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1. Vientiane City Pillar Shrine construction nearly completes
2. MoH, U.S. Embassy, and international bodies team up for anti-malnutrition
3. Japan grants for construction of three more schools in Laos
4. Diverse activities planned for Vietnam–Laos Friendship Year
5. Number of poorest districts reduced to 44
6. Sponsors for Int’l Day Against Violence Women praised
7. DGRV promotes Financial Literacy in villages in Laos
8. Net impregnation training held
9. Sikhottabong trade fair being held

1. Vice President receives Chinese high-ranking delegation
2. Luang Prabang is the 1st rank of best tourist destinations 2012
3. Construction of railway avoided for warehouse
4. Bolikhamsay donates 200 million kip for Viengsay cave restoration
5.  Govt injects 22.18 billion kip in power grid network expansion
6. ADB gives 183,586 mln kip for road repair in northern provinces
7. Australia celebrates Int'l Women’s Day
8. Organic vegetable Plantation promoted in Luangprabang
9. Over 40 graduates Vietnamese language

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1. Vietnamese President to visit Laos
2. Officials deserve to grasp firmly the Party’s guideline
3. Eleven Asian countries share community driven development
4. Politburo member meets German Ambassador
5. Bokeo –Son Lao further cooperation on comprehensive development
6. Opening times changed at Lao Bao International Border Gate
7. Aged coffins found in Khammouane
8. Over 2,400 cartons of smuggled cigarettes put on fire
9. Long Thanh Golf strengthens Sekong Radio Station

1. President visits Tonpheung Special Economic Zone
2. Japanese government further supports vocational training project
3. Study of Electrical vehicles use to be conducted
4. Thai Navy Rugby Team goes back home with champion
5. Lao Web entrepreneur delivers talk on social networking
6. Symposium on foreign affairs ministry
7. Lecture on Lao army traditions held for PTC staffs
8. Savannakhet discusses blood donation campaigning
9. Govt invests over 197 bln kip in road improvement in Laung Prabang

1. Laos appoints new ambassador to Thailand
2. International standard airport to build in Tonpheung district
3. Sodexo Laos, KP Group join venture on quality of daily life solutions
4. Lao Ambassador visits SEARCA
5. Asean-India Eminent Persons assistants meet to draft report
6. Power expansion agreement signed for Oudomsay’s Sing district
7. Information Ministry marks 56th anniversary of LFTU
8. New inspection draft of Planning Ministry discussed
9. Old cars showed off
10. Lao Red Cross gives relief items to flood victims in Champassak

1. Party Secretary General visits Bokeo to guide economic development
2. Lao PDR Roadmap for Faster Customs Clearance Launched
3. Two national logos handed over to National Assembly
4. Indian National Day celebrated in Vientiane
5. Hmong New Year celebrated in Huaphan province
6. Youngster’s badminton competition resulted
7. Youngster’s badminton competition resulted
8. Germany grants over 62 billion for forest protection
9. Vientiane residents urged to cooperate with firemen

1. President issues decree to grant pardon to 326 prisoners
2. Australia Day marked in Laos
3. Ho Chi Minh memorial construction granted
4. Draft law on state property discussed
5. Boualapha residents given 9,000 kg of rice as relief aid
6. U.S. Ambassador to ASEAN visits Laos
7. Deserted temple with a number of antiques found in Sayabouly
8. Four children killed by UXO accident  
9. Xieng Khouang opens new tourism site “Phoukeng mountain”
10. Phonesay Primary School has school building built with Kolao Developing funding

1. Laos awards friendship medal to outgoing French ambassador
2. Institute Pasteur in Laos opens
3. New banknote to be circulated next week
4. German Ambassador to Laos Pays Courtesy Call On DPM
5. Lao Ambassador presents credentials to President of Turkey
6. Foreign Minister meets Consulate-General of Thailand in Savannakhet
7. Customs officials improve knowledge on import tax valuation
8. APB opens one more service unit in Luang Prabang
9. UNFPA pledges to help Laos on mother and child health care

1. Monthly government meeting for January ended
2. Media organizations urged to report on country current situations
3. ADB loans US$5 mln to boost agriculture in Laos
4. Youth Union recalls January 20
5. Govt sets to increase coverage of forest nationwide
6. Vice President receives outgoing French Ambassador to Laos
7. U.S. provides pandemic Influenza preparedness workshop to military and civilian officials
8. Construction projects for 9 th ASEM Summit are in progress

1. Saitama prefecture pledges to continue to help Laos
2. Elephant Festival 2012 is ready
3. 5th EU-ASEAN Regional Workshop on Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed
4. ICT Minister receives Russian delegation
5. Young badminton competition kicks off
6. EU representative monitor progress of UNODC project in Houaphanh
7. Monthly meeting of NA Standing Committee held
8. Labour medals bestowed on Korean experts
9. 45 drug cases resolved in Khammouane
10. Savannakhet to create more than 80 drug-free schools till 2015

1. PM urges more cassava plantation promotion
2. Laos, Russia further cooperation on economy and trade
3. Blood mobilizing campaign held
4. Rally held to mark LPA’s 63 rd Anniversary
5. China approves grant development projects for Laos
6. French’s Ambassador bids farewell to ICT Minister
7. 1st ASEAN concert held
8. New Laos-made film “At the horizon” to be on screen next month
9. Lao delegation attends Regional Criminal Justice Workshop in Cambodia

1. Party Secretary General visits Sayaboury to boost village development
2. Chicken price hikes during Chinese Lunar New Year celebration
3. Leaders observe military training operations
4. Wreath laying on Army Day
5. Praseuth Drinking Water expects double profit
6. Protected wildlife animals seized
7. Beeline presents Hyundai Elantra to customer
8. Viettel venture reaps bonanza in Lao market
9. Over 80 graduate telecommunication and IT

1. PM visits Xiengkhouang to stimulate development
2. Labour Ministry employs over 2,800 people
3. UNDP, Planning Ministry review UN-funded projects
4. Meuangfeuang market construction takeover
5. Labour medal presented to senior officials of PCC
6. NA President meets Vietnamese NA delegation
7. 63rd anniversary of Army Day marked
8. Vietnamese Tet celebrated in Laos
9. Nam Puen irrigation construction completed by 35%

1. Party Secretary General urges Lao army to uphold traditions
2. 9th ASEM logo, website launched
3. Lao Preparatory Committee for Asia-Europe People’s Forum appointed
4. Over 200 information staff learn 9th Resolution
5. Fourth Laos-China Joint Border Inspection Committee meeting
6. Architect finishes blueprint of Wattay International Airport’s VIP building
7. Labour Ministry officials applauded
8. Lt. Gen. Samane Vignaketh visits Oudomsay province
9. APB to release 63.3 billion kip of loans for Sekong

1. Vice Premier calls for establishment of specific agriculture areas
2. Joint hands to attract more tourists to Laos
3. ASEM Chairman Support Group Meeting held in Vientiane
4. Yunnan Provincial People’s Congress Delegation visits Laos
5. Big bomb burned in Bolikhamsay
6. Seminar to prepare for nationwide inspection meeting
7. Chaleun Sekong contributes 80 mln kip to Wat Phu Fest organizing
8. Private company to build recycling plants countrywide
9. Law students donate blood
10. Korean Good Hands Centre inaugurated in Laos

1. Meeting to mark the 50 th anniversary of Laos- Vietnam diplomatic ties held
2. The Champa Holiday marks 1 st anniversary
3. Canadian environmental consultant launched in Laos
4. Four more villages in Vientiane Capital to get access to water supply
5. NA Vice President works in two southern provinces
6. Over 7.4 tonnes of counterfeit products buried
7. Lau-ngam to build 2 MW dam
8. Lao , Vietnam foreign ministries foster ties
9. Sekong needs over 76 bln kip for forest conservation
10. MoU signed on setting up Laos Records Book Centre

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1. NA President receives new German Ambassador
2. Lao PDR Economic Monitor, December 2011 - Sustaining Growth Coping with Uncertainty
3. Dao Heuang spends USD 70 mln for coffee plant in Champassack
4. Youths contribute to VN-Laos development
5. French Ambassador bids farewell to Lao PM
6. Japan further to grant for busses to Vientiane
7. Luang Prabang launches Sustainable Development of Tourism Products
8. MOF, JICA review capacity building project
9. USD 630 million raised through Roundtable movement
10. Unitel gives 12 tonnes to flood victims in Khammouane
11. Education ministry urged to improve educational quality

1. South Africa' s ambassador bids farewell to Vice President
2. Attapue to feature new face in near future
3. DPM receives Japanese guest
4. Vietnam-Laos youths boost cooperation
5. Laos attends ASEAN Foreign Minister’s Retreat
6. Savannakhet: more poor residents get access to health service
7. Japan wants to buy at least 36 tonnes of coffee from Laos
8. Laos, Vietnam cooperate in hydropower development
9. Khammouane: dry rice season farming meets failure

1. Foreign ambassadors present credentials to President
2. Singapore Red Cross donates US$ 100,000 to help flood victims
3. Japan-made UXO clearance vehicle arrives in Vientiane Capital
4. UBS Optimus Foundation supports early childhood education in Laos
5. Over 50 English teachers trained
6. Laos shares in the host of ASEM from Finland
7. Chinese Ambassador to WTO visits Laos
8. Early Childhood care and Education trains trainers
9. Vietnam-Laos border marker inaugurated
10. Swiss grants US$2 million for sanitation project in two provinces

1. Urgent address of negative impacts in Vientiane urged
2. Dipetane extends its market to Laos
3. LSX to launch home trading system soon
4. Say-Nga road to be paved
5. Five Japanese nationals work voluntarily in Laos
6. Vietnam , Laos need more effective bilateral cooperation
7. Rice production in Savannakhet to yield 792,400 tonnes
8. VN helps Laos in applying IT in management
9. Oudomsay Secondary School expanded

1. PM meets Vietnamese high ranking delegation
2. Foreign Minister leaves for (AMM) Retreat in Siem Reap
3. Vietnam sets up first special economic zone in Laos
4. Lao late leaders’ statues to come back hometown mid-2012
5. Message of congratulations
6. Long sugarcane farmers generate income as high as 6 billion kip
7. 34 th Lao-Viet meeting closes with achievements
8. Vietnamese Deputy PM visits Vietnamese businesspeople in Laos
9. Lao – Montreal donates over 10 mln kip for flood victims
10. Beeline awards customers
11. Four parties donate 7 billion kip for Nock-ten victims

1. PM meets Thai Defence Minister
2. Government approves 35% of total budget for infrastructure development
3. Vientiane province and Yen Bai cooperation expanded
4. Thepnimith invests 32 bln kip to build herbal medicine factory
5. Overseas Lao confirms to contribute for national development
6. Parksanh approves seven villages as model development communities
7. Khounka Lao Association gives anthropological books to Lao Front
8. Drinking water price increased by 33 per cent
9. Nine killed in upside down car accident
10. Political training course for Lao officials concludes Oudomsay teachers learn lessons from Japan

1. Annual Lao food festival 2012 held
2. Sekong are at high risk of HIV infection
3. Planning Ministry contribute to socio-economic development growth
4. Japan ranks first as biggest investor for VITA Park
5. Phu Bia Mining’s contribution to socio-economic development recognised by the Government
6. EFA Japan presents Sekong Children’s Cultural Centre educational equipment
7. Economic and planning management upgraded for provincial officials
8. Laos hands over 140 sets of remains of Vietnamese martyrs
9. Mitr sugar plant to reach plan

1. Vice President urges Public Security to enhance its solidarity
2. CEDAW seminar for Vientiane women held
3. Peak period for Vangvieng entrepreneurs commences
4. LPDR delegation attends 10th Meeting of the Myanmar-Lao Border Authorities
5. Developers say fourth bridge must complete next year
6. Luang Prabang spends 400 mln kip for better tourism facilities
7. Ms Savannakhet crowned
8. Over 6 billion kip donated for flood victims
9. Vientiane discusses reproduction in substitution for flood damage

1. Vietnam grants US$ 8.5 million for Kaysone Phomvihane Cultural Hall construction
2. Savannakhet, Oudomsay to erase poor families by over 90%
3. Former politburo member urges Sekong to find right potentials
4. Road 14 A opened in Champassack
5. Laos donates $15,000 to Philippine flood victims
6. More than 8,000 workers supplied to business units in Savannakhet
7. Visit Laos Year 2012 inaugurated
8. Road accidents claim five lives during New Year 2012 celebration
9. Leaders attend Soulivong Prasittideth’s cremation