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News from the Vientiane Times
Lao, Thai media to further collaboration- Delegations of the Lao and Thai journalists' associations met in Vientiane yesterday, agreeing to continue their cooperation to promote friendly and neighbourly relations between Laos and Thailand . The agreement was spelt out in a memorandum of understanding signed after a meeting at the Lao Journalists' Association office by Deputy Minister of Information and Culture
and President of the Lao Journalists' Association Professor Dr Bosengkham Vongdara and President of the Thai Journalists' Association Ms Nattaya Chetchotiros.
The two associations will encourage media personnel in their respective countries to further promote mutual understanding
and appreciation among the people of the two nations about achievements in social and economic development in each other's country.
Delegates from the two parties had met to discuss and review previous cooperation efforts, Dr Bosengkham told the media.
He said the associations would continue to work on the implementation of various schemes, particularly the completion of a draft Lao-Thai media book by the end of this year...More details...
Japan paves way for regional investment - Japan has allocated a grant of US$20 million to help improve transportation in Laos , Cambodia , Myanmar and Vietnam , according to a senior official
The Lao Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Senior Official Leader Sayakane Sisouvong said the grant came from the Japan-Asean Integration Fund.
“At the Asean Summit in Singapore in November 2007, Japan made a commitment to help the new Asean member countries to narrow the development gap and help them reach the same level of development as other Asean nations,” he told Vientiane Times yesterday.
Mr Sayakane, who is also Ambassador at Large to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, presided over the first Mekong-Japan Senior Officials Meeting in Vientiane .
He said the grant would be used for two projects worth US$10 million each.
The first project aims to improve the logistic systems of Laos , Cambodia and Vietnam . The funding will be divided equally between the three countries.
“We are discussing whether to use the funds to improve logistic systems at the Savannakhet-Mukdahane border checkpoint or the Lao-Vietnamese border. We will decide where to spend the money,” Mr Sayakane said...More details...
Govt expresses sympathy to China - President Choummaly Sayasone and Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh on Tuesday sent a message of sympathy to Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao.
The message concerns the devastation wrought in China 's Sichuan province by an earthquake, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday.
“We express our deepest sorrow to learn of the earthquake that hit Sichuan province at 2:28pm on May 12, causing great loss of life and property damage among the Chinese people,” the message read.
The president and prime minister, on behalf of themselves, the government and people of the Lao PDR expressed deepest sorrow to the Chinese government and people, in particular the families of the victims of this natural disaster.
“We believe that under the care of the government of China , the people of China who live in the earthquake-hit zone will soon be able to restore the damage to normal.”..More details...
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