Provides the latest RSS feeds for Laos News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Vietnam Tribune.com http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/cat/a6670896145a3ae3/ en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 14:05:50 -0400 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:05:50 -0400 30 A total of 812 drug crime suspects have been arrested as part of a joint anti-drug campaign launched by China, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand on the trans-boundary river of Mekong, Xinhua reported. Drug trafficking has long plagued transportation on the Mekong river, which runs through the opium-producing Golden Triangle Region. Launched around mid-April, the ongoing two-month drive also included ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214650647/scat/a6670896145a3ae3 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:00:02 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214650647/scat/a6670896145a3ae3 BANGKOK -; A massive power failure has affected more than 8 million people in Thailand's 14 southern provinces, including popular tourist areas such as Koh Samui and Phuket, in one of the country's biggest blackouts in recent ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214663678/scat/a6670896145a3ae3 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:13:18 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214663678/scat/a6670896145a3ae3 BANGKOK - Researchers say Thailand is showing the world how to respond to the global food crisis: by raising bugs for eating. The United Nations' Food and Agricultural Organization released a study and handbook Tuesday on what they call 'six-legged livestock' -- edible bugs and worms that can help meet global food demand that is expected to grow 60 per cent by 2050. The agency ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214662002/scat/a6670896145a3ae3 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:40:42 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214662002/scat/a6670896145a3ae3 BANGKOK - Thai police have seized 4.49 million methamphetamine pills found in an apartment in the largest meth bust ever in Bangkok. Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubumrung said Tuesday the tablets and 60 kilograms (132 pounds) of crystal meth were smuggled from Myanmar. He said they were destined for sales in the capital city and nearby provinces. The value of the drugs, hidden in dozens of ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214662122/scat/a6670896145a3ae3 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:27:44 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214662122/scat/a6670896145a3ae3 Tue May 21, 2013 7:41am EDT (Repeats to more subscribers) * Asset firm aimed at boosting banks' lending * Experts say Vietnam's real NPL ratio far higher HANOI, May 21 (Reuters) - Vietnam's government approved on Tuesday the formation of an asset management firm to buy bad debt from its troubled banks, an official said, a move that could help stimulate an ailing economy growing at its ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214661073/scat/a6670896145a3ae3 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:41:21 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214661073/scat/a6670896145a3ae3 Canadian company Talisman Energy said it expects to produce 15,000 barrels of oil per day from its newly launched development offshore Vietnam. Talisman said it started oil production at the offshore Hai Su Trang and Hai Su Den development ahead of schedule. Once the facilities are commissioned, the company expects gross production to reach 15,000 bpd. "We are delighted to have achieved ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214659831/scat/a6670896145a3ae3 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:02:08 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214659831/scat/a6670896145a3ae3 Tue May 21, 2013 5:20am EDT CIMB Securities (Thailand) raised its 2013 target for the benchmark SET index to 1,810 from 1,700, reflecting better-than-expected first-quarter earnings of banks, telecoms and construction contractors, and good earnings outlook for the year. The first-quarter core net profit for the companies in its universe rose 8 percent year-on-year and 32 percent ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214658417/scat/a6670896145a3ae3 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:20:00 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214658417/scat/a6670896145a3ae3 Ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom Suzan Johnson Cook cited Vietnam as an example of a country where "positive developments" have taken place in the area of religoius freedom. (Image: State Department) (CNSNews.com) - At a time when Vietnam's communist authorities have introduced new regulations placing burdensome bureaucratic restrictions on religious worship, ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214657845/scat/a6670896145a3ae3 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:12:17 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214657845/scat/a6670896145a3ae3 High-speed railway lines connecting Thailand, Laos and China might soon become a reality after the Thai cabinet met with its Lao counterparts in Chiang Mai earlier this ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214657936/scat/a6670896145a3ae3 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:03:47 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214657936/scat/a6670896145a3ae3 - On the outskirts of the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai, a group of twelve migrant families lives in a makeshift camp comprised of houses constructed from scrap ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214656818/scat/a6670896145a3ae3 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:09:51 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214656818/scat/a6670896145a3ae3 Pyongyang, May 20 (KCNA) -- A delegation of Vientiane City of Laos led by Soukanh Mahalath, secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, secretary of the Vientiane City Party Committee and mayor, visited the statues of President Kim Il Sung and General Secretary Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill on Monday. The guest laid bunches of flowers before the statues and paid ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214654269/scat/a6670896145a3ae3 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:46:35 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214654269/scat/a6670896145a3ae3 Rubber processing factories in Lao province of Oudomxay are facing unexpected problems because China is not allowing the import of rubber from Laos at the moment, causing large amounts of the material to remain in stock.Sino-Lao Rubber Company Director Oun told the media recently that, after the company had invested in the building of a rubber processing factory, they encountered an export ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214653147/scat/a6670896145a3ae3 Mon, 20 May 2013 23:50:04 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214653147/scat/a6670896145a3ae3 Laos and Thailand have agreed to boost their cooperation in various sectors with several agreements signed during their second Joint Cabinet Retreat (JCR) in Chiang Mai on Sunday.The three memorandums of understanding signed during the meeting were on unofficial results of the 2nd JCR, agricultural cooperation, and on ownership, management and maintenance of the 4th Lao-Thai Friendship Bridge ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214653270/scat/a6670896145a3ae3 Mon, 20 May 2013 23:48:42 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214653270/scat/a6670896145a3ae3 The problem of sexually transmitted infection is rated among the top issues at the Vientiane Youth Centre for Health and Development when it comes to evaluating the increased numbers of people who visit the centre to receive advice and treatment, a director has said."This type of infectious disease is ranked amongst the top of the issues young people have when they come to use the services ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214653337/scat/a6670896145a3ae3 Mon, 20 May 2013 23:42:57 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214653337/scat/a6670896145a3ae3 In a key-note speech delivered to the Second Asia-Pacific Water Summit in Thailand's northern city Chiang Mai on Monday, Yingluck urged the government leaders in the Asian-Pacific region to join hands and prevent water crises which might otherwise recur and wreak havoc to the Asians who currently account for 60 percent of the world ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214652257/scat/a6670896145a3ae3 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:46:21 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214652257/scat/a6670896145a3ae3 One of Thailand's most knowledgeable and experienced hoteliers, Eric Hallin, has been presented with the Malai Sakolviphak Award by the President of Skal International Bangkok. The award is presented annually in memory of Malai Sakolviphak, a well-known and highly respected tourism industry figure in Thailand. He passed away in 2011 after many years of distinguished service to Skal - the ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214642829/scat/a6670896145a3ae3 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:55:47 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214642829/scat/a6670896145a3ae3 Reporter Phillip Martin has been investigating human trafficking in various parts of the world and in Vietnam he found a glimmer of hope, as a young woman who was kidnapped and sold to a brothel in China, returns to her ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214641646/scat/a6670896145a3ae3 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:19:57 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214641646/scat/a6670896145a3ae3 Bangkok, Ma 20 (Prensa Latina) Groups of protesters today demanded in a parallel forum to the Water Summit responses to problems, such as droughts, floods, and waste materials, a topic that concerns all the world population. Protesters carrying banners demand measures to guarantee the preservation of the human race, and hold that some politicians fail to look into the social and environmental ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214640068/scat/a6670896145a3ae3 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:12:07 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214640068/scat/a6670896145a3ae3 16/09/2012 16:31 CET At the Choeun Ek memorial site, Cambodians marked Anger Day on May 20 – with re-enactments of Khmer Rouge torture and executions. Choeun Ek, from 17 kilometres south of the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh, is one of the sites known as the Killing Fields – where the Khmer Rouge executed over more than a million people between 1975 and ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214640436/scat/a6670896145a3ae3 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:44:48 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214640436/scat/a6670896145a3ae3 In sharp contrast to Europe and the US, many Asian countries have weathered the global financial crisis well and emerged with considerable economic momentum. That momentum helps explain why confidence in financial institutions was highest in Asia last year - particularly among emerging markets in Southeast and South Asia, where median trust was 77 per cent and 75 per cent, according to a Gallup ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214638964/scat/a6670896145a3ae3 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:39:00 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214638964/scat/a6670896145a3ae3 opened up shop in Ho Chi Minh in February, and Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz said that sales have exceeded expectations so far. Still, Vietnam may prove a challenge for the hegemonic coffee company because of the country's rich coffee culture that dates back at least a ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214638548/scat/a6670896145a3ae3 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:28:00 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214638548/scat/a6670896145a3ae3 HANOI | Mon May 20, 2013 7:29am EDT HANOI May 20 (Reuters) - The ratio of non-performing loans held by Vietnam's troubled banks eased slightly in the first quarter as they have become better at controlling bad debt, though the overall level of NPLs remained high, the government said on Monday. Bad loans are a key factor stifling Vietnam's economic revival. The country's banks ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214632016/scat/a6670896145a3ae3 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:29:05 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214632016/scat/a6670896145a3ae3 Cambodian students re-enact torture executed by the Khmer Rouge during their reign of terror in the 1970s to mark the annual "Day of Anger" at Choeung Ek, a former Khmer Rouge "killing field" dotted with mass graves, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, May 20, 2013. Cambodian Buddhist monks, nuns, civil servants, students attend the annual 'Day of Anger' event to remember ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214631248/scat/a6670896145a3ae3 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:17:05 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214631248/scat/a6670896145a3ae3 BANGKOK, May 20 (Reuters) - Southeast Asian stock markets gained on Monday as optimism about global growth lifted sentiment in overseas markets while Indonesia's main index rose to a new all-time closing high, after the appointment of a new finance minister. Jakarta's Composite Index ended up 1.4 percent at 5,214.97, pushing up its year-to-date gain to 21 percent, Southeast Asia's ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214631214/scat/a6670896145a3ae3 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:40:26 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214631214/scat/a6670896145a3ae3