Laos must ensure return of disappeared civil society leader A new briefing examines the case of Sombath, an activist from Laos who was taken away in the presence of security personnel on the evening of December 15, 2012 and has not been heard from since. June 13, 2013 International The Lao government must act now to ensure the safe return of civil society leader Sombath Somphone, who is most likely a victim of an enforced disappearance at the hands of ...
June 13, 2013 - Amnesty International
China setting up first university campuses abroad In the capital of tropical Laos, two dozen students who see their future in trade ties with neighboring China spent their school year attending Mandarin classes in a no-frills, rented room. It's the start ...
June 11, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
Classroom in Laos is first experiment in China's moves to set up college campuses abroad BEIJING †In the capital of tropical Laos, two dozen students who see their future in trade ties with neighboring China spent their school year attending Mandarin classes in a no-frills, rented room. It's the start of China's first, and almost certainly not its last, university campus abroad.
June 11, 2013 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
Tom Hayden in Right Side News A leader of protests against US involvement in the Vietnam War, Hayden wrote a June 4, 1968, "Dear Col. Lao" letter that ended, "Good fortune! Victory!"
Bouasone Bouphavanh in CCTV The Sino-Lao cooperation will be more efficient and pragmatic under the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) economic cooperation mechanism,said Bouasone.
Wen Jiabao in China Daily Welcome to Zhongnanhai, Lao Zhang,said Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, warmly shaking the hand of farmer Zhang Zhansheng who surely must have been stunned by the generous greeting from one of the world's most powerful men.