Laos

At the time, Laos had been declared 'neutral, ' but with a growing communist presence, the CIA saw it as the next front in the conflict.

It has helped Vietnam set up its exchange and is now investing in Cambodia and Laos to help install their exchanges.

This was the culmination of a campaign extending over many months in the Senate and in the media to get at the "truth" in Laos.

With a bit of planning, you can enjoy a perfectly civilized rail journey from Bangkok to Vientiane, Laos , at a fraction of the E&O; price.

Laos has a vision of, as you know, transforming the landlocked country of Laos to the land-linked country.

He said the Railways Ministry is looking at projects in Russia, Brazil, the U. S. , Myanmar and Laos, among others.

So the first applicants have come mostly from migrants from Laos and Cambodia, where the authorities are more willing to help.

On the 26th, Typhoon Ketsana blasted through the Philippines and a few days later hit Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.

Last week, Thailand said it had agreed in principle to form a price-setting body, involving Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia.

For that matter, you could also probably include millions more people in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam that would be affecte.

As can be seen, both Laos and especially Cambodia have some catching up to do with establishing DTAs on an international basis.

But Laos people seem to be used to the leisure life, it is difficult for them to go step with the modern society.

Villagers in a remote region of Laos that has neither electricity nor telephone connections are being wired up to the Internet.

Betterday's coffee is all high-quality Arabica, from the mountains near the Laos border.

He said that Laos-China friendship is being constantly deepened and the comprehensive cooperation is becoming more extensive and intensive.

The section of the river near Myanmar's border with China and along the border of Myanmar and Laos is in a remote, sparsely settled region.

And in the long run, Vietnam has key access to a vast and cheap labor pool across the borders of Cambodia and Laos.

Yong blames Vang Pao and his Hmong supporters in the US for the still-steady flow of refugees out of Laos.

Laos ASEAN is the only landlocked country, has rich forest resources, among the most valuable hardwood.

In a refrigerated workshop, employees from Laos and Thailand in blue aprons crack crab shells over and over for up to 12 hours a day.

A young man rides a motorized scooter past geese and donkeys that roam the through way of a rural village in Laos's Mekong River valley.

I see a great deal of the Laos, the Vietnamese, and the Indonesians here and they are a very intelligent bunch and not ones to be fooled.

In Laos, Langley saw an opportunity to step up to equal status with the big boys at the Pentagon and Foggy Bottom.

Asked last week about his death, Laos said it had no comment.

Critics of the repatriation process allege that some of the returnees have been coerced or physically forced back to Laos.

He made the remarks at the ninth Asia-Europe summit in the Laos' capital of Vientiane.

There are too many countries that claim for spratly islands! Mongolia and Laos the land lock countries would need as well those islands.

Talk to people from Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, they will tell you how war-like the Vietnamese are.

But Hirsch points out that the MRC has no power to force Laos to abandon its plans for the Xayabouri and other Mekong dams.

The Asian symposium held in Laos, Cambodia, with WIPO was one example.

Under Eisenhower and then John F. Kennedy, the United States would decisively opt for a covert battle in Laos.

Laos capital of Vientiane and Phnom Penh, the Cambodian capital in the bank.

Laos is called as a country of smile. Local people are kind, gentle and simple.

Three surrounding seases, east are close to the deep gulf, south near the east abundant Laos channel, west meets the big tree bay.

Therefore, I would like to analyze the historical evolution of the relationship between Laos and China and its influence factors.

Laos is already connected to Thailand by rail, though only up to just outside Vientiane.

Thai soldiers periodically hear gunfire from the section of the river north of Thailand that runs along the border between Laos and Myanmar.

Laos, one of the few remaining official communist states, began decentralizing control and encouraging private enterprise in 1986.

They do not want to return to Laos, saying they face persecution, even possible death, at the hands of its communist government.

Later - joining members (Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar and Cambodia) are given A few extra years to implement the Fully Reduced tariff rates .

Again, if you had read the article, you'd see that China is consulting with "Laos, Myanmar and THAILAND. "

A powerful earthquake hit Myanmar Thursday near its borders with China, Thailand and Laos, the U. S. Geological Survey said.

The borders of Thailand , Laos and Burma all converge at this point.

The US had given Laos money to build a new airport, however the Laotian government of the day used the money to build the monument instead.

Te Navuth said the commission has asked for clarification from Laos.

He was about to embark on a 10-day reporting trip down the Mekong River through southwestern China and into Thailand, Laos and Cambodia.

Margins of open forests, grasslands, roadsides. Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan [India, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam].

I entered Laos without any knowledge about the country; I spoke no English and had no clue where my family had been taken.

China's heavy investment in Laos and the rest of the region, meanwhile, also gives Beijing more regional clout, including with Vietnam.

Thickets, roadsides, slopes; Low to medium elevations. Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Sichuan, Yunnan [Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam].

The reclusive beast lives in the jungles of Laos and Vietnam, but it is thought there are only a few dozen of them left in existence.

He also said he would like to return to Laos one day with his family.

Those bundled back to Laos this week had drifted to another makeshift camp in Phetchabun province, hoping to claim international asylum.

Premier Wen's visit to Laos has deepened the friendship and promoted the friendly cooperation between the two countries.

No matter how the international situations changes China will never change its friendly policy towards Laos.

Sparse forests or thickets in mountainous regions; low elevations. Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan [Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam].

Montane forests, seashore brushwoods. Guangdong, Hainan [Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam].

A: President Hu will pay a state visit to Laos as General Secretary of Chinese Communist Party and Chinese President.

The President is concerned that if we permit ourselves to be nibbled to death in Laos and Cambodia it will also happen later in Vietnam .

Today, parts of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam are increasingly being seen as ripe for potential investment.

ASEAN members include Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.

On the face of it, Laos is a no man's land for foreign investors.

With regard to the first pillar of our partnership, health, Laos hosted a workshop for developing and testing clean cookstoves.

In March the foreign ministry warned citizens not to gamble in Laos and accused Golden City of cheating its cross-border customers.

In Laos, the CIA would make the biggest bet in its history -- not to push democracy, as Thompson wanted, but itself.

So far, it is unclear who killed the 13 sailors, whose bodies were recovered from sections of the Mekong in Thailand and Laos.

Not all its members, which include autocratic regimes such as Vietnam and Laos, are convinced that political freedoms are such a good idea.

The Hmong people are a minority ethnic group in several countries, including Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar and China.

Human-rights groups say the Hmong may face persecution in Laos and that their forced return violates international law.

of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.

Laos denies that the Hmong, one of dozens of minority groups, face any ill treatment.

This approach is not usually done in Laos where the centralised 'one-size-fits-all' methodology is common.

In 2007 Laos and Thailand signed a border agreement in which they decided to jointly manage and collaborate on the Hmong issue.

In December Laos said China would build a $7 billion high-speed railway from the border to its capital, Vientiane.

Coastal forests; near sea level. S Hainan (Sanya) [Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam].

This paper briefly describes the potash resources in Thailand, Laos, Russia, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan and puts forward some comments.

With the two sides' joint efforts, China and Laos enjoy a generally explicit and stable border, and boast robust border cooperation.

Instead, the virus is similar to recent isolates from southern China, suggesting that the virus spread from China to Thailand and Laos.

though the animals amble through a remote territory that straddles the border with Laos.

The Laos bourse is 49%-owned by the South Korean stock exchange and is housed in a glass-front, $10 million building.

The Governments of Thailand, the Laos and Myanmar have all taken measures to ensure safety for the returning Chinese ships and crewmen.

A recent post followed the author along highway 13, the only paved road running across Laos from north to south.

Habitat and elevation not recorded. S Guangxi, SW Yunnan [Bangladesh, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam].

Lowland forests, shrublands, rocky crests. Hainan [Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam].

Its richness of natural resources and good investment environment provide Laos a good foundation to attract more investments.

Bouasone thanked China for its support and assistance over the years, and reiterated Laos' adherence to the one-China policy.

Laos - King of kings, we pray for the Christians in Laos who have been evicted from their villages as a new wave of persecution commences .

China, which borders northern Laos, already operates four dams on the upper reaches of the Mekong River.

Once peace had been agreed, Vang Pao planned to travel into Laos to assist the jungle Hmong.

The crime ring was busted earlier this year in a joint operation by police from China, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand.

A Thai-government spokesman has claimed that the 158 refugees were happy to be in Laos.

In Laos, both parties agreed to further conduct cooperation in the fields of trade, investment, agriculture and personnel training.

China has plans to extend its high speed rail network to northern Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore.

China and Laos did not normalize ties until 1988.

Macau-based company has recently completed a giant riverside casino in the so-called Golden Triangle, where Laos meets Thailand and Myanmar.

Countries like Cambodia, Laos, India and Vietnam are picking up some of the cheapest labor manufacturing left by the Chinese.

Chinese media have reported that China plans to first complete a line through Laos, Thailand and Malaysia before arriving in Singapore.

When is the last time you've heard Laos or Oman mentioned in a news story?

Trade with countries like Laos, Thailand and Kazakhstan is vital for China's supplies of raw materials including rubber, oil and uranium.

Shrub forests of lower-elevation mountains. S and SW Yunnan [Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam].

Foreign governments pressed Laos for access to the returned refugees, who were packed off to resettlement villages.

Cambodia was in many ways similar to Laos, although it has twice the population.

Laos, an impoverished and land-locked state ruled by a communist party, says the dam is necessary to raise revenue.

That will also traverse Laos and again provide much momentum to opening up Laos to international trade and import and export.

After all, Laos was then of the highest priority, and surely nothing short of victory would be acceptable.

The three countries want additional information while Laos. . . Laos wishes to have the process completed after six months.

They also talked about the preparatory work for the next 10 plus 3 Heads of State Meeting to be held in Laos on November 2.

Its lower course has about one-third of the combined population of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam.

The Greater Mekong region covers Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and the southern Chinese province of Yunnan.

Migrant workers, largely from Burma, Cambodia and Laos, are still struggling to escape inundated areas of Thailand.

Jeremy Bird heads the Mekong River Commission, made up of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Rarely though do they hail from Laos, a tiny, landlocked country that was caught up in America's ill-fated Indochina War.

President Kennedy deliberately mispronounced Laos as "Lay-os" , lest Americans think he wanted to go to war with a small bug.

Initial testing was conducted by the National Centre for Laboratory and Epidemiology in Laos.

Caroline: That's a good question. Our business includes partners from the mountains of Laos to the Pacific islands.

Laos, once dubbed "the land of a million elephants" , may have only 1, 000 left.

China further announced that it will provide zero-tariff treatment for most goods coming from Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar starting from 2004.

The pagoda's crowning ornament is bottle-shaped in Tibet and pyramidal or conical in Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, and Laos.

Late in October, senior leaders from Laos, Myanmar and Thailand met with China's security chief, Zhou Yongkang, in Beijing.

The long-discussed train route would symbolize the growing economic links between China and countries such as Laos and Thailand.

The United Nations says more than 825 people have died from floods across South East Asia, including Burma, Laos and the Philippines.

In the Quan Hoa district, in the mountains near Laos, peer educators provide clean needles to drug users in their houses.

Officials from Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam participated in the operation, which resulted in 27 arrests.

Laos, Vietnam and the Soviet Union all accused China of undermining solidarity among communist regimes in Indochina.

Gazetteer Asia: mainstream of the Mekong in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia and the lower course of some tributaries .

Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal , Sikkim and bhutan in the west to southwest and Myanmar, Laos and Viet Nam in the south.

The Greater Mekong region includes China, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.

There are altogether 305 couplets, which have existed since the Ming or Qing Dynasty, in the Laos' old houses accessible to tourists.

As 1973 began, we dedicated ourselves to bringing about a ceasefire in Cambodia to follow the cease-fire in Vietnam and Laos.

In addition to expanding cassava cultivation at home, China is buying from Cambodia and Laos as well as Thailand.

Meadows, pond margins; near sea level to 1400 m. Hainan [India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, New Guinea, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam].

Before the Laos secret war, the agency was a small player in the policymaking apparatus.

More recently, Laos has become an exotic destination for adventure-seeking tourists to take photographs of Buddhist monks.

The exploration and development of kalium minerals at the south of Saskatchewan in Canada and Vientiane in laos are well currently.

Yet this mysterious antelope still roams, if only deep in the Annamite range of north-eastern Vietnam and Laos.

The Australian visit caps an 11-day swing through the Asia-Pacific region that included stops in Laos, Bangladesh and New Zealand.

Laos boasts nonferrous mineral resources, but is weak in development technology.

New Dams in Belize, Iceland, Laos Destroying Water Sources and Damaging Economies, Group Says.

Almost half a century on, with Vietnam, Brunei, Laos, Cambodia and Burma now also in the club, the issues remain the same.

Thai navy officers display Bengal tigers, leopards, and pangolins seized on the Mekong River near the Thailand-Laos border on Jan.

The Hmong picked the losing side in a conflict that spilled over into civil war in Laos.

The developers persuaded Laos of the benefits of allowing a Chinese-run enclave.

Forests, variable vegetation, shaded moist environments; 100-1500 m. Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan [Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam].

In neighbouring Laos, no casualties have been reported.

They added that their model also can be extended to Laos and Cambodia, where there are similar land use patterns.

Secondary forests at low elevations. S Guangdong, Guangxi [Laos, N Thailand, N Vietnam].

For months here in Xishuangbanna, a glassy Mekong had merely sauntered towards the border with Laos.

Knowing China. they will try to conquer their south Sea first. and take over Laos, Cambodia, Philippine , Vietnamand Malaysia.

Vietnamese officials are publicly opposing a plan by neighboring Laos to build a hydropower dam on the Mekong River.

Welcome to Vientiane, the capital of Laos , for agricultural investment.

It is obviously due to China's insistence that these high speed railroads would pass through Laos.

There are relatively few geographic impediments separating China from Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar.

Mountain tribes of mixed ethnolinguistic heritage are found in northern Laos.

By early December the conference completed a draft Declaration on the Neutrality of Laos.

Younger markets may move faster: Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam already have 3G networks up and running.

Cambodia, Thailand, myanmar, Laos and other countries also cross water-sprinkling festival.

Wen said that the Chinese government attaches importance to developing good-neighborly friendship and cooperative relations with Laos.

The final group from the last official refugee camp for Hmong from Laos, at Ban Napho in northeastern Thailand, went home in 1999.

Premier Wen Jiabao is in Laos attending the third Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) summit which ends today.

The emissions are slightly higher than the country of Laos in south-east Asia and equivalent to the UN's operational footprint.

Laos-Muang Sing, Woman going to work at six o'clock of early morning .

This year, it signed up landlocked Laos, not previously known for its prowess with harpoons.

Washington's decision in 2004 to grant NTR status to Laos was seen as a betrayal by many in the Hmong community.

The equivalent festival in Laos is called Vixakha Bouxa.

Indonesia, Laos and Myanmar are identified as hotspots in the Southeast Asian region.

He befriended anti-colonial forces in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.

The builders promptly went to work, and a cluster of pastel blocks rose amid the green hills of northern Laos.

It will be followed by Vietnam, hopefully Laos, perhaps one day Burma, and, who knows, eventually even North Korea.

Fom Mua stands in his temporary camp in the mountainous jungles of Laos.

Experience the thrill of driving through the dense jungles of Laos.

Vang Pao's war was a secret one; Laos was officially neutral.

Forests; 600--1100 m. Yunnan [Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia (Sumatra), Laos, W Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam].

Hmong refugees, and those still in hiding in the jungles of Laos, however, remain a sticking point to those grand plans.

He wants to move 30 to 40 percent of production to a new factory in Cambodia, Laos or even Myanmar in six to eight months.

But, this being Laos, you only need to cross the river to forget about shops and restaurants, about modernity itself.

Secondly, Burmer, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand were influenced by India law because they were geographically close to India.

Forests, thickets; near sea level to 1500 m. Hainan, Taiwan, S Yunnan [India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam].

Try the world's newest -- and possibly smallest -- stock market, the Laos Securities Exchange.

This year, guests from Thailand, Myanmar, Laos and India were invited to take part.

Laos lies between China, Burma, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam.

I think the Communist has been moving with vigor Laos, Africa, Cuba, all around the world, they are on the move.

Pray for God's divine protection over His children in Laos .

Kemu nationality lives mainly north of Laos. They still use the bronze drum nowadays.

Mountain forests; 1000-1600 m. Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Yunnan [India, Laos, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam].

Further west in Yunnan province, women and girls are smuggled in from Vietnam and Laos.

Remote areas of Laos are also littered with unexploded bombs from the Vietnam war.

Currently, the Laos government revised mining law, investment law and other related laws, and strived to attract foreignpanies to invest.

The US re-established full diplomatic relations with Laos in 1992, opening the way for the resumption of bilateral trade.

And last month China took officials from Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam to view both Xiaowan and Jinghong dams.

Contrast Laos, which trades just two stocks in three-hour daily sessions, or Cambodia, which is planning to launch an exchange in July.

While the university will initially send Chinese academics to the Laos campus, it plans to gradually employ more local teachers.

Mountain thickets, gullies, near water courses; 1100--1300 m. Guangxi, Guizhou, S Yunnan [India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam].

The last wild places are disappearing, but new species are discovered, such as the rock rat in Laos.

Laos will continue to make efforts to enhance Laos-China friendship.

China will also help train and equip police in Laos and Burma for the patrols.

But, since then, production has gradually increased in Burma and Laos.

Rusting tanks and forgotten field guns litter the jungle of Southern Laos.

Golden City, in Boten, just over the border from China in tiny Laos, is a case in point.

Evergreen broad-leaved forests in valleys or on mountain slopes; 200-1700 m. Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, SE Yunnan [India, Laos, Vietnam].

S. In 2010-2011 Midori will conduct community engagement programs in Tennessee, New York, Maine, Iowa, Japan, Bulgaria and Laos.

Forests, scrub; near sea level to 200 m. Hainan [Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam].

Analysts say oppositionVietnam and other lower Mekong countries could force Laos to scale back its hydropower ambitions.

Reports the same month from Laos revealed the ongoing poaching of tiger.

I found that in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, French staples such as coffee, bread, pate and pastries are the norm.

Thickets, evergreen broad-leaved forests; 1100-1800 m. Yunnan [Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam].

The border that lines with in-between only Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar?

New banknotes are now in use in Laos and the Philippines, but some critics are not happy.

China has asked Thailand, Myanmar and the Laos to assist in verifying the case.

The highway starts from Kunming, goes through the Laos and ends at Bangkok, Thailand. It is about 1750 km long.

Mountain forests, sparse forests on mountain slopes, shrub forests; 500-1300 m. Yunnan [India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand].

Scenic Area accounted for 20. 8% of land area, is a city of tourism resources, with Walled Laos Creek wins with seven scenic areas.

In Laos, one in 11 children dies before the age of five.

Laos is done. . . forever never be free under Communist China.

Forests, humid places; 1500-2000 m. N and S Guangdong, SW Guangxi, E Guizhou, Hainan, Sichuan, SE Yunnan [India, Laos, Sri Lanka, Thailand].

Laos is left with fewer than 1, 000 of its wild elephants, three of whom stood guard on its royal emblem (until 1975).

Forests; 2300-2600 m. NW Yunnan [Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam].

Nepal, Eritrea, Laos, Mongolia and Bolivia under-five child mortality rate by 4. 5% every year or more slowed down.

As to when construction will start land-linking China and Laos, both countries say it will happen soon but that no date has been set.

Business folk in Boten say the action may have moved to casinos elsewhere in Laos and Myanmar.

Officials from Laos and Thailand could not be reached.

Thailand now also tops the list of Laos' foreign investors.

Another niggling concern is the fate of 4, 689 ethnic Hmong who were forcibly sent back to Laos by Thailand in December.

He nearly fell down steep ravines several times in Vietnam and Laos.

Whether we can say that, the history of Laos is the history of the two Buddha figures?

Hundreds of thousands fled Laos after the Communist victory in 1975 and eventually moved to America.

The plan is for trains to make their first stop outside China in the border town of Boten in northern Laos.

Cambodia North by Laos and Thailand. East South by Vietname, South West by Gulf of Siam and Thailand.

Today, Tony from the Vientiane International School in Laos asks the scientists about how long we - or our descendants - might live.

Forests, wooded ravines; 200-1000 m. E and S Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, S Guizhou, Hainan, Sichuan, S Yunnan [Laos, Vietnam].

Seasonal rain forests, evergreen forests; ca. 400 m. SE Yunnan [Laos, Vietnam].

The newly proposed Xayaburi Dam in northern Laos is the first of 11 proposed dams planned for construction on the lower Mekong River.

The kindness and loyalty of Laos people always inspires me.

It opens six months after an exchange in neighbouring Laos.

Human rights groups say the asylum seekers have been pressured to sign forms that say they are happy to live in Laos.

Durst helped set up an insect farming project FAO project in Laos which began in April.

Laos gains independence from France.

Apparently Laos has a severe shortage of backpacks!

Much anti-Chinese feeling attends casinos in Laos.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao goes to Laos, Saturday.

Secondary forests, sunny thickets; 400-1800 m. W Guangxi, S Guizhou, S Yunnan [Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam].

The Lao people thank China for its assistance to Laos over years.

Jim Thompson had a certain view of Laos and all of Southeast Asia.

Laos has insisted that all who return will be resettled peacefully.

Sparse forests, thickets; below 1500 m. W Guangxi, S Yunnan [Laos, Thailand].

Altogether 48 teams joined this year's China-Laos-Vietnam Bull Painting Festival.

Tropical or seasonal rain forests; 200-600 m. S Yunnan [Bhutan, NE India, Laos, N Myanmar, Sikkim, Thailand, Vietnam].

Shaded wet places in forests often in limestone mountains; 400-1500 m. W Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan [Laos, N Vietnam].

The security of all of southeast Asia will be endangered if Laos loses its neutral independence.

This is where the borders of three countries, Myanmar, Laos and Thailand, converge.

Arem is a nearly extinct language of Vietnam and Laos.