deputy Ministers
of Information, Culture
and Tourism Bouangeun
Xaphouvong and Savankhone
Razmountry, editors, members
of media outlets and media
representatives from various
organisations attended the
meeting where the floor was
opened to all attendees.
“Our people have much
more freedom accessing media
as they are allowed to access
all med...
- Title
- Mystery jars and remains unearthed in Naxaithong.
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- 2:40
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- A total of five jars containing remains, estimated to be over 100-200 years old, were unearthed by a local farmer recently who hired an excavator to prepare a rice field in Nanga village, Naxaithong district, Vientiane.
The farmer, MrSomvangChanthavong, aged 36, said he hired the driver of an excavator to lower the level of the earth so that water could flood it for planting rice. Not long after starting work, the driver struck a hard object with his bucket.
MrSomvang told the driver to stop the machine and together they pulled out a sizeable fragment of jar.
Upon inspection, MrSomvang and the driver discovered that the bucket had hit a large clay jar buried just below the surface, about 50 cm deep.
“The driver stopped digging as soon as he heard the excavator strike something. He and I walked straight to the place where the object lay and we were surprised to find that the jars contained bones inside,” he said.
Recog...
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- Conserving culture can be a business success
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- 4:04
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- A love of conserving historical customs has inspired Ms Sinlasone Boriboun to continue the tradition of hand crafting Mak Beng or banana leaf offerings for gifting to local temples and at Buddhist ceremonies.
Ms Sinlasone, 31, has been working fulltime for three years now to craft Mak Beng or Bai Sima from her own house in Nongveng village and these days many people come to purchase their offerings from her.
Originally, she learnt how to craft the Mak Beng whilst helping nuns at Nigno temple in Hadxaifong district prepare for ritual ceremonies.
Over the next year or so, Ms Sinlasone refined her craft, preparing them both for the temple and also for ritual ceremonies at people's houses in the surrounding area.
After seeing her work at the temple, more people started contacting her to order Mak Beng offerings for their own families' ritual ceremonies.
As she gained more experience, Ms Sinasone decided to start making them as a home based business, working in...
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- Girls learn life values through Buddhist project
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- 4:33
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- A Vientiane temple was the scene of an unusual sight last week when a group of girls donned white robes and took part in ceremonial rituals as part of the Khoumhou Khou Khounnatham (knowledge and virtue) project to give them a deeper understanding of Buddhism and moral values.
Under the week-long project they live as nuns for a week at the temple in Dongmakkhai village, Xaythany district.
As part of their daily routine, the group of 47 mostly schoolgirls will get up at 4am to chant Buddhist scriptures.
The temple has run the Khoumhou Khou Khounnatham programme seven times previously during the long school holidays, but until now only boys were admitted.
Senior Monk Pha Ajaan Keophachanh Yotpunya said he considered the possibility of running a similar programme for girls. But he felt the facilities at the temple weren't entirely suitable for girls so the monks arranged for new accommodation to be built.
“I went to an event at a school in Thangone village,...
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- Senior editors of Asean share views for vision's Asean community
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- 6:21
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- More than 30 senior editors from 10 member Asean countries and four Asean dialogue partners shared their views on the theme “Turning Vision into Reality for a Dynamic Asean Community” at an editor's roundtable yesterday in Vientiane.
The discussions were held at the 5th Economic Research Institute For Asean and East Asia (ERIA) Editors' Roundtable, which was co-organised by ERIA, the Lao Journalists' Association and Vientiane Times yesterday at Lao Plaza Hotel.
Deputy Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism and President of the Lao Journalists' Association Mr Savankhone Razmountry spoke to open the event.
“I highly value the contributions and endless efforts of the ERIA to help Laos, not only in the economic sector but also in other areas, which has provided active participation in developing Laos, especially in narrowing the development gap between the old and new Asean member states.”
The roundtable was one of the impor...
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- Vientiane TimesAsean economic meeting concludes, adopts priorities to realise 2025 vision,
- Runtime
- 3:36
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- The 48th Asean Economic ministers' meeting (48th AEM) and its related meetings concluded yesterday in Vientiane with the adoption of priorities to pursue 2025 vision and expand cooperation with dialogue partners.
The Minister of Industry and Commerce of Laos, which chairs Asean this year, Ms Khemmani Pholsena told a press conference on Saturday that the meetings running over the last week yielded a number of successful outcomes.
Highlighting the outcomes she said that the Asean ministers adopted priority deliverables for Laos's Asean Chairmanship under established Asean economic pillars.
To this end, the ministers have endorsed a trade facilitation framework, a food safety regulatory framework, Asean institutional framework on access to finance for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME), a report and work programme on starting a business in Asean, as well as Asean guidelines for special economic zone development and collaboration. A Cambodia, ...
