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Bank warns of counterfeit cash in Laos
Vientiane (Vientiane Times/ANN) - Members of the public are asked to be alert when using kip notes after the Bank of the Lao PDR (BOL) officials discovered fake cash in circulation. BOL issued a letter this month warning the public to take precautions in the transaction of 50,000, 20,000 and 10,000 kip notes, with scammers counterfeiting notes and using them in society. Bank officials found the ...
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STOCKS NEWS THAILAND-Thaicom flat company expects higher 2013 profit
Wed Jun 19, 2013 12:10am EDT Shares in satellite operator Thaicom Pcl were unchanged at 32 baht after climbing at one point to 33 baht following a forecast of higher profit from the company. The tech subindex fell 0.4 percent, erasing earlier gains, while the main Thai stock index, which climbed more than 1 percent earlier, was down 0.3 percent. Thaicom expects strong growth in earnings this ...
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Dugong disappearing fast from southern Thailand
Trang's dwindling dugong population is now threatened with extinction as the Seagrass meadows it feeds upon in the waters around Koh Libong have shrunk to 7,306 square rai. Trang is in the south of Thailand and is known for its jungles, mountains, waterfalls and beaches. The head of Trang's Marine and coastal resources conservation centre, Prachuap Mokharat, said yesterday that a ...
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US offers to help Vietnam fight emerging epidemics
US Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius has said her country is committed to working with Vietnam to combat emerging epidemics, especially infectious diseases, and to promote the transfer of technology to fight HIV/AIDS. Received by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung in Ha Noi yesterday, Sebelius stressed that the US and Vietnamese health sectors enjoyed close collaboration ...
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Thailands Songkhla ranked fourth highest in human-trafficking
The Royal Thai Police revealed that Songkhla ranked fourth in terms of the number of areas most at risk of human-trafficking crimes at 642, after Bangkok's 1,108, Chumphon's 997 and Prachuap Khiri Khan's 848 locations. This report prompted Social Development and Human Security Minister's secretary Anusorn Eiamsa-Ard to visit the province for inspection yesterday, where he ...
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Vietnam China have huge potentials for cooperation Vietnamese President
Vietnam and China "have huge potentials for further speeding up cooperation in the future," Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang, who will start his three-day state visit to China from Wednesday at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, said in an interview with Xinhua and other Chinese media on Tuesday."Vietnam and China are close neighboring countries. The two peoples ...
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French amphibious assault vessel visits Vietnam
The French Navy's most modern amphibious assault vessel, Tonnerre, docked at Baria Serece port in Vietnam's southern coastal Ba Ria-Vung Tau province on Tuesday, Vietnam's state-run news agency reported.Tonnerre along with the anti-submarine frigate Georges Leygues, which docked at Ho Chi Minh City's port, are visiting Vietnam as part of activities to mark the 40th ...
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Ex-UNESCO chief visits Cambodias World Heritage Preah Vihear temple
Koichiro Matsuura, ex-director general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), on Tuesday visited Cambodia's Preah Vihear temple, a world heritage site, a Cambodian spokesman said.Dim Sovannarom, spokesman for the 37th session of the World Heritage Committee (WHC), said that Koichiro Matsuura, accompanied by Dr. Jiang Mingjun, President of the ...
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Vietnam China to enhance ties
/enpproperty--> HANOI -- Vietnam and China "have huge potentials for further speeding up cooperation in the future," Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang, who will start his three-day state visit to China from Wednesday at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, said in an interview with Xinhua and other Chinese media on Tuesday. "Vietnam and China are close ...
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Cambodias lost city discovered near Angkor Wat
Cambodia's lost city of Mahendraparvata lay hidden beneath a canopy of dense vegetation. Airborne lasers produced a detailed map of a vast cityscape, including highways and previously undiscovered temples near Cambodia's prized Angkor Wat ...
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RP to export for first timehybrid corn seed to Vietnam in2...
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines will be able to export for the first time its hybrid corn seed once nearby Southeast Asian countries including Vietnam opens up to biotechnology products within the next two ...
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Government Initiative in Laos Encourages Pro-Choice Agenda
Christian Communities in Laos Committed to Defend LifeLAOS, May 29, 2013 (Zenit.org) - A family planning campaign launched by the Department for Health Care in the province of Huaphan, located in eastern Laos, encourages women to undergo surgical sterilization (tubal ligation). According to Fides News Agency, the project, supported by the United Nations Fund for Population Activities ...
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Tablet computers thrust Thailand classrooms into digital era
In a rural classroom in the Thai highlands, hill-tribe children energetically slide their fingertips over tablet computer screens, practicing everything from English to mathematics and music. The disadvantaged students are part of an ambitious project by Thailand to distribute millions of the handheld devices in schools, in a move supporters hope will boost national education standards. For ...
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Songa Mercur to Depart Cuba for Vietnam
Songa Mercur (mid-water semisub) is departing Cuba for Vietnam after failing to find oil, AFP reported on Tuesday. Drilling work in Cuba was suspended because of a problem-plagued exploration well, and the start of the hurricane season, reported the state-run Agencia de Informacion National (AIN). Songa Mercur was drilling in shallow waters in the central Cuban province of Ciego de Avila about ...
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Laos looking ahead
The new stock exchange in Laos may be a sign of changes to come in our otherwise centrally-run economy.
Laos is one of the poorest countries in South East Asia, but as the globally economy recovers and commodity prices pick up, the country looks set for a future of relatively strong growth, if not widespread prosperity, and this has been exemplified in the government’s recent decision to open a stock exchange in the country, which it is hoped will bring much-needed capital flowing into the country to fund investment projects in industry and infrastructure, catalysts for further growth in the economy. Read more
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