Topic: Vientiane

Missing Melbourne man found dead

THE body of a 19-year-old Victorian man who went missing while tubing in Laos has been recovered. . . Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs ...

Classic Journeys: Great Indochina Loop

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Laos vote for communist assembly

Laotians cast ballots Saturday to elect a communist-controlled legislature that has shown signs of growing clout in recent years.Polling opened in the early morning, a source familiar with the electoral process told AFP by telephone from Laos.There are 190 candidates ...

Upheaval along the tracks for Laos villagers

The people of Bopiat have particular reason to resent the Chinese workmen drilling in the centre of their village in the mountainous far north of Laos.Around a thousand of them have been told to move because their homes lie in the ...
tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9197563430820577837.post-3543387302484640228Fri, 25 Feb 2011 05:00:00 +00002011-02-25T13:00:02.131+08:00Travel PhotosLaos...
Vientiane, Laos, January 22, 2011 -(PR.com)- The Vientiane Ultimate Frisbee Players meet every Monday night at Polytechnic University football...

Laos' ex-PM 'lacked strong support'

Laotian Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh, who resigned this week before the end of his term, had vowed to tackle corruption but never had enough support from his communist party, an analyst said Friday.The 56-year-old Bouasone, who had spent more than four ...
When Cambodia tore down a century-old school in the capital this year, conservationists bemoaned the loss of yet another piece of history in former French Indochina in the rush to modernise.French colonial architecture -- with its shuttered windows, grand balconies and pitched ...

Local government

The country is divided into some 16 provinces, as well as the Vientiane municipality and the Xaisomboun special zone; the provinces are subdivided further into districts and villages. Governors of provinces and the mayor of Vientiane are appointed by the president, and ...

Transportation

A major obstacle to the economic and social development of Laos has been its lack of a good transportation system. Laos itself has no railway system, but Thailand's railways funnel goods and passengers to Laos. However, its navigability for international traffic ...