Laos Press Releases

Lt. Colonel James K. Bruton of the Special Forces Association joins his fellow Green Berets at Arlington National Cemetery to honor Lao and Hmong veterans of the Vietnam War who served in defense of the Kingdom of Laos and U.S. national security.

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Villagers in Ban Nongxong, in Laos's Bolikhamxay Province, have received two awards in recognition of their efforts to improve health and sanitation. The awards follow a Community-Led Total Sanitation campaign led by the Theun-Hinboun Power Company.

The 8th edition of the European Journal of Tourism is dedicated to LAOS-WORLD BEST TOURIST DESTINATION for 2013. Laos has being unanimously elected as WORLD BEST TOURIST DESTINATION in 2013 for his fabulous historic and civilization legacy.

Mascot International is now in the process of building additional manufacturing facilities in Laos. The factory will be approx. 9,000 m2 and expected to house over 800 employees.

New service provides tours, homestays and economic support to local Laos villages

THPC has opened its 280 megawatt hydropower expansion project in central Laos, with stakeholders praising the company's technical, social and environmental performance.

Event speakers are highlighting the importance of legislation (H.R. 3192), introduced by U.S. Congressmen Jim Costa (D-CA), and Frank Wolf (R-VA), to grant burial benefits to Lao and Hmong-American veterans at U.S. national cemeteries.

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The ceremonies mark the anniversary of the exodus and mass killings of tens of thousands of Lao and Hmong refugees fleeing across the Mekong River in 1975-76.

Lt. Colonel James K. Bruton of the Special Forces Association joins his fellow Green Berets at Arlington National Cemetery to honor Lao and Hmong veterans of the Vietnam War who served in defense of the Kingdom of Laos and U.S. national security.

Colonel Joseph Simonelli, U.S. Army, Chief of Staff of Arlington National Cemetery, spoke at the Lao Veterans of America Monument for the 40th anniversary veterans' memorial wreath-laying ceremony mourning the fall of the Kingdom of Laos.

Dr. Grant McClure, President and Commanding Officer of Counterparts Veterans Association, presented a statement at Arlington National Cemetery honoring Lao and Hmong veterans and their American advisors on the 40th anniversary of the fall Laos.

Edmund Williams, U.S. Department of State, Foreign Service Officer (U.S. FSO, Ret.), issued a statement for special 40th anniversary ceremonies held at the Lao Veterans of America Monument at Arlington National Cemetery and the Vietnam War Memorial.

The Center for Public Policy Analysis, along with Lao- and Hmong-American veterans who served in Laos during the Vietnam War, are concluding memorial and policy events in Washington DC, including those at Arlington, the Vietnam Memorial and Congress.

Lao- and Hmong-American veterans, and community leaders, are honored by Arlington National Cemetery, the U.S. Department of Defense, Army, Air Force, Marine Corps, Special Forces Association and Members of Congress at Washington memorial ceremonies.

Mr. Pang Mang Thao, President, of the Minnesota Lao Veterans, spoke at the 40th anniversary wreath-laying ceremony at the Vietnam War Memorial, and Arlington National Cemetery, to honor Lao- and Hmong-American veterans and their U.S. advisers.

Lao- and Hmong-American Veterans of the Vietnam War in Laos Will Hold A Ceremony at Arlington Cemetery Mourning the 40th Anniversary of the Fall of the Royal Kingdom of Laos: Remarks of Richard Xiong, Lao Veterans of America Institute, of Fresno, CA.

SpiceRoads develops a range of short tours in Asia to coincide with regional public holidays

CPPA: Laos, Hmong NGO Coalition Appeals to United Nations Human Rights Council to Sanction Lao Government Over Egregious Human Rights Violations

Villagers in Ban Nongxong, in Laos's Bolikhamxay Province, have received two awards in recognition of their efforts to improve health and sanitation. The awards follow a Community-Led Total Sanitation campaign led by the Theun-Hinboun Power Company.

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Hmong, Laos Human Rights Advocate Honored With Medal of the Order of Australia

The Nam Ngiep 1 hydropower project in Laos will begin preliminary works soon following consultation with local people

The 8th edition of the European Journal of Tourism is dedicated to LAOS-WORLD BEST TOURIST DESTINATION for 2013. Laos has being unanimously elected as WORLD BEST TOURIST DESTINATION in 2013 for his fabulous historic and civilization legacy.

Mascot International is now in the process of building additional manufacturing facilities in Laos. The factory will be approx. 9,000 m2 and expected to house over 800 employees.

European Council on Tourism and Trade decided, unanimously, to award WORLD BEST TOURIST DESTINATION FOR 2013 TITLE TO LAO PEOPLE`S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC and to declare TO LAO PEOPLE`S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC -FAVORITE CULTURAL DESTINATIONS in 2013.

This is the author’s story, one that tells of Yer’s childhood, when she believed she would always live peacefully in her small village in Laos.

New service provides tours, homestays and economic support to local Laos villages

THPC has opened its 280 megawatt hydropower expansion project in central Laos, with stakeholders praising the company's technical, social and environmental performance.

The children huddle together in awe of the giant 6’ 3” figure looming over them. The giant spreads his arms, threatening to devour them in one swoop. The kids are giddy, their excitement palpable; they know what’s coming next.

Axel De Boynes has taken over the managerial responsibilties for Apple Tree Laos including Villa Maly, Kamu Lodge and Nava Mekong

Official crackdown on Lao churches in Savannakhet province that had started almost eight months ago in Dongpaiwan village in Saybuli district on September 14, 2011 is now spreading to Phin district of Savannakhet. Closure of churches is likely.

Event speakers are highlighting the importance of legislation (H.R. 3192), introduced by U.S. Congressmen Jim Costa (D-CA), and Frank Wolf (R-VA), to grant burial benefits to Lao and Hmong-American veterans at U.S. national cemeteries.

“Today, we have come from across the United States to pay tribute and remember our fallen soldiers who have died to secure the freedom that we all enjoy today,” said Colonel Wangyee Vang, President of the Lao Veterans of America Institute.

Lao churches in Savannakhet are still being denied access to their churches, with three of the churches challenging the legitimacy of orders of the Lao officials and continuing to assemble exercise their constitutional guaranteed religious freedom.

Lao district officials in savannakhet province of laos closed down the 4th lao church, citing that christians did not have permission to build the church building and that throughout saybuli district, only dongpoong village church is recognized.

The U.S. Congress is advancing legislation in the House of Representatives that seeks to grant burial honors to Lao and Hmong-American veterans of the Vietnam War in Laos, according to the Washington, DC-based Center for Public Policy Analysis.

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